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Owe. >> i dont like defending wall street, but im put in a tough position. >> they were paid hundreds of millions of dollars to outperform the market. now the city is on the hook. >> if youre a retired policeman in new york, i love cops, you may not have taken out your gun once, but guess what? you get half your salary when you retire after 20 or so years. >> thats the deal. >> its a very rich pension. >> its a rich pension. it goes down the line for firefighters, for all city employees. they ge...

Taxpayer-funded pensions. obama and edwards. wrong for louisiana. >> new orleans branch of the naacp is calling for vitter to take down that ad saying it seeks to strike fear in the hearts of the white community. vitters ad is the first weve seen seeking to exploit the recent sentencing reforms for political gain. now, today hillary clinton speaking in atlanta got a taste of the pressure on the other side of the criminal justice debate. new pressure. and we will show you what that looks like nex...

This race who is tested, and who is ready, and has taken on the tough issues. and by the way, is also willing to tell them the truth on things like entitlements which you didnt hear from almost anybody else on the stage last night. they all tiptoe around it. because ive dealt with this problem in new jersey on pensions and health benefits you need to deal with it at the national level as well. and when im president, thats exactly what im going to do. >> and last night you said theres nothing in ...

Doing is what were seeing all over this country, is corporations going to war against their own workers. they are making huge profits. they are demanding in many cases cuts in wages, in health care, and in pensions. this is what the race to the bottom is about. this is why we have more and more income and wealth disparity. this is why tens of millions of people are working two or three jobs. so what i believe, weve got to stand with unions, weve got to grow the trade union movement, and weve got...

Why were you walking the picket line today? >> because verizon is now doing exactly what many, many other large profitable corporations are doing, and that is as the corporations make huge profits, as their ceos get huge compensation packages, they are either not negotiating with a union in one case, workers cant get a first contract, or else they are bringing forth a contract for other workers which is a bad contract. and they fired another worker whose crime in life was that she was busy organ...

Exactly what many, many other large profitable corporations are doing, and that is as the corporations make huge profits, as their ceos get huge compensation packages they are either not negotiating with a union in one case, workers cant get a first contract, or else they are bringing forth a contract for other workers which is a bad contract. and they fired another worker whose crime in life was that she was busy organizing, trying to organize the union. so to my mind what verizon is doing is w...

Thats why if were ever late for an appointment, well credit your account $20. its our promise to you. were doing everything we can to give you the best experience possible. because we should fit into your life. not the other way around. what these companies do is use their power to cut wages, to cut health care benefits, to cut pensions. their greed has no end. and what this campaign for president is about is saying to corporate america, you cannot get it all. >> a lot of presidential candidat...

What these companies do is use their power to cut wages, to cut health care benefits, to cut pensions. their greed has no end. and what this campaign for president is about is saying to corporate america, you cannot get it all. >> a lot of presidential candidates come through new york city in the course of a presidential campaign. very few of them come through new york city and make sure to stop by at a picket line. but thats where bernie sanders was today at a union rally at verizon here in new...

Theyre still going to have to try. >> ah, but theres barry sanders. he had a big night. b.s., right? get it? >> i do. barry sanders. at least i hope thats what you meant. >> yes, i did. >> he decide all these things he wanted to talk about, free college, talking about middle class, billionaires and millionaires. he was in new york city today by the way and he sort of unveiled this new strategy about being tougher. he had originally not attacked her. now hes hitting her harder. he was at times sq...

But me. and my failings could not have come at a time of greater challenges for cps, chicago public schools. the former educator did leave the chicago school system at a time of turmoil. in her first year as ceo, the board of education shut down 49 elementary schools, sending thousands of students to unfamiliar classrooms. the chicago public school system is also in debt. it owes an astounding $6.2 billion and rating agencies have called cpss financial status precarious. in an effort to save up ...