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MarketWatch’s Levi Sumagaysay breaks down why actors, teachers, hotel workers and others are striking — and why the recent work stoppages have been in the works for decades.

>> i think thats exactly right. weve heard the jill stein recount, were hearing now the russia hacking. all of these reasons, but democrats arent listening to bill clinton who actually criticized the hillary clinton campaign for not going to wisconsin. hillary clinton did not visit wisconsin once. that blew not because of the berlin wall but because of hillary clintons own campaign tactics. and i would say in fact democrats are proving donald trumps point, which is that the elites have been in c...

Currency. this is the reason and it will be the reason that happens around the world that this will be used for criminal activity as opposed to necessarily always legitimate transactions. there are some advantages to bit coin in the sense that it reduces the cost of transactions, frictionless transactions. it still has a long way to go before its legitimized. very small fraction. you dont get these big percentages. >> you talked me out of pouring all my money into bit coin. >> sorry. one more ...

the awesome power of a tornado captured on camera, school bus pounded by the storm, swift action by the driver saved nearly a dozen kids. a minute-and-a-half from the school. >> im on the road and i see a tornado touchdown one mile from me. >> oh my gosh. >> youre watching "weekend early start" where news doesnt take the weekend off. its official, there is at least one mega millions lottery ticket, it was sold in maryland. if you missed the drawing last night. no worries. here is a...

it started at midnight. mississippi governor, he pardoned four convicted killers on his way out from office. they were all serving life sentences in murder cases. all of them had also worked in a special program at the governors mansion. >> and im not sure if you saw these pictures, but awesome. check this out. this is a tanker with ice cutters trying to plow through the alaskan ice because its got a critical shipment of fuel. and its headed towards an alaskan city that really, really ...

talking about cuts and specifically whats handed to em because of the debt ceiling deal reached earlier this week. initially they know they have to cut 350 million which more or less they are okay with and wont necessarily sacrifice our national security, but where the big question mark comes is if that committee can not decide on how they will make those additional cuts to equal around or about $1.2 trillion, they will have to cut hundreds of billions, 500 billion, 600 billion, 700 bi...

Republicans will still attack him for unemployment and the economy, but in the general election hell look very different, his approval numbers will look different, too. >> since were staying with the money theme, the budget. how about that? the tea party republicans seem to be forcing the rest of the party to go along with the proposed $61 billion in spending cuts. it appears senate democrats would make a concession at $33 billion. wouldnt the gop, richard, be in a better position politically fo...