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How many -- >> how many minimum wage workers are teenagers. mark, may i please respond? may i please speak? thank you. walmart. the biggest private employer in the country. we look at what they spend money on, right? they obviously dont spend enough in our opinion and in the opinion of many workers on labor costs. they spend $7.6 billion a year buying back their own stock in the market. we looked at what if that -- in terms of productivity, in terms of the customer experience, in terms of all of...

Marriage, they have formed a bond in other areas. especially in seeing fighting poverty as a moral responsibility. >> i was grateful to have the opportunity to speak to him about the responsibilities we all share to care for the least of these, the poor, the excluded. >> reporter: but he doesnt count on forming a political alliance with the pope. >> his job is a little more elevated. were down on the ground dealing with the often profane. and hes dealing with higher powers. >> reporter: jonathan...

I guess this issue amazes me all the time because of the number of people it affects. senator klobuchar, talk about how it doesnt just effect people at the very bottom, a bit higher, and people who work for tips which is a lot of women, generally women. >> exactly, chris. this is a big deal for our whole economy, but particularly women. 2/3 of minimum wage workers are women. most of the people, majority of the people who work in the service industry, who make tips for a living are women. and you...

Mayor of baltimore, maryland. thank you, ladies, for joining me. this issue amazes me all the time because of the number of people it affects. senator klobuchar, talk about how it doesnt just affect people at the very bottom, how it affects people a bit higher and how it particularly affects people who work for tips which is a lot of women, and generally women. >> exactly, chris. you know, this is a big deal for our whole economy, but particularly women. two-thirds of minimum wage workers are wo...

Wage. president obama wants minimum wage to be over $10. its key because two-thirds of minimum wage workers are women. >> absolutely. women know that when the minimum wage gets raised it is better for them and their families. democrats understand this and republicans dont. to get to the reince priebus part they have been saying they acknowledge it is a problem for more than a year now. they have to do something beyond saying we know there is a problem. it is like they are not trying. if they wer...

Raise the men minimum wage. >> wind is in the sails of low income minimum wage workers in a way that is perhaps not with other labors across the country and bigger unions, its a powerful story. these are jobs that a lot of people do not want to have. this is brutally hard work. it is thankless work, behind the scenes, low paid and to be cheating these hard working people out of literally cents every day is despicable, fighting the good fight as usual. >> thank you. in the car washes, some folks ...

Going to come back and say this would be a job killer. >> well, the cbo report, if you read it closely, says that anywhere from a zero jobs will be lost to a million jobs will be lost. so thats quite the range. and i think its really hard to tell, because one of the things that doesnt often get factored in is that we are lifting the demand up. take gap, for example. now, how many minimum wage workers under the current standard could go and shop at gap? maybe some, maybe at the outlet store. who ...

So at the top of the show, we talked about the possible effects of the minimum wage hike. if you want to sound smart today, tell your friends. as of 2012, idaho has the highest percentage of minimum wage workers in the u.s. at 7.7%. alaska has the lowest at 1%. lets head to the cooler. we welcome louis back from a trip down south. lets go to jimmy fallon where he welcomed his first comedian. it may be someone you heard of, the one, the only jerry seinfeld. fallon does a pretty spot imitation...

The economy going forward, which i think we all can say cant take any huge blows. and the first is on the subject of raising the minimum wage. when the president signed his executive order raising minimum wage for federal contract workers, heres something he said. >> owners of small and large businesses are recognizing that fair wages and higher profits go hand in hand. its good for the bottom line. >> increasing the minimum wage, good for the bottom lines, steve? >> well, janet yellen let the c...

The economy going forward which i think we all can say cant take any huge blows. and the first is on the subject of raising the minimum wage. when the president signed his executive order raising minimum wage for federal contract workers, heres something he said. >> owners of small and large businesses are recognizing that fair wages and higher profits go hand in hand. its good for the bottom line. >> increasing the minimum wage, good for the bottom lines, steve? >> well, janet yellen let the ca...