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Youre talking 120 degrees fahrenheit or 50 or so celsius, this is the place to be for some of the labor workers out there in the streets waiting to are a job but trying to find one spot to cool themselves off. >> interesting form of shade there, isnt it? >> yes. >> thanks so much, pedram. appreciate it. rapper 50 cent has had quite a few honors. the ceremonial pitch didnt go as planned. that pitch gives new meaning to the term off the platte. it was so far wide it almost hit a cameraman. 50 ce...

Submitting requests to fix these problems. for three years they were ignored and denied. >> what has the president said? hes said time and time again that as this law gets implemented well work with everyone to -- >> they dont feel like thats true. >> thats voted over 40 times to di kill it. if you want to talk about bleeding from the base, four different republicans -- >> youre not going to answer my question. >> i have answered your question. >> you havent answered my question. this isnt a pol...

Is in the bill, its actually passing a bill, its symbolic because americans believe that washington d.c. is broken. president obama is losing face with the latino community. for all side to win they need to agree on something to get before the president, a law. jenna: i want to ask you something that is really important that doesnt get a lot of attention when we go back and forth to the right and left with immigration reform it has to do with outside groups like labor organizations, like the cha...

Curry favor with his members and the public and doesnt just concede raising taxes for the wealthiest of americans because i do believe that would then shift the onus back toward the white house for spending cuts but he just doesnt bring himself fully to say that which i think would trigger this kind of a reaction. >> i want to switch topics while i have you altogether. michigan and whats happening there. again, michael, you talked to people all day long. andrea mitchell noted it. i lived in illi...

Worlds, you have some 99% in your district and some 1%. what do you make of whats going on down there? >> i was there on wednesday at foley square. they were very frustrated and angry about the financial crisis and the hope they dont see for their future. i met students that had huge student loans and no jobs, people that have lost is there homes or thele values have gone down, labor workers who were afraid they were going to lose their job. they are calling upon people like me and all of us at ...

Have come to feel like -- call it vocational consolation prizes and were simply not celebrating their contribution. thats why you have a skills gap right now at the same time you have unemployment. >> according to the department of labor, skilled labor like plumbers and steam fit ters, will see a 16% increase in the number of jobs available between now and 2018. skilled labor workers, a 29% bump. the problem, finding people skilled to fit the job and a number that will retire soon. this job brig...

>> absolutely. i think we can safely say gone are the days we can go to college and study latin for the fun of it. we need to come out and still be able to pay our bills and student loans and things like that. >> this is a professor at the university of steinhart. you tell us college would not be a big deal if we were getting more for our money. >> thats right. i think one of the big problems facing american families is the fact that college tuition is going up quite a bit, almost ever...

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