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President obama marked the 50th anniversary of lyndon johnsons war on poverty this week declaring that theres more work to be done. and using the occasion to push a domestic agenda that includes an extension of long-term jobless benefits, a minimum wage increase and a new government initiative to create economic promise zones. but some prominent conservatives are coming out with antipoverty plans of their own. and pushing back on the presidents government approach. >> the current government prog...

House? >> again, i think the minimum wage has, has a good chance. i think it is overwhelmingly supported by republicans and independents and difference between the minimum wage and extending unemployment insurance is that you are not writing checks to people when you -- when you extend the minimum wage. i think that there is, good reason to have this emergency extended unemployment insurance given. what we have been through. and the, the, the -- the pain that people have gone through. in this re...

Given. what we have been through. and the, the, the -- the pain that people have gone through. in this recession. it is harder for republicans -- for issuing checks than for them to vote for men mum wainimum wa. a bigger battle over unemployment than there will be over minimum wage. may be skirmishing over the details of it. i would be surprised if the republicans fought a minimum wage increase. >> david axelrod, governor dean, thank you both. >> thank you. >> the political controversy surroundi...

Was talking about where she was popping the administrations knuckles. okay so some are saying that the federal minimum wage increase, how do republicans force obama care as the main issue? >> raising it is popular among americans. >> im sure it is. although what happens is, you raise the minimum wage and your boss says im going to have to reduce your hours. you get paid more per hour and you have less hours on the books so your paycheck may get smaller. companies look at it and say at that minim...

Ryan? debbie downer. here he is. >> the senate, it started on a pretty good note. the lame duck in 2012, biden and mcconnell came to an agreement, they passed bipartisan immigration reform by a huge majority. but as the year wore on and as a lot of the republican senators started to draw primary opponents and really started to worry about their 2014 races, the senate descended into a lot more -- to look a lot more like the house and ended with this big sort of ugly fight over the so-called nucle...

Protesting low pay and bad working conditions and not enough hours even if their pay were better. so it doesnt matter what unions are involved or not. its the workers themselves who are making this case. and i think they are giving real voice to the anxiety that most americans feel about the explosive income inequality we have in this country, about the growth of low-wage jobs, and the decline of wages generally. and these workers are giving a public voice and a public face to what millions and ...

Even at just over $10 a minimum wage increase would result in fewer of those jobs and higher costs for consumers. diane mass can heed so joins ing us live as always. >> it is quarter to the top of the hour. holiday cheer gives way to chaos as the fate breaks out and it is all caught on camera. what sparked this drama at the christmas tree lighting. >> he gets a lesson on being a rocket. goes behind the scenes of the radio city christmas spectacular. first lets join our own rocket steve doocy t...

The time to raise a minimum wage that in real terms right now is below where it was when harry truman was in office. >> i want to put the minimum wage in perspective with the charts. if you take inflation into account, the real value of minimum wage is $7.25, about where it was in 1960, but if you had to grow it at the same rate of the income of the top 1%, it would be $25.18 today, congressman. we cant get your colleagues to bring it up to $10. >> look, the minimum wage, and i think the u.s. se...

I believe the labor movement in this city is not only working in the interest of the people of the city, doing the work everyday, keeping the city going, and a lot of folks, by the way, work for the city of new york dont get paid so well. >> oh, yes, that income inequality thing. speaking with clarity put him over the top. he was never in a gray area. you always knew where de blasio stood. next, boston, the long-time labor leader. this guy name marty walsh beat john conley by 4 points. walsh has...

Where is the minimum wage? where is the federal minimum wage? where is the state minimum wage? president obama called for an increase in minimum wage. nobody thinks thats going anywhere. if these strikes start to gain steam, if they exert the pressure that forces some of these companies to rethink their own practices, will it change the political posture these companies have. right now any time a minimum wage increase comes on the agenda, corporate america is opposed to it. if they face protests...