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Legislation, hr 582, which more than doubles the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $15 an hour by 2024. this is a radical and unprecedented mandate. over it's 80-history the archl federal minimum wage to be $7.40 an hour, with a median of $7.33, both just slightly higher than the current federal standard of $7.25. the claim that the federal minimum wage has never been lower just doesn't hold water. in fact, only -- >> we've been listening to the republican relationship, first in responses to the president's tweets. jeff mason, white house correspondent for reuters. jeff, begin with you. it ap...

Welcome back. sorry, michigan college students, but it looks like you're going to have to start eating a lot more ramen noodles. a recent signed minimum wage reform act is forcing colleges to make major cuts to student employment programs. it's going to raise michigan's current minimum wage to $9.25. the effect of all this, kayla bonham. caleb, thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> in michigan, they passed the minimum wage increase. it's going to increase wages from $7.40 to $8.15 in september and top out at $9.25 in 2018. what we're seeing at the leadership institute campus...

Providing the impetus for this amazing movement on minimum wage. >> senator, i will go to you. the michigan story as we said, this is a unique story. michigan in terms of how it votes, we think of it as a blue state and in terms of being governed, his a red state and yet you guys increased the minimum wage. it looked to me watching this from afar, you were trying to forestall a larger increase that was going to be on the ballot and likely to be approved. the state is at 7.40 and the ballot put it at $10.10. the main goal for you in advancing the legislation, something is coming down the pike a...

From $7.40 to $9.25 by 2018. now, the governor says they did it to avoid a worse outcome as it became a ballot initiative in the fall. i think that he was afraid it would track democrats, and that would be rough on his re-election chances. but i don't think he helped himself. of. >> i think you broke that code, mary. all right, joe. >> paul, this is another miss to new york city mayor bill de blasio who is lifting the municipal ban on keeping ferrets as pets. this ban has been in place since 1959, because these weasels were crawling through walls and viciously attacking children and spreading ...

Michigan. currently, it's 7.40 and will go up to 9.25. >> it's a long way. >> fast food industry wants $15. this is the -- the states are doing the action and washington is doing nothing. donald sterling won't give up ownership of the l.a. clippers. he's responding to the nba's attempt to force him out. blasting others who received lesser punishments for similar infractions. sterling says he has been prejudged and won't get a fair hearing. the gnash is moving ahead to give them the right to sell the team. in a statement, his wife is working to negotiate a sale of the team. despite the suitor...