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Feinsteins possible motivation for declassifying a critical senate report on cia torture. >> that sense, that motivation for the report, chris, may show deep emotional feeling on the part of the senator. but i dont position it leads you to an objective report. >> deep emotional feeling. and not say patriotism or an bigd fai abiding faith in rule of law. >> its nonsense. its kind of stereotypical. thats an old male fall back position. >> old male fall back position. joining me now is the democrat...

Welcome back. at this hour, the president is in the east room of the white house, about to sign two executive orders aimed at strengthening current laws about pay equality. today is the day, because its being called national equal payday. its the date that symbolizes how far into the new year a woman would have to work to earn what the average man would make doing the same job in the previous year. a lot of people are asking, is this move that the president is about to sign into executive order,...

Women working full time at a wage and salary jobs made about $657 a week on average compared to $819 a week for men. how do different careers stack up, though? you can see there are some big disparities. for example, in construction women make 92.2% of what a man makes. thats the best industry in terms of womens pay equality. leisure and hospitality, 83.5%. he heducation and health 77%. this is an area most women are employed. they are employed in education and health services and make 77 cents ...