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Those polls you mentioned earlier have been repeated many, many times. the president will never do it. he ought to open the state of the union address by saying the state of the union is depressed. it is. actually its a kind of -- remember the old phrase rational exuberance? we are better than we were at t the depths of the deep depression. help people understand how theyre getting better still. the president will do some of that. you have to establish credibility first. >> the president will ra...

Its a really great relationship when you can buy fresh, flavorful, outstanding products from your neighbor. its our passion for produce, combined with our strong sense of community. and were able to deliver that experience by living local. ♪ john boehner apparently does not think very much of president obamas attempt to raise the minimum wage for federal contract workers. in a sort of prebuttal to the state of the union speech so to speak, the house speaker indicated that he believes a plan ...

Republican response afterwards. thats a diminishing number, although i do require every person in my class to watch both, and im going to send an e-mail telling them it has to be on fox business. >> if they dont, and numbers are out that they dont, you owe me ice cream this time, not the other way around. >> lower the grade curve. >> which would work with me. you know, larry, i was thinking about what the president want to do to hike the minimum wage for future federal contract workers. it would...

Making 8% more. on these factors, rate of poverty, 69% more people on food stamps. these are not marks of success. the president doesnt have a lot to sell. thats why hes trying to change the narrative. the main thing narrative. the main thing now is growth, growing the economy. i know we can do it. knroe its possible. its not just being a cheerleader about it. its actually changing the policies that will make for growth. thats what republicans have been putting on the table all day. >> does that...

Fired at a honolulu high school. again, according to our affiliate. police say there are possibly two people injured. the details are limited. but police say the suspect is now in custody and at this time the school in honolulu is on lockdown. but again, the information is just coming in. so well follow up on it. but all the information i have from our affiliate is that two people are possibly injured. suspect in custody. happened just over an hour ago in honolulu. well update you as soon as we ...

I suspect the president has the authority to raise the minimum wage for those dealing with federal contracts. lets understand something. this affects not one current contract. it only affects future contracts with the federal government. so i think the question is, how many people, mr. president, will this executive action actually help? i suspect the answer is somewhere close to zero. >> president obama must sign an executive order to raise the minimum wage for federal contract workers to $10.1...

Correspondent ed henry. >> officials here have pushed back by saying the president will make clear hes still willing to work with republicans on some issues, but as his time in office ticks away, hes not going to wait away when they block him, so his go it alone strategy got going today. even before he was done with the finishing touches on tonights speech, president obama already started his end run around congress. >> how is the speech? >> pushing an executive order raising the minimum wage fo...

For federal workers, as you point out, or maybe some climate change issues that he can do through regulation. but hes sort of taking the publics side against the congress, if you will, because he knows thats one area he may actually have some traction. >> so lets talk about this decision, this executive action thats going to be a huge part of his speech tonight, raising the minimum wage for federal contract workers. these are under new federal contracts. lets talk about what house speaker john b...

Things. the president has really read a lot of political science data on this and talks about it all the time. he knows the limits of the office and he knows hes going to try things through executive orders like considering maybe raising the minimum wage for federal contract workers assuming congress blocks a larger increase in the minimum wage. thats one idea on the table. theyre going to push these ideas strongly. >> i thought there was a common theme between your piece and davids piece. in yo...

Economiceconomi economicic -- economically stupid, the full crisis is getting equal employment. it doesnt solve the structural problem, if you go back to the 90s, you saw that. workers had a lot of bargaining power in that clinton boom, right? we saw wages go up in that time frame, but as soon as the economy went up, it got weaker, there was no structural property. >> were seeing the unions organizing around the issues. they have been very successful, painting the pictures about look, mcdonalds ...