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Or higher. so we're not talking about teenagers after school work here. we're talking about people -- >> not anymore. >> so this industry has changed. >> yes. >> do you think the mcdonald's of the world and the burger kings are going to say okay, we've got to pay more? >> i think that the workers joining together and with us supporting them are going to be able to make a very legitimate case, that we have to change the direction of this low-wage economy. and it begins with fast food, but it should expand to retail. it should include walmart. every low wage worker who works for a living should ...

And at lot of republicans i think can really make a sound argument, if you just stop, get off the talking point, and look at the economy from the perspective of the worker and the manager and realize that there may be a synergy here that helps us boost this economy in a different direction than the one we're currently on and may start with workers in places like a mcdonald's or fast food restaurant who are growing part of this. you have people pushed out of big paying jobs who now are having to realign themselves in this economy and so this is not just touching the low wage worker, it's touchi...

Bryant's income, in just five seconds he's earning $14, twice as much as the minimum wage worker makes in two hours. the ceo of exxon mobil $5 in 15 seconds. an elementary school teacher in half a minute equals 21 cents. kobe bryant at $81 and 50 seconds the president is earning $2.40 and if we add up to a minute a median wage worker in the u.s. has 27 cents. it's an interesting video at cnn money but if you look at incomes there are two americas growing further apart. mort zuckerman, welcome to the program. you wrote an op-ed in "the wall street journal," you called this phase of america the ...

And you start making phone calls and calling them. in maybe you can use the dmv. i mean, this is one of the big problems right here, the backlog. what that gentleman was talking about off the radio show. and a time frame. can we make it reasonable? do we want to tell these folks hey, you got to wait another 12 or 13 years. what? some of these folks have been here more than ten years. can't we get them on the fast track? how much loyalty do they have to show? what the republicans are afraid of is that they'll vote for the democrats so, we got to slow this baby down a little bit. the other thing...

Voting rights ac, willing to pass 15 and and union do it by august 6th, the 56th aevrs of the voting rights act. . if they say yes. we tell the media. if they say no we engage on direct action. wednesday we locked a march from georgetown, texas to austin, texas. then on saturday a massive rally in texas to nationalize what's going on and demand federal action, a selma like march. we can't do this state by state and litigation by litigation. i've been through that it takes too long. we need the federal protections. then on the following monday we're coming back to d.c. with clergy and workers. ...