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Bringing the majority of the produce from the fields to the marketplace. its because they just dont want those jobs. >> eboni: those avocados and oranges and all those things go up, up, up. >> dom: it has affected the i.t. field. we are hearing the same thing with the visa program. they are being undercut. >> eboni: making a distinction between these skills gap issue and these low skilled. >> matt: we have to have an immigration policy that recognizes we want people that want to be americans eve...

Complicated. what i hear from this report, making sure its going to be applied the correct way. university of texas has affirmed the u.s. supreme court position that diversity in the classroom is of value. we do not have quota systems in the country. we dont have it, havent had it for 20 years. race, gender can be one of many factors compiled in the student profile. i guess these resources, the doj is going to make sure no white students in particular are being kept out of spots because this is ...

These things that theyre, you know, espousing. >> reporter: other actor toes such as matthew mcconaughey have spoken out about finding common ground. >> no matter how much you disagreed along the way, its time to think about how constructive can you be, because hes our president for the next four years at least. >> reporter: oscar winner morgan freeman also weighed in on the side of finding peace saying hes, quote, holding out hope that donald trump has to be a good president. that follows a new...

Most of that we expect to get filled up in the next week or two. if its tuesday, you know my favorite expression, somebodys voting somewhere. today that somewhere is in the countrys second-largest city. los angeles is beginning the stages of picking a new mayor. accusations of corruption and record-breaking campaign spending with more than $19 million spent on ads, campaign mailers and consultants, the top two candidates are tied. councilman eric garcetti picked up 27%. wendy gruel was at 25%. t...

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Im a big proponent of skills training. the other part, dom, to your point. there are jobs no americans want to do. nobody is picking oranges in florida. nobody is doing that for any amount of money. lets be candid about that. >> dom: they will do it. there are some jobs, may be a limited number, i agree. by people cannot continue to undercut with the wage should be. >> eric: let me put the other hat on, dom. what happens is youre going to drive up the wages. but then it will turn around and driv...