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Result will be great for all. the plan promises promises to raise middle-class wages and that will save companies money to pay people more progressive said a typical household will save $4,000 but some labor groups are afraid they will not see the middle-class wages but have the pockets of their shareholders. general counsel for the communication members of america and joins us now. we appreciate it. your union did something very interesting to take the process of the tax bill to makero it tangi...

Anti-islamophobia network. a lot of labor groups, harvard queer students and allies, do you think they are out of touch with say the rest of america views the actions of someone like former private bradley manning? >> well, i definitely agree that there is a harvard bubble in a lot of ways. i think on their, there are channels for people who go and raise issues when there are abuses in our intelligence community that do not involve breaking the law. if you truly believe in the rule of law, if yo...

Out. this is a big blow to labor groups and all those pushing this $15 an hour agenda. they have had a lot of success in recent years with new wage laws passing in several cities and counties. the promise is always the same. a high minimum wage will put more money in the pockets who need it most. this study done by the university of washington found when the minimum wage jumped from $11 to $13 employers cut hours by 9%. wages for those did go up 3% by by working less those employees took home ge...

Are on that side. and theyre the most -- theret people that police are most concerned about because they have promised to return action for action if anybody from the pro trump side gets physical. then on the north side of this border, you have a bunch of labor groups who have come with their own message but theyre also anti-trump people. then to the south of me, you have 1,000 or so people who have gathered in front of city hall and so on all sides of this pro trump rally you have counter prote...

Dropping more. >> wikileaks. i love wikileaks. >> so the counselor for president clinton wrote an op-ed on cnn.com. saying trump, stop whining. >> white tquite the pivot. if this is an issue, many experts say it is. what the trump administration has to do is a that say that is important. >> and it depends what comes out and how quickly. lets talk about the nomination. andrew puzder. the labor nominee secretary. he pulls out. labor groups did not like him. im not sure that made the difference her...

Space to let workers go that they have to have so many regulations theyre not able to grow. and the thing during the obama administration shifted so much more to favor the employee, not the employer, it was overregulation that were tieing things down and you had moderate republicans who say i dont to want go to my home state and answer to those labor groups. so while theres low hanging fruit, its easy to say listen, andy puzder, billionaire has all of these personal issues, thats why its not goi...

Late 80s on the oprah winfrey show in disguise to talk about this incident. senators are reviewing the tape of that oprah winfrey show. susan collins telling our colleague that she is still reviewing that tape of the oprah winfrey show and determining whether or not that was a line of questioning she wanted to ask more puds ner at his confirmation hearing. a lot of these liabilities from the past expected to come up at that thursday hearing in addition to his own idealogical views which have pro...

Dagen: missouri republican governor signing a bill this week making the show me state the 28 right to work state. that means workers there will no longer be forced to join or pay union do you see. labor groups promising they will fight it. but, denene, you say we need it. and we need it nationwide. >> absolutely. this is a business show. so the trend is your friend; right? the momentum is going in the direction with many more states that are coming onboard for right to work states. and so think ...

Nomination says he does not consider this disqualifying because it was offered voluntarily. >> there are questions about how bad puzder wants the job to begin with. >> he has been pounded by labor groups who say his company has had labor violations. he is not for raising minimum wage. he is not qualified. the bureau meant to protect workers. kellyanne conway has mentioned the fiction bowling green massacre before. she said she also brought up the bogus story in january during a telephone inter...

To have jobs, factories, everythings going to be great. today was an on message day after a rocky weekend. everything reinforced his nationalist populist message. he had something for fiscal conservatives with the hiring freeze and then he had this unusual, for a republican, meeting with labor groups. some were local union groups. he met with the ceos. he did tell them he would slash taxes and regulations but he told them if you move your factories to mexico and want to import goods fact, were g...