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Nike employee on the issue, and i encourage you to contact your congressional representative to share your support for this trade initiative. >> people can say these trade agreements grow gdp. these great agreements help corporate profits. >> nike is no stranger to poor labor practices. >> the protests are part of an ongoing dispute at a textile factory that produces goods for nike. angry workers venting their frustration in front of the courthouse in front of southern cam cambodia. >> unions unified against fast track. >> this is the first time every single member of every single union at the...

Whether or not any elected members are with us not. >> get your cell phones out. want to know what you think of tonight's question. ment do you think boehner will cave to the tea party partiers? we have your results later in the show. you can get my podcast online. you're looking live at cpac. scott walker is speaking right now. we'll bring you today's best. plus the aflcio and the tpp. it's right in the crosshairs of the working folks of america. we have the details when we come back. stay with us.

Expected to sign it. leo girard international president of united steel workers. gentlemen, good to have you with us. >> good to have you. can you stop trade promotion authority? where is the momentum? >> let me just say, i've been on the executive council for a long time and through a lot of trade fights. this is the first time ever single member of every single union at the aflcio promised a full-out battle to stop fast track and on an institutional level, we're the canaryies in the cage. we look at jobs lost on tire and rubber and glass, and we're able to show how that has happened under th...

It took him a while to get into it. we have to keep him up there. be a builder. be robert moses. do something. >> absolutely. the chamber of commerce and the aflcio that could barely agree today is tuesday agreed to raise the gas tax. it was last increased 21 years ago. does anybody think they could have gone 21 yeas without a raise in income or supplements? you couldn't do it. the gas tax is now worth 11 centses in 1993 dollars. it's going down, down, down. it's a user fee. the best way to pay for transportation. having said that, chris, you, michael and i could in the next 24 hours find 300 ...

Homes. >> carrying interest. the equity market. >> the three of us could do it in 24 hours and the nation would not be at all hurt by the elimination of the loopholes. >> big government when it comes to highways is something we all believe in. >> we want big government, absolutely. >> the leader of the aflcio is great. they should be raising hell with congress instead of worrying about knocking off a knuckle head governor somewhere. i'm sorry, ed schultz. sometimes priorities are creating jobs, not just throwing people out of them. thank you. coming up, mind the gap. new polls show the democ...