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We know our opportunity agenda wont be complete and too many young people entering the workforce today will see the american dream as an empty promise unless we also do more to make sure our economy honors the dignity of work, and hard work pays off for every single american. today women make up about half our workforce, but they still make 77 cents for every dollar a man earns. that is wrong, and in 2014, its an embarrassment. women deserve equal pay for equal work. [ applause ]

Every dollar a man earns. that is wrong and in 2014, its an embarrassment. women deserve equal pay for equal work. now, she deserves to have a baby without sacrificing her job. a mother deserves a day off to care for a sick child or a sick parent without running into hard ship. and you know what, a father does too. its time to do away with workplace policies that belong in a "mad men" episode. this year, lets all come together, the white house,

Youve got to want to bad enough. youve got to hate where you are bad enough to embrace something thats completely different and outside your comfort zone. we tell folks a budgets really not rocket science. you just need to write it down on paper on purpose and give every dollar a name before the month begins. give every dollar a mission before the month begins. if you work for a company called ewing incorporated and you manage money for them the way you manage money for you now, would you fire y...

Uninformed and incurious news reporters. joining me now, business columnist for "the los angeles times" and the author of the recent book "the new deal on modern history and wendell potter, a former health insurance executive with a new ebook coming out december 6th entitled "obama care whats in it for me." tell me what happened when you got her on the phone and started comparing the plan she had to what she could get? >> it was clear to me when i listened to her when i read about what she had s...

Surprised to learn this 400 some odd dollar a month plan she was pitched was not the best plan she could get. she could get a better plan than she had for much less money than she was paying because she had as many people who have had policies canceled have had, she had junk insurance. it didnt really cover very much. under obama care she was eligible -- first of all, she was eligible for $200 a month in income subsidies, premium subsidies and she could get a bronze plan far superior to the plan...

Because of her shrewd timing she will still get to collect a 50,000 dollar a year paycheck. the doctor who helped the cia find osama bin laden is expected in court for a new trial. he was sentenced to 33 years in prison for setting up a sting to verify bin ladens identity and location. a judge overturned it because he said the sentence was too harsh. this morning we are talking about the shut down show down. the senate debating a bill that passed last week in the house. the legislation will ...

Deadly lightning strikes in arizona leaving two people dead. police say a married couple was spending the day with a large group overlooking a scenic arizona cliff and thats when tragedy struck. police say the lightning bolt hit them while they were standing along the rock wall. teenage boy who was part of the group was also struck by lightning. police say he was not related to the other victims, and he is expected to be okay. eat your fruits and veggies, doctors orders. new program in new yor...

>> about three months prior to this, my youngest daughter at 19 had been diagnosed with ms, multiple sclerosis. all of a sudden i said im going to turn this into a fundraiser. >> a rookie reporter at the time jumps at the time to cover the event. >> we knew it was for a great cause. the tallest building in south dakota is coming down and you want to be here for there. >> so we went out and sold tickets for the person who pushes the button. >> they call the event boom and print thousands of raffl...

It was 29 years old living the hawaii and earning 200,000 dollar a year. he said the surveillance program by nsa was too broad. >> they target the communications of everyone. it collects the system and filters and analyzes them and stores them for periods of time. similply because thats the mos valuable way to achieve these ends. while they may be intended to target someone associated with a foreign government or someone that they suspect of terrorism, they are collecting your communications to ...

Plant and mining fasscilitiefac. this comes hours after the u.s. navy demonstrated a new laser weapon that its deploying in the persian gulf that can blind or destroy aerial weapons like drones and planes. cnns chris lawrence is live at the pentagon for us. chris, this sounds like something out of star wars. >> it does, john. this is a beam of light that really is no bigger than this dime, and for the first time its going to be deployed on board a navy ship. it is connected to iran but not quite...