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At the end of the day, its good for the work force and the economy. in the 70s, 50% of salary was covered with overtime. we are going back to a point where they can expect those protections. thats good for the economy. if the business community wants to argue that it should be set as it is now, at a level below the poverty rate for a family of four its hard to argue its good for the country workers or economy. >> they will push back on the theory the economics bear what they bear. the reason the...

Overtime rules that will raise the pay of americans. in this country, a hard days work deserves a fair days pay. youve heard those talking points again. heres what it means to you. onto the old overtime rules that extra pay of time and a half topped at $23,660. that threshold will be bumped up to people making just over $50,000 a year. the president receiving higher marks for the way hes handling his job. the presidents approval numbers are on the rise. approve 57%. obviously the public is warmi...

City officials hope things remain calm. christine. >> thanks nick. tributes pouring in for john nash. the princeton professor whose skitschizophrenia was portrayed in "a brilliant mind." russell crowe who played nash in the film tweeted stunned. my heart goes out to the nash family. john nash was 86. his wife was 82 years old. game three of the nbas eastern conference finals. cavaliers taking on the hawks. this one was decided in overtime. could lebron james bring the cavs to within one game...

In the nba draft, but they fell out of the top three ending up with the fourth pick. the lakers on the other hand all smiles. they jumped up to the second picking. the minnesota timberwolves they won the lottery for the first time in team history. this is the first time since 2004 that the team with the worst record actually ended up with the first pick in the draft. to stanley cup playoffs. blackhawks and ducks in overtime. andrew shaw with the soccer-like moves using his head to put it in th...

Recognizes, somewhat begrudgingly under probing questioning, how badly china behaves including brutally cracking down on freedoms at home, erecting trade barriers and conducting cyber theft and espionage against u.s. corporations and government. >> given certain aspects of the conduct of the chinese government that weve already witnessed and agreed upon, should we readily assume that chinas statistics that it puts out, that it issues officially about its economy, its gdp or what have you are alw...

Peninsula. jail breaks helped this organization. in 2013 they orchestrated multiple jail breaks across multiple countries for the al qaeda organization as a whole. and at the beginning of the arab spring you had prisoners released, who broke out of prisons in egypt, libya, tunisia. this gave rise to a more vibrant. militant organization in north africa. so prisoner releases and releases from jails like this are things we need to watch. they can put a very considerable pool of talent back on the ...

You cath just drop the hammer on this guy, because there is no prosecution. and yet his answers are almost -- laughable. >> yes or no? >> so you want to laugh, but you cant laugh because its too serious a subject matter. i have to have sex with them. >> no its the other way. what does that mean they have sex with him? he was assaulted? >> that is one intriguing story, its going to continue alisyn said there are going to be trials upcoming. but theres a lot of news this morning breaking right now...

Ill only get more prevalent but not to worry. for those concerned about overexcited little button pushers in the house, amazon limits customers to one order at a time. of course industry insiders say theres a down side to amazon dash besides finger cramps. they worry consumers will be less likely to seek out new or even better brands. thats it for "the lead." im jake tapper. turning you over to wolf blitzer in "the situation room" right now. happening now, pushback. iraq says isis has been...

Bleacher report. >> they came to see lebron james play. it was lebrons teammate who stole the show. to say he was on fire is an understatement. kyrie scored 57 points. none bigger than the clutch three-pointer to force the game into overtime. then he was just kyrie-diculous. leading cleveland to 128-125 win. the next highlight will make you happy, christine. morris at the buzzer. they play ou in the big 12 tournament. it is almost that time. selection sunday two days away. 14 years after she r...

Bridge of the moment when boris nemtsov was killed. it is grainy. the shells from the cartridges fired at him, they have been reclaimed by the police. the police say they are following a couple of leads. vladimir putin has been outspoken on this. even writing to boris nemtsovs mother saying he shares her grief and vowing to get to the bottom of this and bring those responsible to justice. russia has a very patchy record on investigating these kinds of political killings. many russians believe th...