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Want to cut social security, medicare, and medicaid. in my view, there is no state in the country where people support that right wing agenda. you go to people, and this is what many republicans believe. not only do they not want to raise the minimum wage, and thats what were trying to do, they want to abolish the concept of the minimum wage, so that if youre in a low-income area, you can work for three bucks an hour. who in america believes that? so, ed, their agenda is the agenda of the koch b...

A possible 2016 candidate for the runs. >> well see you on sunday. >> democrats, facing a push back on raising the minimum wage. the chief of the nonpartisan governments office vigorously defending the report that a raise could cost half million jobs. the democrats are boosting the white house plan to boost the minum nearly three bucks to 10-10 an hour. >> if the cbo director is correct. the white house- backed minimum wage could cost 500,000 jobs by 2016, why are the democrats saying hes wrong?...

Lets not pretend it is and lets not pretend were helping people by not raising the minimum wage because of this report. >> okay. but -- but lets not pretend though -- lets not pretend also, mika, theres such thing as a free lunch. people will pay when you go from paying a certain amount to $10 an hour, people are going to pay. its not going to be people like me or you or anybody at this table and its not going to even be ceos. >> right. >> youre talking about social justice, what the cbo is talk...

More and more demands on the part of these companies and then the companies ultimately cant compete and then the companies either have to move out of the country or they have to cut the work force. so they have to make these decisions based on economics and for noah to go out there and start throwing around the confederate flag, i mean, it looks silly. its so immature at this point. we have to have a conversation about what direction the country is going in vis-a-vis china and all these other ec...

Point? they wont do anything on jobs or unemployment extension. what are they for? they talk about what theyre against. >> this is what theyre for. they do, ed. if you look at what the extreme right wingers are about. social security, medicare, medicaid, a minimum wage, the concept of the minimum wage disappears. if you can hire somebody for three bucks an hour from the perspective of most republicans, thats just fine. they want to move us, ed. we should be very clear about this. they want to mo...

I it was front-parent over there. -front-page and had the potential for diplomatic problems. this woman is alleged to have told the state department should we pay her housekeeper 0 certain amount for a limited number of hours. instead she paid the housekeeper what amounted to three bucks a an hour and required her to work for hours. india officials accused the officials with comparing her to a common criminal. she is indicted now here in new york city. well have more details. this has just broke...

Aim at the tale of two cities, i meant it. >> reporter: citing liberal leaders of the past century, de blasio promising to even the economic playing field, including taxing those who make more than $500,000 a year to pay for universal pre-k and after-school programs. telling the wealthy, dont worry. >> -- see their taxes increase by an average of $973 a year. thats less than three bucks a day, about the cost of a small soy latte at your local starbucks. we do not ask more of the wealthy to punis...

Lets go -- i like that. right to our own backyard msn msnbcs craig melvin is in central park. doesnt look like hes ice skating. >> can he ice skate? >> reporter: i can assure you it wont change and yes, he can ice skate. >> prove it. >> reporter: the snow and wind as you mentioned, they have disappeared. the cold temperatures have not. this is actually the warmest its been all day here in central park. you can see here a balmy 20 degrees. that is of course before any sort of wind gusts. i can te...

Attack, while the document does not contain a specific reference to the incident which killed four americans, including the u.s. ambassador t threatens loss of pay or termination. im jamie colby. ill send you back to "cavuto on business" only on the fox news channel. two something, aint that something? gas prices headed south with help from our friends up north. some states seeing gas below three bucks a gallon. in the end its still high but guess what is higher, supply. thanks to lots of chea...

>> this guy is kind of famous and it is a one of a kind and $5,000. >> why? >> because when i am dead which could be in a few years because i am self-destructive. when i am dead i will sign the abs, but then $5,000. and also my brother is in the hospital, and my house has a leak and i just lost my job. >> that doesnt mean anything to me. those reasons have no bearing on what i will give on that. if you were dead maybe it would be worth the money. can we come to a reasonable middle? >> three buck...