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Unilateral action on that front. the members of the congress and the progressive caucus are calling for him to issue an executive order that would raise the wages of people that were working in low-wage work for federal contractors. why hasnt the president done that? >> well, the president has heard those calls from people. and the president wants to work with congress on a bipartisan basis to enact the increase in the minimum wage. and we hope he will do that. but the president has shown throug...

We are headed to $25 trillion in debt. we are robbing our kids and grandkids blind. thats a moral imperative that they can win by stealing money. >> when are they going to fight? >> thats the problem. >> where i will agree with bob is there is an opportunity but often times its republicans and democrats who wont stand up and fix it. >> i said that. >> when republicans try, i will say this. when they have tried to save social security to reform medicare. >> no help. >> thai like, youre killing gr...

Working in low-wage work for federal contractors. why hasnt the president done that? >> well, the president has heard those calls from people. and the president wants to work with congress on a bipartisan basis to enact the increase in the minimum wage. and we hope he will do that. but the president has shown through past actions if congress doesnt act then he needs to look at what can be done. so well continue to work on a bipartisan basis. i think the minimum wage can be increased. i know it m...

Told chris hayes. >> i think the minimum wage can be increased. i know it must be increased. its a moral imperative. its really an economic imperative if we want to grow the economy. the way to grow the economy is to put money in peoples pockets. >> reverend al sharpton interviews michelle obama today. and in congress -- in georgia, jack kingston says there should be no such thing as a free lunch even for low income children at school. >> why dont you have the kids pay a dime, pay a nickel, to i...

We are headed to $25 trillion in debt. we are robbing our kids and grandkids blind. thats a moral imperative that they can win by stealing money. >> when are they going to fight? >> thats the problem. >> where i will agree with bob is there is an opportunity but often times its republicans and democrats who wont stand up and fix it. >> i said that. >> when republicans try, i will say this. when they have tried to save social security to reform medicare. >> no help. >> thai like, youre killing gr...

But we have absolutely no way of knowing if james madison would be aghast at the tools that that president authorizes the nsa to use to, among other things, protect the court from terrorist attack by haters of america who believe they have a religious imperative to kill as many noncombatant american citizens as possible, people who have committed no greater crime against those terrorists than going to work in the world trade center on september 11th. we have no idea whether james madison would b...

Justice system. and in our daily lives, we can count on being lied to almost every day. the eighth commandment no longer an imperative in the usa. and nowhere is this better illustrated than in washington, d.c. enter the "washington post," which runs a column called "the fact checker." in that column, writer glen kessler analyzes the accuracy of what powerful people say in america. this week, the "post" announced its top falsehoods of the year, and president obama owns three of them. >> if you l...

So we said, how can you, from the outside, make such a tragic argument? it was the moral imperative that eventually overcame these folks. >> and what -- to what degree do you think divestment in those sanctions ended up being a tipping point in south africa? how important did it end up being, in conjunction with all the work that was, of course, being done by antiapartheid activists there and around the world? >> a german journalist came to washington, d.c. several years later, said that he had ...

Cycle. for me, its getting a senate elected with a republican majority. we have to put harry reid in the back of the room. you talk about how early it is and we heard rumors about chris christie and carl rove. you could wait until september. at what point do you make a decision about 2016? >> a lot has to do with what happens the next year. not only in the senate and house elections and governor elections but whether or not the mood of the country is moving toward wanting to have more polariza...

Podium. as he made that point. its not going away. im going to stick to it. aint going to give up on this. thats fighting words he hasnt been using before. im fighting this ground. here i stand like martin luther said. im standing here. so my question is, is that solid ground for him? is it smart to say start punching back? >> absolutely. there was a period of time where he was really taking a beating because of the website and because of the hullabaloo over if you like your plan you can keep it...