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United states of america in order to contract policy concessions, the fact we were able to pass a clean debt limit is just one example of why when you guys are unified, you guys stick together, this country is better off. >> and so instead of pricking trial balloons, today saw the president and vice president talking plainly about what they want and what the country wants. raising the minimum wage, getting health care to those who need it, doing something about the nations 11 million undocumente...

Of retirement security and they can count on health care if heaven forbid, something happens to them. already, we have put forth a range of executive actions that are going to make a difference. yesterday, for example, i had a chance to be with a group of minimum wage workers. for federal contractors. these are folks that are washing dishes and cleaning clothes on our military bases and facilities. sometimes the debates on capitol hill get so abstract. to be next to folks, average age, by the wa...

Loves my gun. >> its a bill that would allow it as long as the carrier does not drink. >> alcohol and guns dont mix. >> in todays top trender, all the wage. >> president obama signing the executive order raising the federal minimum wage for contract workers. >> in the wealthiest nation on earth, nobody who works full-time should have to live in poverty. >> president obamas executive order brings new hope for minimum wage workers. >> raising the minimum wage is good for business and good for work...

Procedure done at the mayo clinic successful. he is expecting to make a full recovery. this surgery coming just days after the death of his wife, joan. fulfilling a promise he made at the state of the union address to raise minimum wage for contract workers. now obama is urging congress to pass legislation to cover all workers. susan salney reports from washington. >> reporter: with the stroke of his pen on an executive order, president obama raised the minimum wage for new federal contract wo...

He is expecting to make a full recovery. this surgery coming just days after the death of his wife, joan. president obama fulfilling a promise he made at the state of the union address to raise minimum wage for contract workers. now obama is urging congress to pass legislation to cover all workers. susan salney reports from washington. >> reporter: with the stroke of his pen on an executive order, president obama raised the minimum wage for new federal contract workers to $10.10 up from $7.25....

Because the president also made the point that most minimum wage workers are not teenagers, like you just said. listen to this. >> they are not teenagers taking on their first job. they are adults. average age is 35 years old. a majority of lower wage jobs are held by women. many of them have children that they are supporting. these are americans who work full time, often to support a family. and if the minimum wage had kept pace with our economic productivity they would already be getting paid ...

Work, you work full time, you shouldnt be living in poverty, not in america. we believe that. >> we do believe that. right now the annual salary for a minimum wage worker is just over $15,000 a year. thats not enough to raise a family. and despite what some republicans say, many minimum wage workers are supporting their families and they are struggling to do it. raising the minimum wage isnt just good policy, its good politics. >> a majority of americans not just democrats, not just independents...

Affordable high-quality child care so working moms can feel safe leaving their kids. we dont have republican champions. what theyre saying is, women make these choices and its because of choices that women make that they dont have equal pay. two-thirds of minimum wage workers in this country are women. women do not choose to be corralled off into the lowest paying jobs in the economy and yet thats whats happening to women. its about younger women and women of color and immigrant women. women in ...

Interests. >> going back to the politics of it, what you raised earlier, when you deal with these issues, take for example the minimum wage, most americans support raising the minimum wage. the pew poll found 73% support it. 66% according to the "washington post." nbc found 63% should be a priority this year. this works in with womens issues since two-thirds of minimum wage workers are women. how can republicans drag their feet on this? >> well, because they believe that this is the way they are...

Minimum wage, that money gets turned around, spent right back at costco, right back at walmart, right back on main street. >> are there regional variations in how much people like raising the minimum wage? would it particularly help democrats who support it in any one region more than other parts of the country? >> yes. this is what is so fantastic about this issue is there are not big regional differences. if you want a southern strategy which were always talking about republicans, we need a so...