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Whos a ceo who said one time that he likes automated workers, they dont file discrimination suits and -- i mean, we are talking about this guy being secretary of labor. how do you look at a guy like this becoming secretary of labor? >> now, as a baptist minister, im not supposed to boast but every now and then i just cant help but pat myself on the back. earlier this week, fast food executive andrew podzer bowed out of consideration of secretary of labor. the left didnt care of the hatred of min...

Chains. in the past, puzner has argued against raising the minimum wage, fair enough, thats a republican position. but hes also championed the use of machines to replace human workers at his restaurants. he said earlier this year, quote, machines are always polite. they always upsell, whatever that means, they never take a vacation, day never show up late. theres never a slip and fall or an age, sex, or race discrimination case. well, excuse me, of course there isnt, theyre not human beings! the...

Your flight crew things its halloween. their technology is very advanced but also very new. so we appreciate your patience as we iron out the kinks. >> hot towel, hot towel. >> automated flight attendants maybe not such a great idea but it could happen. one hotel in japan employs ten life like robots on staff. robots have replaced human workers and some news article are written by bots that scan and compile the facts. our next guest argues in his new book "rise of the robots", machines are no lo...

>> i retain more research on a more charismatic. >> something like that will happen at some point. its optimistic, they say robots come bearing coffee and we should welcome the artificial brethren. peter welcomes that. but emerging technology specialist john hayden says we should not welcome the new robot overlords. >> humans have finite capabilities. we can only work 60 or 70 hours per week are we going to choose human workers or machines? >> that doesnt scare people the robots are better. i ha...

>> i retain more research on a more charismatic. >> something like that will happen at some point. its optimistic, they say robots come bearing coffee and we should welcome the artificial brethren. peter welcomes that. but emerging technology specialist john hayden says we should not welcome the new robot overlords. >> humans have finite capabilities. we can only work 60 or 70 hours per week are we going to choose human workers or machines? >> that doesnt scare people the robots are better. i ha...

Increase as syria becomes more homogenous. as if diversity maintain so too will the chance of pluralism. the hope of any future global stability is being lost with these horrific atrocities against minorities like the assyrians and yazidis and other christian minorities. bill: what is the ultimate fate? it is an impossible question to answer. will they be held for trade, for others who stages? could they be used as human shields or ultimately doomed or are they killed? >> all of the above. weve ...

He put it is in the bins. they get eventually conveyed on to boxes and shipped right out to your door. amazon said using these robots which are in place for the first holiday shopping season for the company will help them process orders more quickly cutting down the average time from the picking up of the items to the shipping it from 90 minutes to 13 minutes. its increasing storage capacity here, too. its amazing to watch, francis. you can see the boxes just moving on the pads laid out. we have...

Reggie here are not at risk of losing their jobs. amazon doesnt want to replace human workers but wants the robots to help make the employees job a little bit easier and little bit more efficient. ultimately amazon said that serving the customer, and of course, talk about the bottom line it could boost it. its on track for a fourth quarter 7 to 18% higher than last year at this time. >> fascinating to see. that might be somebodys package there. questions surrounding the death of an ohio state ...

fired more people, mitt romney and barack obama slam china. >> day one. president romney stands up to china. demands a level playing field for our businesses and workers. >> just today, to kick off his bus tour, the president played the china card too. >> just this morning, my administration took a new action to hold china accountable for unfair trade practices that harm american automakers. and let me tell you something. americans arent afraid to compete. we believe in competition. >>...

countrywides ceo, oversaw the program giving a lot of people on capitol hill this preferential treatment. it was called -- the whole program was called, if you can believe it, the friends of angelo program. now, the report today names a string of lawmakers and regulators from both parties, democrats and republicans, who benefited from this vip treatment. senate budget committee chairman, for instance, democrat kent conrad. former democratic senator chris dodd. republican house armed se...