>> WHEN YOU HAVE HALF A MILLION

AMERICANS SLEEPING OUT ON THE

STREET TODAY, AND THEN YOU ALSO

HAVE THREE PEOPLE OWNING MORE

WEALTH THAN THE BOTTOM HALF OF

AMERICAN SOCIETY, THAT IS A

MORAL AND ECONOMIC OUTRAGE.

SO IF YOU'RE ASKING ME, DO I

THINK WE SHOULD DEMAND THAT THE

WEALTHY START PAYING THE,

WEALTHIEST TOP .1 OF 1%, START

PAYING THEIR FAIR SHARE OF

TAXES, YES, THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT

I BELIEVE.

>> TAXING INCOME IS NOT GOING TO

GET YOU WHERE YOU NEED TO BE TO

WHERE TAXING WEALTH DOES.

WE NEED A WEALTH TAX TO MAKE

INVESTMENTS IN THE NEXT

GENERATION.

BRIAN: THAT IS ONE WAY TO PAY

FOR IT.

MIKE ROWE, TV HOST, AUTHOR OF A

BRAND NEW BOOK, CALLED, THE WAY

I HEARD IT, JOINS US LIVE RIGHT

NOW.

MIKE, YOU WERE TRAVELING,

PROMOTING YOUR BRAND NEW BOOK.

>> TERRIBLY BUSY.

STEVE: ON HIS RADIO SHOW.

>> NOT THAT BUSY.

STEVE: BERNIE WANT AS 97% TAX

RATE ON THE 400 RICHEST

AMERICANS.

HE HAS BIG PLANS WITH A BIG

PRICE TAG.

>> OKAY.

YEAH, FREE COUNTRY, IDEAS, FLOAT

THEM, FLY THEM, RUN UP THE OLD

FLAGPOLE, SEE WHO SALUTES.

IN THE END MILLIONAIRES ARGUING

WITH MILLIONAIRES OVER WHO HATES

THE MILLIONAIRES THE MOST.

STEVE: RIGHT.

>> I GUESS IT'S A CONVERSATION

WE'LL HAVE BUT, I REMEMBER A

COUPLE YEARS AGO I TOOK MY, MY

MEAGER STAFF OVER TO THE REAGAN

RANCH.

IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN --

STEVE: BEAUTIFUL.

>> IT IS TERRIFIC, ONE OF THE

STORIES THEY TELL IS THE TIME

WHEN RONALD REAGAN JUST FINALLY

DECIDED HE WAS DONE DOING

MOVIES.

HE WAS JUST DONE BECAUSE HE WAS

PAYING 92% OF EVERY DOLLAR HE

MADE ON FILMS.

IT WAS JUST MATH.

HE WASN'T DONE ACTING, IT WAS

MATH.

DID BASIC CALCULUS.

MAKES NO SENSE TO DO THIS.

AINSLEY: WEALTHIEST PEOPLE WILL

SAY I'M NOT WORKING ANYMORE?

>> I LIVE IN CALIFORNIA.

I JUST READ A REPORT THAT SAID

THE, THE EXODUS THIS YEAR AS A

RESULT OF 13 1/2% STATE TAX AND

SOME OTHER TWEAKS TO THE SYSTEM

IS UNLIKE ANYTHING THEY HAVE

EVER SEEN BEFORE.

I KNOW ITS CONVENIENT.

IT IS FUN TO HATE THE RICH AND

ALL, IN THE END, THEY'RE JUST

PEOPLE.

THEY ARE GOING TO DO THE MATH,

THEY WILL GO WHERE THE MATH IS

BETTER.

BRIAN: THIS IS WHAT I THOUGHT

ABOUT YOU DURING THE DEBATE,

GUARANTEED INCOME.

TWO OR THREE CANDIDATES SAYING

GET $1000, AUTOMATION IS HERE.

YOU'RE NOT GETTING A JOB.

GIVE PEOPLE $1000.

>> WHY NOT MORE?

BRIAN: YOU HANG OUT WITH PEOPLE

THAT WORK FOR A LIVING, YOU FIND

OUT ABOUT THEIR JOBS, DIRTY JOBS

IS WHEN YOU REALLY EMERGED, WHEN

YOU SEE PEOPLE GIVE MONEY AWAY,

WHAT DOES IT DO TO THE

SELF-ESTEEM WHEN YOU GET

SOMETHING FOR FREE?

>> YOU CAN'T IGNORE THE HUMAN

CONDITION CONDITION.

WE'RE FUNDAMENTALLY LAZY PEOPLE.

WE HAVE TO BE TAUGHT, I THINK

NOT TO BE LAZY.

BRIAN: DON'T CALL AINSLEY THAT.

I DON'T MIND IF YOU CALL ME

THAT.

>> I'M CALLING YOU FUNDAMENTAL.

BRIAN: THAT IS WORSE.

>> IF YOU GIVE ME A CHOICE, I

DON'T SEE MYSELF AS LAZY, IF YOU

GIVE ME A CHOICE OF THE EASY WAY

OR THE HARD WAY.

I CAN'T HELP IT, I WILL DEFAULT

TO THE EASY WAY.

STEVE: FREE MONEY?

I WANT IT.

>> MY ONLY CONCERN, NOT ONLY

CONCERN, THAT KIND OF ARGUING WE

DISCUSSED YESTERDAY AND JUST

NOW.

ONCE YOU SAY OKAY, FREE MONEY,

THE NEXT QUESTION HAS TO BE, WHY

NOT MORE?

AND THAT'S THE BEEF WITH THE

5,000-DOLLAR SURGE IN THE MIDDLE

CLASS RIGHT NOW.

HOW DO YOU ARGUE AGAINST THAT?

YOU SIMPLY SAY IT IS NOT BIG

ENOUGH.

WHY NOT 10.

STEVE: INCOMES OF THE MIDDLE

CLASS HAVE GONE UP $5,000 PER

FAMILY DURING THE TRUMP YEARS.

>> NOT ENOUGH, SORRY.

AINSLEY: HOW WILL THAT FARE

ELECTION TIME?

THE ECONOMY IS GREAT, PEOPLE

HAVE 5000 MORE EACH YEAR?

>> IF I LEARNED ANYTHING FROM

2016, I DON'T KNOW AND, LOOKING

AT POLLS TODAY, BUT YOU GUYS

TELL ME, I FLICK AROUND ALL OVER

THE PLACE AND I STILL SEE PEOPLE

LOOKING AT POLLS SAYING BASED ON

THE POLLS, DOT, DOT.

STEVE: EVERY DAY.

>> WHY WOULD ANYBODY LOOK AT ANY

POLL ANYWHERE CONCLUDE ANYTHING

EVER?

BRIAN: I AGREE.

ONE THING WILL HELP YOU, IF YOU

GO BACK TO "DIRTY JOBS."

TRADE DEALS BRING BACK

MANUFACTURING TO THIS COUNTRY

AND I DON'T THINK THE DEMOCRAT

ARE PUSHING BACK.

LET'S TALK ABOUT YOUR BOOK, I

KNOW YOU DON'T WANT TO DISCUSS

IT.

THE BOOK IS NUMBER SIX ON AMAZON

BUT YOU'RE NOT ABOUT NUMBERS.

>> NO.

WHY TRUST THE POLLS.

CLEARLY IT IS NUMBER OF ONE.

THIS IS FAKE NEWS.

AINSLEY: WHAT IS IT ABOUT?

>> THE BOOK IS, WELL, IT STARTED

AS A COLLECTION OF STORIES I

WRITE FOR MY PODCAST, WHICH IS

CALLED THE WAY I HEARD IT.

MY MOTHER READ THEM.

THESE ARE VERY NICE, BUT A

RATHER LAZY APPROACH TO WRITING

DON'T YOU THINK, PUBLISHING

SOMETHING YOU ALREADY READ.

OKAY, I SAID SURE, IN BETWEEN A

STORY ABOUT A FAMOUS PERSON I

NEVER MET, I'M INTRIGUED BY, I

TELL A STORY OF MY OWN MISSPENT

YOUTH.

THE BOOK GOES BETWEEN BIOGRAPHY

AND AUTO BIOGRAPHY.

MEMOIR INTERRUPTED BY FAMOUS

PEOPLE I WISH I KNEW BETTER.

BRIAN: ONE GREAT STORY ABOUT MEL

BROOKS.

>> THERE ARE MANY GREAT STORIES.

BRIAN: ARE HAVE YOU SEEN TALK

SHOWS BEFORE?

>> SPOILER ALERT.

BRIAN: I TOLD YOU THE END.

I APOLOGIZE.

>> HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A SHOW

LIKE THIS?

UNBELIEVABLE.

STEVE: GOING BACK TO THE

FUNDAMENTALS.

>> LET'S MAKE IT FUNDAMENTAL,

YOU REMEMBER PAUL HARVEY, THE

REST OF THE STORY?

I RIPPED OFF THAT IDEA, WITH

PERMISSION FROM HIS SON.

THE WAY I HEARD IT, IS MY

VERSION OF PAUL HARVEY'S OLD

RADIO SHOW.

WHERE YOU LEARN ABOUT HISTORY

AND YOU LEARN ABOUT BIOGRAPHY

THROUGH MYSTERY.

SO THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE SPINE

OF THE BOOK.

THOSE ARE THE TILES IN THE

MOSAIC.

STEVE: 35 MYSTERIES.

>> 35 MYSTERIESES JUXTAPOSED

GROWING UP WITH TWO OF THE MOST

INTERESTING PEOPLE IN THE WORLD,

WHICH WERE MY MOM AND DAD.

BRIAN: ONE OF THE STORIES ENDS

WITH MEL BROOKS.

>> WOULD YOU STOP WITH THE MEL

BROOKS?

BRIAN: IT'S A GREAT STORY.

>> HIS NAME WAS CORPORAL

KAMINSKY, DURING SECOND WORLD

WAR, DURING THE CLIMBED A

UTILITY POLL, CHANGING THE

PROPAGANDA PLAYED BY THE GERMANS

TO AL JOLSON'S TOOT CITY.

IT WAS UNOF THE GREAT THINGS

ABOUT THE WAR AND IT FRAMED HIS

CAREER.

THINK ABOUT SPRINGTIME FOR

HITLER AND ALL THOSE CRAZY

THINGS, DURING THE BATTLE OF

BULGE HE PLAYED A GREAT JEWISH

SONG TO A FOREST FILLED WITH

NAZIS, IF THAT SOUNDS

INTERESTING, I DON'T KNOW WHICH