joining me is joe nocera a columnist at "bloomberg view," henry blodget c.e.o. and editor of "business insider" and catherine rampell, columnist from "the washington post." the president said i inherited a miss economically. did he? >> no, his predecessor inherited a mess. he inherited a recession and unemployment that was, i think, around 8%, and he gave to mr. trump an unemployment rate that was under 5%, as opposed to negative g.d.p. growth, he gave him g.d.p. as opposed to when obama came in. what he's implying is a lot of middle class jobs have been hollowed out, a lot of pain in the country which, i think, contributed to his election. i would say that his solutions will not my president only help but they will exacerbate the problems. >> mason: what do you think, henry? >> i think joe nailed it. i think the wave of discontent that carried trump to the election is what joe talked about which is middle class wages are down. we have full employment in the country. the problem is the jobs don't pay enough. you have to ask what sort of policies would improve th

we begin this evening with a look at the economy, with henry blodget, joe nocera and catherine rampell. >> we have full employment in the country. the problem is the jobs don't pay well enough. you have to ask what sort of policies would improve the pay for low-wage service jobs. the most efficient way is to raise the minimum wage which certainly isn't on the table. infrastructure spending would be great if we had a trillion dollars suddenly reinvested in our infrastructure, but talk about that has gotten a lot quieter since the election phase. i would argue regulation is not what's slowing the economy. what's slowing the economy or not allowing us to have the growth rate we want is there isn't enough money going to the