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Ashley webster is here to explain this. >> they have one of the highest state minimum wages at 9.32 an hour well above the 7.25. the $15 an hour rate will be phased in depending on the benefits they provide employees. full-time workers translates to 31,000 a year. it will take effect in april of next year when every worker will get at least a $1 an hour raise. businesses employing more than 500 workers will be required to pay 15 an hour or 2018 if healthcare is offered. smaller businesses would ...

People to put folks in a box. thats the image i first had and thats the thought i first had and thats how its going to be. emotion got the best of him. learn to take your time. breathe a little bit. not only on richard shermans part, but the publics part before we put people in boxes and start judging them. >> its stunning to have the two of you from these two cities together. we talk a lot about where the country is moving. you both come from places that are really forward-thinking on a lot of ...

Phone, and thats all i need, because with a pen -- [ applause ] -- with a pen, i can take executive actions, with a phone i can rally folks from around the country to help grow the economy and restore opportunity. >> expect to hear more talk like that and one of the things hes talking about is the minimum wage. from the president in the state of the union speech next week, we are expecting a lot on that. look at the numbers since july 2009, the minimum wage has been $7.50 an hour, even as more a...

Minimum wage standard of 7.25 an hour. in washington the hourly rate is 9.32. now there is a growing movement in d.c. to pass the fair minimum wage act which would impact all 50 states. would this help the economy or would that legislation kill jobs? joining me with reaction, former congressman and fox news contributor dennis kucinich. you were on the left side of the aisle. you are for raising the minimum wanl, right? >> if you consider 21 states have minimum wage in excess of the federal wage ...

Jobs. some will go to self pay, shuttle drivers will be let go and hotels will contract that work out and a couple of hotels plan on closing the restaurants, killing more than 200 jobs. also future jobs wont be created. the owners of a three seatac has wanted to build a fourth but wont because of the $15 minimum wage. >> uncertainty is bad for business and we are right in that area so were putting everything on a hold and see what happens and see if the financing can come through. >> big unions ...

[ laughs ] you nearly had us there. canned soup. [ male announcer ] they just might think its homemade. try campbells homestyle soup. in two days, some folks will make a lot more money in some cases. january 1st being the day that the minimum wage will be boosted in 13 states from oregon and arizona out west to new jersey and new york, back east and a handful of others are all hiking the minimum wage higher than the national one at $7.25. washington state is going as high as $9.32 and in 2014,...

It will be 9.32 in washington state, 7.80 to 7.90 in arizona and montana. california will see one of the biggest jumps at 8 to $9 an hour. they continue to spar over a call by democrats and workers to raise the national minimum wage to more than $10 an hour. car news unusually quiet about the plan for an f150 but expect it to be very dramatic. it will be partially built out of military grade aluminum making it lighter with better fuel efficiency by perhaps 5 miles a gallon. it may be one of the ...

That trend will continue in the next couple. john. >> you sure cant beat the weather. carl cameron, thanks so much. 13 states will increase the minimum wage on the first of january. topping out that list is washington state at $9.32 an hour. but for some, that is just a drop in the bucket. dan springer has that story. >> reporter: as the new year comes in for a landing, all economists eyes are focused on sea-tac, washington, an town with 37,000 people south of seattle. they are watching for an...

In new jersey its a dollar an hour. washington state has the highest minimum wage out there. its $9.32, i think. but all of that is short of what we see all these protests, people at fast food restaurants saying they want a raise. they want $15 an hour there. they consider that a living wage. even whats going on in washington, d.c. among democrats is only $10.10. so far short of that. >> voters are taking matters into their own hands and voting themselves a wage in the minimum wage, right? >> ye...

Call the number on your screen. [♪...] >>neil: we just got numbers out from apple and i think for once, for once, this high-tech juggernaut has disappointed wall street. the shares are falling after hours in trading. about 6 percent. earnings in iphone sales have missed targets that were already off the charts. but we are getting word that apple did receive lower-than-expected sales estimates in general but overall the earnings disappointed coming in at $8.8 billion or $9.32 a share.