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You're talking 120 degrees fahrenheit or 50 or so celsius, this is the place to be for some of the labor workers out there in the streets waiting to are a job but trying to find one spot to cool themselves off. >> interesting form of shade there, isn't it? >> yes. >> thanks so much, pedram. appreciate it. rapper 50 cent has had quite a few honors. the ceremonial pitch didn't go as planned. that pitch gives new meaning to the term off the platte. it was so far wide it almost hit a cameraman. 50 cent had an explanation of sorts. he said the pitch was thrown by curtis jackson which just happens...

Submitting requests to fix these problems. for three years they were ignored and denied. >> what has the president said? he's said time and time again that as this law gets implemented we'll work with everyone to -- >> they don't feel like that's true. >> that's voted over 40 times to di kill it. if you want to talk about bleeding from the base, four different republicans -- >> you're not going to answer my question. >> i have answered your question. >> you haven't answered my question. this isn't a political problem for you that a million labor workers have decided that they haven't been hear...

Is in the bill, it's actually passing a bill, it's symbolic because americans believe that washington d.c. is broken. president obama is losing face with the latino community. for all side to win they need to agree on something to get before the president, a law. jenna: i want to ask you something that is really important that doesn't get a lot of attention when we go back and forth to the right and left with immigration reform it has to do with outside groups like labor organizations, like the chamber of commerce all that have a hand in this legislation. what do you think their roles are and ...

Curry favor with his members and the public and doesn't just concede raising taxes for the wealthiest of americans because i do believe that would then shift the onus back toward the white house for spending cuts but he just doesn't bring himself fully to say that which i think would trigger this kind of a reaction. >> i want to switch topics while i have you altogether. michigan and what's happening there. again, michael, you talked to people all day long. andrea mitchell noted it. i lived in illinois and chicago for ten years. we know the importance of unions in that area. to see what's happ...

World's, you have some 99% in your district and some 1%. what do you make of what's going on down there? >> i was there on wednesday at foley square. they were very frustrated and angry about the financial crisis and the hope they don't see for their future. i met students that had huge student loans and no jobs, people that have lost is there homes or thele values have gone down, labor workers who were afraid they were going to lose their job. they are calling upon people like me and all of us at this table to do something about it, to listen to their concerns and act on them. i think we shou...