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People aren't living off their wealth, they are living off income from labor. >> corporate profits versus wages, we're seeing the distributional effect of the recovery, such as it's been, has been very good at the top and not very good at the bottom. >> when people aren't uncomfortable, they are not going to ask congress to do something like full employment. it is not uncomfortable. >> this brings us around to the courageous fast food workers in chicago and retail workers today who walked out on strike. 2,000 people in the streets protesting outside of one of the big mcdonald's downtown. chica...

>> corporate profits versus wages, we're seeing the distributional effect of the recovery, such as it's been, h been very good at the top and not very good at the bottom. >> when people aren't uncomfortable, they are not going to ask congress to do something like full employment. it is not uncomfortable. >> this brings us around to the courageous fast food workers in chicago and retail workers today who walked out on strike. 2,000 people in the streets protesting outside of one of the big mcdonald's downtown. chicago whole foods workers on strike at 8:00 p.m. again, in the grand scheme of thin...

>> how do you say you're sorry to 7,000 people that you could possibly have infected? >> reporter: marissa, petrified of needles, waited three hours to have her blood drawn. >>ly never forget my 18th birthday present being a blood test. >> reporter: her perfect present would be a clean bill of health. but she went get test results for another two to three weeks. susan candiotti, cnn, tulsa, colorado. congress may be one step closer to an agreement on immigration reform. a bipartisan group of eight senators has been trying to find a compromise. business and labor leaders have agreed on a plan...

Debate. a lot of the local activists wanted single pay yor. in this case, same thing. what have we seen this week, massive organizing among retail workers, over the thanksgiving period by walmart. a big emphasis on unemployment but also minimum wages. the administration may get more than they bargained for. >> you showed the clip of mr. santelli, the same that took to the floor and gave a big speech that was part of the genesis of the tea party outrage. the best thing about the tea party was that they were working on governance. there was an issue on the hill they wanted to speak to. i don't a...

Money, on average $500, about a 10% drop from last year. of course, the biggest travel day was the wednesday before before thanksgiving and mother nature could slow that down for many. >> thank you so much, michelle franzen. raising rates for retail workers. will it help the economy? "weekends with alex witt" will be back after this. oh no, not that, not here! [ male announcer ] antacids don't relieve gas. gas-x is designed to relieve gas. gas-x. the gas xperts.