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Equal pay instead of just saying another labor issue. saying these are gender issues. is that smart politics? >> it is very smart politics. i bre gujingly give my hats off to nancy pelosi for framing the argument this way. it goes back to the point i was just making. so you have house republicans tonight voting on an abortion bill and the former speaker of the house talking to women about pay inequities and creating opportunities and finding a level playing field for them to break break glass ce...

Weve got the grow the game. now, there are some complex legal issues, so even if the suit loses. >> you have to go to arbitration. >> the important thing to know is that that concussions around the serious issue and the analogy i make is that yes, that huge cigarette lawsuit won, but remember all the ones before that lost? when they were losing, it doesnt mean that smoking was a good idea or safe, so concussions are a big issue. this is perhaps a symptom of it, but it could really get the nfl mo...

Granting citizenship? i think thats where the strong opposition is really bubbling over in the house and at the state level. you go to arizona, to the rural districts, people are saying begrudgingly, okay, well so something, but hell no, we will not give them citizenship, or if we do, were dg -- >> and say wait for 25 years. >> the 25-years concept is what it is. >> crazy. >> it means nothing. it doesnt have any sway in the party. >> its that tern, that fear. >> but that devil in the details exi...

>> i think its national, too, adam, im not sure what the situation is in san francisco, but theyre a little bit more elitist sometimes than new york city. >> yeah, you know, im not sure of my facts here, i dont think we have a wal-mart in san francisco, and i dont think its a -- its a labor issue necessarily. this is very similar to our last conversation, i mean, every-- i agree this is not a national issue, people in new york are-- >> and making the choice. >> wal-mart, theyre making to make it...

Situation is in san francisco, but they are a little more ahead of new york city? >> im not sure what the facts. i dont think we have a walmart in strand and i dont think its labor issue necessarily. this is similar to a last conversation. i agree this is not a national issue. people in new york -- walmart. >> they are trying to make a national issue. >> let adam finish. >> i dont think this is particularly fair to walmart what is happening in new york city. having said that the opposition to wa...

2007 to 2010, which wiped out two decades of wealth in america. then if you talk about who is benefitting here, the middle 60% of the country saw the biggest losses while the top 10% saw their net worth increase. something has to be done to address this disparity. >> all the great things about protecting those job createors, they have done very well in the last several years. i mean, you see this over and over again. record profits. you see bonuses going up. you see salaries going up on the top ...

I would argue the presidents effort to bundle this, to use your word, that is not proven. no one has really married successfully the issue of a labor issue, say, in wisconsin or now michigan with the larger the middle class conversation. as a political issue, this is very different, i think, from a purely labor issue because labor is no longer -- labor used to be the democratic partys core. right now there is some disconnect between the labor movement and the sort of broader democratic constitch...

Because millionaires are trying to save a little money by busting the referees union. ill have more to say about this in a few moments. but today we learned what kind of labor issue we will have on our hands if mitt romney is president. it will affect the future of education in this country. mitt romney participated in nbcs education nation summit today. the candidate had so few specifics about future plans for education he sounded more like a low-information voter than a candidate for preside...

Ill have more to say about this in a few moments. but today we learned what kind of labor issue we will have on our hands if mitt romney is president. it will affect the future of education in this country. mitt romney participated in nbcs education nation summit today. the candidate had so few specifics about future plans for education he sounded more like a low-information voter than a candidate for president. >> education is about teachers, great leadership and parents. and the union has a ...

Setback until the upper court uphelds that. >> chris: less than a minute left. another labor issue as you know im sure they just ended a messy and angry school strike in chicago. first of all, how did you think that rahm emanuel the mayor of chicago handled it? and secondly, will yew beginning to see. >> i mentioned even before the strike in places like chicago where wampum emanuel or even some of 9 other states look at massachusetts, new york, others out there when you are the chief executive b...