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How many -- >> how many minimum wage workers are teenagers. mark, may i please respond? may i please speak? thank you. walmart. the biggest private employer in the country. we look at what they spend money on, right? they obviously don't spend enough in our opinion and in the opinion of many workers on labor costs. they spend $7.6 billion a year buying back their own stock in the market. we looked at what if that -- in terms of productivity, in terms of the customer experience, in terms of all of that pretty much useless practice. if that were redirected to the lowest wage workers it would giv...

Marriage, they have formed a bond in other areas. especially in seeing fighting poverty as a moral responsibility. >> i was grateful to have the opportunity to speak to him about the responsibilities we all share to care for the least of these, the poor, the excluded. >> reporter: but he doesn't count on forming a political alliance with the pope. >> his job is a little more elevated. we're down on the ground dealing with the often profane. and he's dealing with higher powers. >> reporter: jonathan karl, abc news, traveling with the president at the vatican. long-term unemployed will have to...

I guess this issue amazes me all the time because of the number of people it affects. senator klobuchar, talk about how it doesn't just effect people at the very bottom, a bit higher, and people who work for tips which is a lot of women, generally women. >> exactly, chris. this is a big deal for our whole economy, but particularly women. 2/3 of minimum wage workers are women. most of the people, majority of the people who work in the service industry, who make tips for a living are women. and you have a situation which as you pointed out it doesn't just effect minimum wage workers. if we can i...

Mayor of baltimore, maryland. thank you, ladies, for joining me. this issue amazes me all the time because of the number of people it affects. senator klobuchar, talk about how it doesn't just affect people at the very bottom, how it affects people a bit higher and how it particularly affects people who work for tips which is a lot of women, and generally women. >> exactly, chris. you know, this is a big deal for our whole economy, but particularly women. two-thirds of minimum wage workers are women. most of the people, the majority of the people who work in the service industry are women. it ...

Wage. president obama wants minimum wage to be over $10. it's key because two-thirds of minimum wage workers are women. >> absolutely. women know that when the minimum wage gets raised it is better for them and their families. democrats understand this and republicans don't. to get to the reince priebus part they have been saying they acknowledge it is a problem for more than a year now. they have to do something beyond saying we know there is a problem. it is like they are not trying. if they were trying the dayt that the report comes out showing greg abbott under pays the women in his attorn...