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To get by. >> when i drove in to park, i drove past my own students at the after school program on their playground. and they waved all smiling at me. and i thought i can't -- i'm so embarrassed. i'm so embarrassed. i should not have to do this. have i two degrees. i vu student loans and bachelors degrees and 14 years' experience. i should not have to come ask for food. >> national correspondent for "the new york times," author of "the teacher wars: the history of america's most embattled profession" which is a fact book. pedro nogueira for schools at ucla, and dave jamison is a labor reporter...

Me. and i thought i can't -- i'm so embarrassed. i'm so embarrassed. i should not have to do this. have i two degrees. i vu student loans and bachelors degrees and 14 years' experience. i should not have to come ask for food. >> national correspondent for "the new york times," author of "the teacher wars: the history of america's most embattled profession" which is a fact book. pedro nogueira for schools at ucla, and dave jamison is a labor reporter for huff po. and dave, you have been covering these strikes, talking to teachers. what is going on? >> well, you know, this is really about a lack...

See it half the time is income inequality at its worst, worse than the guilded age. it's extreme. the stock market hit record levels yesterday, i believe, the day before while this was going on. dave jamison, our terrific labor reporter tried to figure ow the best he could the average wage. i don't know if it fits with walmart. they make $25,000 a year. >> that's demand. the cashiers make less than that. that's what they are demanding be the floor. >> it's intolerable. i would also say the president needs to mention health care again. part of the problem, rather than ameliorate the pressure on...

0 weeks, folks have said the white house needs to have stronger contact and connections with their party on the hill. i know a few days ago on this channel you said you hadn't really talked to the president. do you feel like the outreach from 1600 pennsylvania avenue has gotten better or basically stayed the same in the last few days. >> you know, it is what it is. dennis mcdonough reached out. we talked to him. he's straightforward. i trust him. he's good to work with. everybody has their own style. everyone is making so much of this thing. we have a system that we've got to fix. it's not wor...

Says many of their restaurants are franchises so they don't have direct control of what employees are paid. >> the minimum wage, $7.25 hasn't been raised in a long time. one of the big issues for the obama white house is trying to raise the minimum wage. can the fast food workers live off of $7.25 or $9 an hour. let's discuss with dave jamison. the white house mentioned the low wage worker protest in a blog written last week. he says marking four years since the last increase americans across the country are making the case for why raising the minimum wage is good for workers and the economy. ...