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Some of these workplace rules, we have gone overboard, and i understand that. and youll hear randy say -- whether she means it or not, we have got to reform the way we run schools. it seems to me the unions need reformers that can really -- young people that can shake them up and get them into the 21st century. its tough. >> well, its tough sledding, but they can still do it. >> this has been a battering for more than 30 years. globalization decimated manufacturing in this country. wiped out a l...

I feel that he did. i feel that he actually cared about me. >> you know, we talk about this all the time. the work with the producers. the standards. obviously a different standard. workplace rules have changed. you cannot have a relationship with somebody below you in the food chain, even outside the office. in those days, there were no such rules. it was mad men time. >> not only no rules but enablers. the aides to jack kennedy helped him. nobody is saying, mr. president, you shouldnt do this....

Laws and workplace rules. what can the unions do to meet governors? democratic governors, republican governors halfway? >> well, first of all, you forgot one ingredient when you say where theyre going to locate at. they go through this bidding war and try to keep getting more and more goodies. and they generally, not always, but generally overestimate what theyre going to do. theyll say were going to give you 100 jobs, going to make $20 an hour, you end up getting $10 an hour. when we do it, we ...

Workplace rules, a regular voter, say a 50-year-old voter who will vote for cain otherwise. doesnt it matter whether he may have told a joke at work or he tried to pick up somebody at work sexually, take somebody to a company apartment. doesnt that delineation mean something or not? wouldnt that turn off some of the conservatives? >> yes, but this is davids point which is that we havent heard directly from the women yet, and the way that the physics of this things works, inevitably we are going ...

Persons but in terms of workplace rules, a regular voter, say a 50-year-old voter who will vote for cain otherwise. doesnt it matter whether he may have told a joke at work or he tried to pick up somebody at work sexually, take somebody to a company apartment. doesnt that delineation mean something or not? wouldnt that turn off some of the conservatives? >> yes, but this is davids point which is that we havent heard directly from the women yet, and the way that the physics of this things works, ...

ill ask about red hot democrats. stay here and hear how it plays out. im wolf blitzer here in "the situation room." weve been expecting the house to vote on raising the debt limit. but it has not happened yet. the debt deadline is looming larger than ever. the deal would raise the debt limit $900 billion in the short term and green light spending cuts of roughly the same amount over ten years. offset dollar for dollar by more spending cuts. theres a lot of huge ifs involved in making...

Faa too. but this didnt just start. things like this dont just all of a sudden, theres an epidemic of controllers falling asleep. its a little disconcerting to wonder what else is going on out there that hasnt been addressed? >> thats why the administrator and the head of the controllers union are traveling the country this week. started in atlanta today. theyll be all over the country over the next week talking to controllers, trying to find out if there is something systemic about this, trying...

Recommendation really from a fatigue study that we just are releasing and that study says that pilots should actually have nine hours and we thought that controllers should, too. but look. if thats not enough hours, and thats really one of the reasons that the administrator and the president of the controllers union are traveling the country starting in your bailiwick today, in atlanta, talking to controllers about workplace rules, about more rest. and if it needs to be more, obviously well take...

Thats really one of the reasons that the administrator and the president of the controllers union are traveling the country starting in your bailiwick today, in atlanta, talking to controllers about workplace rules, about more rest. and if it needs to be more obviously well take that into conversation. we think nine hours is probably the right amount of rest. but if its not, well do better. >> well have much more on lahoods visit and the new rules for controllers at the top of the hour with cnn ...

>> that study says that pilots should actually have nine hours and we thought the controllers should, too. but look, if thats not enough hours, and thats really one of the reasons that the president of the controllers union are traveling the country starting in your bailey wick today in atlanta talking about workplace rules and about more rest and if it needs to be more, then well take that into consideration. we think nine hours is probably the right amount of rest but if its not, well do bette...