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Discussion about this throughout the coming weeks. meantime, lets move on to impeachment, that topic is a hot topic of course. the washington post said you were among the house democrats toorn between leadership, con still the two went demanding it. you told the post that phone calls favor impeachment by a whopping 20/1 margin. what kind of pressure does that put on you? are there many others in the same position as you are? >> i think there are a lot of others and each district is different. th...

>> sandra: well, will president trump improve on his 20/1 record when it comes to endorsements? voters in five states hit the polls today. many saying ohios election may tell. paul manaforts ex-deputy back on the stand after testifying about stashing money in foreign accounts and false filing bank loan documents. whether any of this will have any effect on the president. >> all that plus in the center seat. youll have to watch to find that out. he will be out numbered. >> this is definitely an e...

There are tremendous disparities in socioeconomic index from birth to death between white and racial minorities these dispairities whether talking about educational attainment, whether talking about birth or death rates, whether talking about unemployment which theres 2/1 disparity between blacks to whites whether talking about wealth accumulation theres 20/1 disparity between whites and blacks. these are almost as great as during jim crowe days so there is a clear connection gwtwen between our ...

Behind you, what does it look like? >> reporter: yeah, its pretty severe, willie. directly in that direction is miami, tamiami trail. that is naples where we spent the nine. this is 29, the only way in and out of everglades city. weve seen higher profile vehicles actually going into it. weve seen people with an air boat. there are islands beyond that. this gentlemen here, this name is leo. leo doesnt have a high profile vehicle, willie, but he lives beyond everglades city. you havent been out th...

To do homework when youre at home. internet essentials from comcast. helping to bridge the digital divide. democrats traditionally have democrats traditionally have been able to count on the support of organized labor, but as we enjoy this labor day weekend, membership in labor unions remain in decline. in 1983 they accounted for 20.1% of american workers. by 2014 it was down to 11.1%. earlier this week i sat down with the current president of with the afl-cio and asked him what it would tak...

Politics and whats going on. what about that static that brian talked about, half the country is on the federal dole? >> not half the country needs to be on the federal dole. lets face it. they think its free money. you showed a stat, 31% think obamacare is great or something. who are these people? its weird that you can even be that high with the problems weve had with the whole logging in. its 100% of the problem. not 30% is fine. >> 70% say we seem to be on the wrong track, about 20% a little...

♪ hard for my money >> the economy creates good, middle class jobs that pay well and offer security. >> that fight is worth fighting for. >> we have to be able to outbuild and outeducate and outinnovate every other country on earth. >> richard trumka, afl-cio president joins me now from los angeles. mr. trumka, good to have you with us tonight. certainly you have a big convention next week. a lot of hot topics. the numbers are a little staggering. last year only 11.3% of american workers were ...

Be 20.1% in 1993. now its 11.3%. a decline in participation in the private sector. >> take a look again, lets go back to wisconsin. when they eliminated -- the republican employees, in other words, they didnt take the money out of their wages and send it directly to the unions. the unions had to get it from the workers. 1/3, as i understand it, of the public employees, simply dropped out of the union, put their dues in their pocket, and kept their jobs. i think unions have done some wonderful th...

Be 20.1% in 1993. now its 11.3%. a decline in participation in the private sector. >> take a look again, lets go back to wisconsin. when they eliminated -- the republican employees, in other words, they didnt take the money out of their wages and send it directly to the unions. the unions had to get it from the workers. 1/3, as i understand it, of the public employees, simply dropped out of the union, put their dues in their pocket, and kept their jobs. i think unions have done some wonderful th...

About ten points and this is the first thing rick snider. >> why should i be required to join a union? its always strange you would get a job and be required to have your paycheck lowered by union dues and not make that choice for yourself. >> you get the benefits of their collective bargaining. if they negotiate great working and health benefits you get them. >> and if you look at the overall union membership which has declined rapidly n 1983, 20.1%. in 2011 its 11.8%. you chart that against th...