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>> dana: ten years ago employers called flex time. you get three weeks off if you are salary employee and you can use them however you want. you could take vacation time with it, or if you were ill, then you take days off for that. that was a model that people were excited about and thought would help taking sick days when they shouldnt and reward people who didnt call in sick unnecessarily. the feedback i got on twitter today i dont think its working well. >> kimberly: what does the research sh...

Clearly are going to have a man as president and a man as a vice president. in what ways can women make sure that the issues are not sort of filtered through the voices of men but we have a seat at the table in the next four years. >> i think one of the important points. i write a lot for forbes and the harvard business review. one of the things that is most critical, when you look at issues like flex time and things like that, work life balance, the latest business thinking is bringing it to th...

Appointed women in terms of his -- of government. 27%. there was 27%. >> he left them in the binders. >> right. this is what he doesnt say about his bain record. i think thats a better indication versus kind of a moderate mitt in massachusetts. during the 1980s and 90s. no women were partners. now there are only four -- friendly towards women or had workplace friendly towards women, bain prove that. he want to be ceo of the united states. lets look at his bain record versus his short time as gov...

Response was mitt romney said, and the other thing that i -- the reason that im sort of plugged into the issues and recognize it was that we had women who were working for us. we realized we had to be flexible so she could get home and make dinner. let me quickly give the statistic to close the loop on this conversation. rebecca, you have something you want to say i know. 42% of plrms senior officials in his first two years of office, that dropped off in his final two years, i think, lauren, it ...

Okay, i have a different chart. going that way, does that make a difference ? look at verizon. its so much more than the other ones. so what if we just changed the format altogether ? isnt that the exact same thing ? its pretty clear. still sticking with verizon. verizon. more 4g lte coverage than all other networks combined. but with advair, im breathing better. so now i can be in the scene. advair is clinically proven to help significantly improve lung function. unlike most copd medications, a...

Relate to their bodies would relate to medical practices. >> well, but -- patrick. >> im going to jump in on rebeccas point. generally i agree with rebecca, but the notion that for both candidates on the stage that night that the womens esh use were being thrown out of there for the first time isnt exactly true. the very first bill he signed into law was lily ledbetter. clearly his appointment to the supreme court has been checked that he is concerned about womens empowerment and women having th...

Back hard, talking about her own experience, flex time, family-friendly atmosphere working for mitt romney but the way mitt romney phrased it in in that debate where he talked about the woman who needed to get home to cook dinner that did rez nate with a lot of women who i spoke to. >> let me suggest another way women could have suggest anothen could have heard it. you know, women who decide to have families and kids and a care career, women today take on a second career. its very hard. in some ...

On abortion and using clips that they know he wants to overturn roe v. wade. hes dead set against abortion. youll see a tense, escalating battle up to election day for this voting block. >> videotape can be as we know edited out of context. >> this is one of who is the real mitt romney and he wants mod operates and independents to think hes winking about that issue and hes not going to do anything about it. in fact, he said a couple of weeks ago, theres no legislation out there. im not going to ...

>> listen, i totally disagree with her interpretation of it, though. what the situation was, is mitt romney went to beth meyers and said, i want you to be my chief of staff. i want to have you in my administration. and she said, here are my parameters how i want to work. can you work with that? he said absolutely. she wanted -- >> youre saying -- >> but that reaction that she had -- thats -- >> a lot of young women who ive heard from in the last 48 hours were offended by that, by that idea that ...

National security and foreign policy almost nonexistent from the rhetoric voiced by republicans in tampa. the president has natural advantage there, only one commander-in-chief at a time. >> to me the empty chair which matters, neither side talked to the empty chair of the man or woman that didnt come home from iraq, people are sitting around the table because their wife, daughter is gone. the woman who has to work two shifts. isnt able to have flex time. empty chair of a grandfather with alzhei...