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Conversation if we want to get into that. the president, however, doesn't really decide what p.m.s a national conversation in the way that the trayvon martin case did. that is something that sort of swells up from the people and then i think he felt obligated to discuss it. he has discussed chicago gun crime. in fact he gave a very great speech in february on it. michelle obama has gone to chicago. the president addressed all the different issues. he obviously thinks gun control is a factor and talked about the breakdown of the family and how important it is to promote marriage and -- bill: ha...

Crucial. detroit owes creditors between $16 billion and $18 billion and finds itself in a position that anyone has ever found themselves in the quicksand of too much debt can relate to. the city is fending off demands for higher interest rates. has to decide whether to make the choice to default on some of that debt and all the while is making brutally difficult triage decisions on which spending to cut. it's led detroit mayor david bing to cut city spending by $172 million a year since taking office in 2009. the less the city spends on basic services, the less people want to live in detroit. ...

The choice to default on some of that debt and all the while is making brutally difficult triage decisions on which spending to cut. it's led detroit mayor david bing to cut city spending by $172 million a year since taking office in 2009. the less the city spends on basic services, the less people want to live in detroit. the city's population has dropped by 5% since 2000. around 30% of detroit is vacant. the empty properties occupy an area nearly the size of san francisco. according to the "washington post," property tax collections are down 20% in the last 50 years. the more the tax base sh...

0 better than mitch mcconnell's political stunts. >> a pillar of american justice is if you don't have a remedy then you don't have meaningful rights. >> our republican colleagues treat labor rights as toxic. they're wrong. >> if you don't have a remedy, you don't have meaningful rights. supreme court of labor law, the nlrb has been inoperable for a year and a half. it's really astounding. i mean, think about just turning off the supreme court for a year and a half. all those big decisions that came down the last few weeks, all the consequences for people seeking redress, gone, shuttered. ther...

0 company's actions violated labor law. but that decision was issued by a board with recess appointees. and the d.c. court has cast all of those decisions, all of them issued by the board that featured those recess appointees who were only appointed because republicans refused to confirm anyone else. the d.c. court has cast all of those into legal limbo, meaning kathleen and millions of other workers are out of luck. joining me now is congresswoman linda sanchez, democrat from california. and larry cohen, president of communications workers of america. congresswoman, i'll begin with you. why d...