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United states of america in order to contract policy concessions, the fact we were able to pass a clean debt limit is just one example of why when you guys are unified, you guys stick together, this country is better off. >> and so instead of pricking trial balloons, today saw the president and vice president talking plainly about what they want and what the country wants. raising the minimum wage, getting health care to those who need it, doing something about the nation's 11 million undocumented workers, and making sure that opportunity exists, even for those who are struggling. >> they talk...

Of retirement security and they can count on health care if heaven forbid, something happens to them. already, we have put forth a range of executive actions that are going to make a difference. yesterday, for example, i had a chance to be with a group of minimum wage workers. for federal contractors. these are folks that are washing dishes and cleaning clothes on our military bases and facilities. sometimes the debates on capitol hill get so abstract. to be next to folks, average age, by the way, 35. these aren't teenagers, these are folks who are looking after families, trying to raise kids,...

Loves my gun. >> it's a bill that would allow it as long as the carrier does not drink. >> alcohol and guns don't mix. >> in today's top trender, all the wage. >> president obama signing the executive order raising the federal minimum wage for contract workers. >> in the wealthiest nation on earth, nobody who works full-time should have to live in poverty. >> president obama's executive order brings new hope for minimum wage workers. >> raising the minimum wage is good for business and good for workers and it's good for the economy. >> family values. that's what the minimum wage is about? >> 1...

Procedure done at the mayo clinic successful. he is expecting to make a full recovery. this surgery coming just days after the death of his wife, joan. fulfilling a promise he made at the state of the union address to raise minimum wage for contract workers. now obama is urging congress to pass legislation to cover all workers. susan salney reports from washington. >> reporter: with the stroke of his pen on an executive order, president obama raised the minimum wage for new federal contract workers to $10.10 up from $7.25. >> wherever i can act on my own without congress, that's what i'm goi...

He is expecting to make a full recovery. this surgery coming just days after the death of his wife, joan. president obama fulfilling a promise he made at the state of the union address to raise minimum wage for contract workers. now obama is urging congress to pass legislation to cover all workers. susan salney reports from washington. >> reporter: with the stroke of his pen on an executive order, president obama raised the minimum wage for new federal contract workers to $10.10 up from $7.25. >> wherever i can act on my own without congress, that's what i'm going to do. >> reporter: the pre...