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Make sure i got a chance to thank you guys very much. were going to listen in and then after joe kennedy iii, you will be listening to elizabeth warren. lets go back to that. >> poor and female. poor and gay. poor and old or sick or addicted. folks today we are a country of soaring stock prices and global profits and global force. we are also a country of working poor, of hunger, and rich places and of deep worry for what

Until january 2024. $15 an hour. >> most workers 20 $15 an hour. how hard of a fight that was? >> hard work. we got there. its a game-changer. i grew up working poor. my aspirational life was to get into the middle class. new jersey is the quintessential middle class state. if youre a two income household with two dependants, youre below the poverty line. $15 isnt nirvana but its great to get to. >> how much opposition, how much opposition do you get from business groups from independent busines...

These pieces line up. for years now, for decades now rich people have gone to washington and said just tilt the playing field in our favor just a little bit and then they am can back and say tilt it just a little bit more and the next year, tilt it just a little bit more just a little bit more until today in america can, the top 1/10th of 1% has amassed about as much wealth as 90% of america can. upper middle class, middle class, working class, working poor and the poor poor. and the consequence...

For years now, for decades now rich people have gone to washington and said just tilt the playing field in our favor just a little bit and then they am can back and say tilt it just a little bit more and the next year, tilt it just a little bit more just a little bit more until today in america can, the top 1/10th of 1% has amassed about as much wealth as 90% of america can. upper middle class, middle class, working class, working poor and the poor poor. and the consequence of having amassed tha...

German cities the issue of the working poor could also gained ground in germany and what about mr macro and international reputation media he has been seen by a lot of people around the world especially with the german chancellor leaving the political stage as you know curing the torch for your theres a kind of addicted to me in the perception of the man who in my career is a lot critic scene was very critical even in france and you still celebrate it outside of fronts but if france doesnt meet ...

Very important for your viewers to understand in france they pay over $7 for gallon and almost half of that are taxes. this was a climate change tax of 25 cents a gallon for gasoline. about 10 cents for diesel. i think in america though when this green new deal you are going to see indirect taxation in other words more subsidies, more taxes, more mandates and regulations i dont think they will be foolish enough to go for a big direct fax on fuel like you are seeing in france. the net effect, ste...

The working poor. those sleeping on the streets, they were not counted as homeless. under the old model, if you are homeless tonight and we came to you next week, we would say to you, you are not homeless enough, come back in a year and a half. unless you come up with a plan to scale this up, the services and treatments and then cut-off those you know those pads that are leaving people onto skid road of lch.a. >> for garzetti, the stakes could not be higher. >> how could you be president if you ...

One reason bernie sanders did so well and why people did support him, people like he who i am not a socialist by the way. people supported him because he talked about the working class. he talked about the working poor. he talked about how big money an politics control wall street. how did a billionaire, president trump, identify with the working class and the working poor? it was simply one reason and one reason only his authenticity and his ability to make people believe he could not be contro...

Healing the sick. weve seen assault on peoples health care. pl particularly the working poor. those who have pre-existing conditions. i think we have a long way to go. weve seen this attack on democracy and integrity and truth telling. >> how can there be such a difference between two people of the same faiths? >> its nothing new. this is a new moment but the black church is a tradition, a church that was born fighting for freedom. i think from the beginning americas pre-existing condition is ra...

>> remember this, and youve heard me say it a lot, african-american unemployment, think of it, african-american unemployment just reached the lowest level ever recorded. huh? right? right? after years of democrats failing and abandoning african-americans, republicans are delivering for african-americans like never before. >> so nina, is he taking credit for something he doesnt deserve for job growths? should they be thanking president obama? >> oh, absolutely. definitely thanking president obama...