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It is interesting, the president asked how many of you have been in the the oval office? three of them raised their head. union leaders said we didnt get a lot of attention. day one, the president is reaching out to best business leaders and union workers and line workers. bring them in and said what is going on in your life and how can we help you? he is a listening president that can engage in the policy and action that he can can take and the government can take to work with congress and make...

Opportunities to maintain these vehicles. you will see continual people driving other people. i am hopeful as to what is possible here. but at the same time, this is a technology that is moving forward. >> tucker: you are absolutely right on all of that. you are optimistic. ive been asking a lot of people recently, who is thinking about what happens to all these people. not just the drivers, but by the line workers displaced by robotics, physicians by supercomputers. all the people whose jobs ar...

Vehicles. you will see continual peoplepo driving other people. i am hopeful as to what is possible here. but at the same time, this is a technology that is moving forward. >> tucker: you are absolutely right on all of that. you are optimistic. which i appreciate. let me ask you a question ive been asking a lot of people recently, not just on tv. who is thinking about what happens to all these people. not the drivers displaced by driverless vehicles, but the line workers displaced by robotics, p...

A helicopter up, thats good indication because that means the conditions are allowing it to be up there. when do you think that might be repaired, worst case scenario? >> its really hard to tell until were able to look at the damage. it would be great if we could find that its something that just requires just a minor repair, we can get that back on today because that would probably get a lot of those 16,000 customers back on. >> got it. >> its hard to determine until we really know. >> the conc...

What was going on even before soesh yaw. workplace fatalities were already dropping. the shoep of the line workers redefsh ob protected how many centuries or we could trust every washing or go? thats why we had to develop unions because we could not trust employers. >> in the 19th century you had workplace accidents kids working on farms. it was horrible. why? kids were trying to survive. through capitalism it gets prosperous and all of a sudden kids can go back to college. it is happening now. ...

If you look pwe mind me, youll notice these cars are making their way over to interstate 630 but very, very gingerly, and with good reason. very tough to get proper traction. black ice. its inevitable you will have issues on the roadways. something else we need to talk about, not just the roads but in terms of power. thats a daunting task for a lot of line workers to get out and restore service. the northwestern corner, fort smith, clogged with damaged trees. and at the same time some places rea...

Pds today marks 150 years since henry ford was born. joining us now, former editor and chief of "american heritage" magazine, richard snow, out with a book "i invented the modern age, the rise of henry ford." its great to have you back on the show again. >> thanks for having me. >> so tell us what you look at in terms of henry ford? i just recently saw a documentary on him. i found it fascinating. i want to get to the $5 day soon. >> the a $5 day was the biggest news to ever come out of detroit....

Immigration. meantime, the horror in bangladesh just keeps growing. at the factory where so many american clothes were made, the death toll has now passed 500. authorities say the buildings engineer helped the owner illegally add three more floors to the five-story structure. both men are now facing charges. meantime, pope francis condemned the work conditions as slave labor this week. a majority of those who died were poor line workers earning as little as $37 a month. and follows a novembe...

His name is michael harvey, and talking about him on the show yesterday at a press conference on saturday. he conceded there is room for improvement. lipa is bringing in 1200 more of the tree trimmers and the line workers, theyre bolstering the work force, making it 12,000 employees out here working for lipa. now, just a moment ago, this nice gentleman walked out of his house and down the street. i said sir, come over and talk to us, and tell me what youre going through. thats your name. >> robe...

We can only fly to because the roads are removed or covered with sand or gone so until that is secured we cannot do an evacuation and the rest of the day we evaluate our high vote average transmission system the backbone of the grid with major damage there we need to fix before we can move into the residential areas and we have about 1,600 line workers and forestry workers working the storm right now. >>neil: we have had a number utility firms in new jersey and a lot of the private upstarts, as ...