more than 350,000 teamsters make it run. they work for good, middle-class wages, quality health care and secure pensions. there are work rules that ensure fairness and due process for both sides. ups is the most efficient package delivery company in the world. [applause] let's not forget that ups doesn't provide these great wages and benefits out of the kindness of his heart. ups does it because the teamsters fight for it. all 350,000 of us. [applause] corporates hate when working people join together to form unions. but for centuries, major employers have waged a war against labor by forming corporate unions of their own. we need to call the chamber of commerce and the business roundtables what they are. they are unions for big business. here is another fact. against gigantic multinational corporations, an individual worker has zero power. it is only when americans stand together in democratic unions that we win real improvements on wages, benefits and working conditions. companies like amazon are bigger than most national

the teamsters love this country. i 1.3 million members move america on the roads, in the ports, on the rail and in the air. and at the end of the day, if the powers to be stop me from raising my voice on behalf of american workers, i will not have one single regret. i still carry my commercial driver's license. i still have my place on the union seniority list. you'll find me back in boston driving a tractor trailer, delivering equipment for shaughnessy and ahern. because i have the protection of a union contract that gives me the freedom to speak my mind and to fight like hell. god bless the greatest nation. thank you very much. sean o'brien, the teamsters president, the first teamsters president to ever speak to a republican national convention. i don't remember a speaker at a republican convention railing against the chamber of commerce that is new here, but he was fighting for workers. blue collar workers all across the country were heard from everyday americans than we heard from the teamsters president. he cred

the teamsters love this country. and at the end of the day if the powers to be stop me from raising my voice for american workers i will not have one single regret. i still carry my commercial driver's licence. i still have my place on the union seniority list. you'll find me back in boston driving a tractor-trailer delivers equipment for shaughnessy and hearn because i have the protection of a union contract that gives me the freedom to speak my mind and to fight like hell! god bless the greatest nation! thank you very much. [ cheering and applause ] >> sean o'brien, the teamsters president, the first teamsters president to ever speak to a republican national convention. i don't remember a speaker at a republican convention railing against the chamber of commerce. that is new here. but he was fighting for workers. blue-collar workers all across the country. we heard from everyday americans and we heard from the teamsters' president, he credited former president trump for opening up the doors of the rnc. and he said

more than 350,000 teamsters make it run.class wages, quality healthcare, and secure pensions. there's work rules that ensure fair and work rules for both sides. ups is the most efficient package delivery company in the world. [ cheering ]. let's not forget ups doesn't provide the great wages and benefits out of the kindness of its heart. ups does it because the team teamsters fight for it, all 350,000 of us. you know, corporations hate when working people join together to form unions but for a century, major employers have waged a war against labor by forming corporate unions of their own. we need to call the chamber of commerce and the business round tables what they are. they are unions for big business. and here's another fact, against gigantic multinational corporation, a individual worker has zero power. it's only when americans ban together and democratic junes that we win real improvements on wages, benefits, and working conditions. companies like amazon are bigger than most national economies. amazon is valued over $

the teamsters love this country. our 1.3 million members move america on the roads in the ports, on the rail, and in the air. and at the end of the day, if the power is to be stop me from raising my voice on behalf of american workers, i will not have one single regret. i still carry my commercial driver's license. i still have my place on the union seniority list. you'll find me back in boston driving a tractor trailer, delivering equipment for shaughnessy and ahern because i have the protection of a union contract that gives me the freedom to speak my mind and to fight like hell. god bless the greatest nation. thank you very much. is sean o'brien, the teamsters president? the first teamsters president to ever speak to a republican national convention? i don't remember a speaker at a republican convention railing against the chamber of commerce that is new here, but he was fighting for workers, blue collar workers all across the country were heard from everyday americans. then we heard from the teamsters president.

the teamsters love this country.lion members move america on the roads, in the ports, on the rail and in the air. at the end of the day, if the powers to be stop me from raising my voice on behalf of american workers, i will not have one single regret. i still carry my commercial driver's license. i still have my place on the union seniority list. you'll find me back in boston driving a tractor trailer delivering equipment for shaughnessy and >> tyou heard shawn o'brien, th head of the teamsters say, i think we can all agree, whether people like him or don't like him, in light of what happened to him on saturday, trump has proven to be one tough s.o.b. that is going to be a key theme of this republican national convention for sure. in a moment, inside the trump family, what this moment has been like for donald trump, inside this convention hall, in the motorcade after the rally, what played out at the hospital. key insight to what the family is saying about this tonight and how the biden campaign is reacting tonight

the teamsters and the g.o.p.g group has shown the courage to sit down and consider points of view that aren't funded by big-money think tanks. senators like j.d. vance, roger marshall, and representatives michael lawler, brian fitzpatrick, among elected officials who truly care about working people in this group is expanding and is putting fair to those who have monopolized our very broken system in america today. far too many people on both sides of the aisle still caught up in knee-jerk reactions to unions who subscribe to the same tired claptrap that unions destroy american companies. take a moment to consider united parcel service, the largest private-sector log company. it's been unionized for more than 100 years. more than 350,000 teamsters make it run. we work for good middle-class wages, quality health care, and secure pensions. there are work rules that ensure fairness and due process for both sides. ups is the most efficient package delivery company in the world. [applause] but let's not forget that ups

i would look at the teamsters and say that probably _ at the teamsters and say that probably over 50% what john o'brien is saying to those gathered. we will create an agenda _ those gathered. we will create an agenda and _ those gathered. we will create an agenda and work— those gathered. we will create an agenda and work with i those gathered. we will create an agenda and work with a i an agenda and work with a bipartisan coalition ready to accomplish something real for the american worker. cheering and applause. _ the american worker. cheering and applause. and _ the american worker. cheering and applause. and | _ the american worker. cheering and applause. and | don't - the american worker. cheering| and applause. and i don't care about being _ and applause. and i don't care about being criticised. _ and applause. and i don't care about being criticised. it - and applause. and i don't care about being criticised. it is i about being criticised. it is an honour to be the first teamster in our 121 year history to address the republican national convention. cheering and applause. seve

in my administration the teamsters reach out to eight republican senators who stood up for railroad teamsterstor hawley walked the teamster picket line in st. louis and the uaw picket line in winstonville, missouri, and more than that, i want to recognize senator hawley for his direct, relentless and pointed questioning of corporate talking heads, lawyer, ceos and apologists. he has shown he is not willing to accept their pillaging of working people's pocketbooks. i know from a career in negotiating that you get nowhere by slamming your fist on the table. the first step is to listen. the teamsters and the gop may not agree on many issues, but a growing group has shown the courage to sit down and consider points of view that are not funded by big money think tanks. senators like j.d. vance, roger marshall and representatives nicole maliatakis and others are truly caring about working people, and this group is expanding and putting fear into those who are monopolizing the broken system today. there are far too many people on both sides of the aisle who are caught up in knee-jerk reactions to th

the teamsters fair to say? we are not beholden to anyone or any party we will create an agenda and work with a bipartisan coalition. ready to accomplish something real for the american worker? and i know care about getting criticized. it's an honor to be the first teamster and 121 year history to address the republican national convention several months ago the rnc in the dnc well, the opportunity to speak to be frank when president trump invited me to speak at this convention, there was political unrest on the left and on the right hard to believe anti union groups demanded the president rescind his invitation? the left called me a traitor and this is precisely why it's so important for me to be here today. think about this think about this the teamsters of doing something correct? if the extremes in both parties, they guy shouldn't be on this stage president trump had the backbone to open the doors to this republican convention. and that's unprecedented no other nominee in the race. what have invited the team

teamsters president sean o'brien was one of the speakers. he thanked the gop for outreach to american workers, the cooperation with labor unions more recently and had this to the say about trump. >> president trump is a candidate who is not afraid of hearing from new, loud, and often critical voices. and i think we all can agree whether people like him, or they don't like him, in light of what happened to him on saturday, he as phas proven to be one tough . >> reporter: and as we look ahead to today, maria, we're expecting to hear from former south carolina governor nikki heyly. she wasn't -- nikki haley. she wasn't slated to speak here. we learned she was going to speak after the assassination attempt on saturday. you remember the contentious primary contest between her and former president trump, the former president saying she stayed in the race for too long but now the republican party showing they are united as we aawait the big speech on thursday from trump as he says he plans to call for unity, not just within the party, but across th

the teamsters loved this country. au, one 1.3 million members members move america on the roads in the ports on the rail, and in the air and at the end of the day, if the powers to be stopped me from raising my voice on behalf of american workers. i will not have one single regret i still carry my commercial driver's license i still have my place on the union seniority list. you'll find me back in boston driving a tractor trailer, delivering equipment from shaughnessy in our hern because i have the protection of a union contract that gives me the freedom to speak my mind and tough fight like hell. god bless the greatest station. thank you very much ladies and gentlemen, please welcome. >> fine. see, chairman. michael watley, that was interesting. i got a text in the middle of that from a republican congressman saying that he has to check to make sure he was at the republican convention, that the democratic convention that was sean o'brien, president of the international brotherhood of teamsters, making an appeal to th

the teamsters love this country.sing my voice on behalf of american workers, i will not have one single regret. i still carry my commercial drivers license. i still have my place on the unions and ordered a list. you will find me back in boston driving a tractor-trailer delivering equipment for shaughnessy and o'hearn because i have the protection of a union contract that gives me the freedom to speak my mind and to fight like hell. god bless the greatest nation. thank you very much. [cheers and applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome back rnc chairman michael whatley. >> for a benediction, please welcome pastor james ramsey. >> it's a great pleasure to be here. great pleasure to see president donald trump safe. [cheers and applause] and if i may before the benediction give you this promise, you're going to be so blessed -- [laughter] you're going to be tired of being blessed. i guarantee it. believe me. let us pray. in the name of the father, and of the son and of the holy spirit. amen. almighty god, you h

the teamsters love this country.f of american workers, i will not have one single regret. i still carry my commercial drivers license. i still have my place on the unions and ordered a list. you will find me back in boston driving a tractor-trailer delivering equipment for shaughnessy and o'hearn because i have the protection of a union contract that gives me the freedom to speak my mind and to fight like hell. god bless the greatest nation. thank you very much. [cheers and applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome back rnc chairman michael whatley. >> for a benediction, please welcome pastor james ramsey. >> it's a great pleasure to be here. great pleasure to see president donald trump safe. [cheers and applause] and if i may before the benediction give you this promise, you're going to be so blessed -- [laughter] you're going to be tired of being blessed. i guarantee it. believe me. let us pray. in the name of the father, and of the son and of the holy spirit. amen. almighty god, you have given us this good

he hadn't national audience to get a teamster message out there. and i do think that, you know, he called out republicans as much as he applauded the invitation to be there and he did call out, even heard a bit in that book as long as you don't attack trump, i think you're fine, right. and i think that's right. you also feel as much love for him as it within the hall as you did for a lot of the other au ai, a lot of people had turned away from him and we're looking up at trump in the box as o'brien was. well. okay. but they're also looking at a man who just survived an assassination attempt as well. so i think some of the turning around wasn't anything to do with aubrian. it had everything to do with trump, but the bigger point and mark you made this, is that the republicans are nibbling away at a coalition that elected joe biden so with union members, with latinos, with blacks, if you can get the black vote down to 80%, there's no way, you know, 80% for biden 20% for trump. there's no way for biden. there's no path to victory. and when we look fro

josh hawley went out and walked picket lines with the uaw and the teamsters. that's someone who no, if we didn't have that conversation, we may not have been able to change his mind. >> you'd said that you might not endorse. is that talk about you're sort of feeling right now and you said that you are talking to your members. >> so what we're doing just so you know, as we did straw polls and we're not concluded yet, 331 locals in the united states had town hall meetings. they had debate, dialogue, and then cast a vote. it's very close next month or the end of this month, i should say we send a publication out to 1.6 million dr. van retire a retired members with a qr code that they're going to be able to vote. so we're doing our due diligence to make the best decision. >> so the decision on whether or not to endorse will be based on a membership vote. >> it'll be a membership survey. >> survey. okay. okay. thank you so much appreciate you coming up. thank you. >> and coming up as we said, there is a verdict in the bob menendez trial. it's a criminal trial. and

it is an honor to be first t teamster to address the republican national convention. teamsters are here to say we are not beholden to anyone or any party, we have bipartisan coalition ready for the american worker. >> cheryl: look, there are 1.3 million teamsters, he did not endorse trump, but he did not endorse biden. this is a big blow for joe biden. they have always dependd and thought of union membership as in their back pocket. guess what, two new surveys have small businesses say they will not survive a biden second term. one in three workers feel they are living paycheck to paycheck on current salary. >> carley: teamsteress union president. this elon musk donation, an amount we have never seen before. >> cheryl: 45 million a month elon musk upon commit to the america pac. this pac is going to be go ing t swing states, pushing for mail-in ballots, voter registration, 45 million a month is change toim had. w winkel boss twins and joe la lawnsdale, founder of that company. all this after this flooded in after the assassination attempt, elon musk and big ackman com

[applause] >> no other nominee would have invited the teamsters.ave whatever opinion you want, but president trump is not afraid of hearing from new, loud and critical voices. we can all agree why the people like him or they don't like him in light of what happened to him on saturday, he has proven to be one tough so be. now what i -- when i won the presidency two and a half years ago we started reaching across the aisle. in the past including nixon, reagan and george w. bush. but the republican party has pursued strong relationships with organized labor. some stand in opposition and this must change. at the end of the day the teamsters are not interested, we want to know what are you doing to help american workers? host: the teamsters earlier tonight at the convention with his message to the republicans in milwaukee about 50,000 people expected in the city and over 2400 delegates gathered here for the opening day. the official roll occurred earlier today making it official that president trump got the majority of the delegates. j.d. vance of ohio

are you going to put the full teamster weight behind that? who we are going to support this time especially now with all the uncertainty in the democratic party. you have to remember 1 thing, and you and i have talked about this quite a bit, i represent 1.3 million members. 1.3 million members is more than some senators and states represent and very diverse membership. we have republicans, democrats and independents. under the critics focus on here and now but i've got an obligation. those are the people i work for. those are my employers and have an obligation to hear from every single 1 of them whether they are democrat, republican or independent. i have been a democrat my entire life. >> neil: ironically you have not heard from the white house whether it is joe biden or anyone, kamala harris. and it's been the better part of a month. may be more, right? >> yeah, there's no disputing the facts we asked both parties to speak at the same time. republican party give us the opportunity and we will hopefully be optimistic we get the same opportu

the other big union, bill, is the teamsters. 1.3 million teamsters., the president of the teamsters union is going to speak at the republican convention next week at trump's invitation. the teamsters historically much more conservative. again, you know, transportation costs are very high and kitchen table costs are very high. and their social values are completely different than the woke democrats. so i think that trump is going to do very well. auto workers, teamsters. what else is a sleeper, don't forget this point. no taxes on tips. and that's going to affect a lot of service workers. the seiu, a very liberal union. the service workers live on tips and trump is saying i'm not going to tax your tips. i think that's very popular and i think that is going to really affect the service unions as well. >> bill: something easy to remember. larry, we'll see you in milwaukee. thanks for coming on today. >> my pleasure. i hope both of you come on our show in milwaukee, my friend, dana perino and bill hemmer. please come on our show. >> bill: see you at 4:00

that is what made the speech by the teamsters union president extraordinary.verything he talked about is what the biden administration is working to do and that donald trump opposes. donald trump and his vice presidential candidate, they are anti-worker, and to individual liberty, in favor of controlling women right down to tracking their menstrual cycles of younger women -- which is not of the government's business. amy: david cay johnston, thank you for being with us. we have expanded to two hours, are daily broadcast. in our other hour, people will hear specifically j.d. vance's views on abortion and also the whole labor record of donald trump as we look at -- with robert kuttner come the significance of sean o'brien's first teamsters address to the rnc. david cay johnston pulitzer , prize-winning investigative reporter, co-founder of dc report. has written three books on donald trump. as we move now to the streets of milwaukee, this is breaking with convention: war, peace, and the presidency. i am broadcasting from milwaukee, wisconsin. protesters marched

that is what made the speech by the teamsters union president extraordinary.verything he talked about is what the biden administration is working to do and that donald trump opposes. donald trump and his vice presidential candidate, they are anti-worker, and to individual liberty, in favor of controlling women right down to tracking their menstrual cycles of younger women -- which is not of the government's business. amy: david cay johnston, thank you for being with us. we have expanded to two hours, are daily broadcast. in our other hour, people will hear specifically j.d. vance's views on abortion and also the whole labor record of donald trump as we look at -- with robert kuttner come the significance of sean o'brien's first teamsters address to the rnc. david cay johnston pulitzer , prize-winning investigative reporter, co-founder of dc report. has written three books on donald trump. as we move now to the streets of milwaukee, this is breaking with convention: war, peace, and the presidency. i am broadcasting from milwaukee, wisconsin. protesters marched

speak what i want to ask you about what happened at the rnc monday night when the teamsters president sean o'brien i think became the first teamsters president ever to speak at the republican national convention. he did not endorse donald trump, but listen to what he said about him. >> president trump as a candidate who is not afraid of hearing from new, loud, and often critical voices. and i think we all can agree whether people like him or they don't like him in light of what happened to him on saturday he is proven to be one tough slb. [cheers and applause] >> sandra: again, not an endorsement from says he has hired lots of teamsters people building buildings in new york city and elsewhere but the white house apparently is freaking out about the fact that o'brien appeared as the rnc and said nice things about trauma. >> well look, talk about transactional. everybody got some benefit out of this. would donald trump got was a very high visible member of the union leadership, the kind of unions that have members who like republicans, who make things and drive trucks and so forth. thos

stuart: the teamsters union may not back either candidate. the union president praised vance as trump's running mate. >> he has been great on teamster issues, cosponsored airline manufacturing bill that addresses outsourcing of critical and line maintenance to china and also supported paid sick leave for railroad workers. he's been right there on all the issues and how the us marine represented as a vice president can. the youth is great. often times people are overlooked because of their age but should be looked at because of their ability. stuart: if biden fails to secure the teamsters endorsement how big a blow is that to biden's campaign? >> a significant blow. the teamsters are large union. to get a union endorsement that comes with money and volunteers. they will knock on doors, hand out literature, make phone calls and do grassroots support which is important and some may do it on their own. a lot of critical states like pennsylvania. susan: biden -- black entertainment television and deliver remarks, this is all part of a full court p

so this is not the party of the teamsters. this the party of the billionaires. >> how do you counter that, david? >> well, i mean, i would say that the rank and file teamsters don't agree right? >> i mean, the teamsters are going to vote overwhelmingly uaw's get to the rank and file when i watched the uaw president on this network say, look, the leaderships, i understand the leadership for joe biden, but lots of ai overwhelming majority of my members probably gonna vote for trump i don't know if he's okay maybe not what he said a greg majority of trump and so same thing holds true here last night, right? he sean got up there and he said, listen, i would like to go to the democratic convention and get this message to on that stage loss that you saw black and brown people, right? republican party is going after a lot of the core constituencies of the democratic party. and we're fighting for every vote in america. we're not looking past anybody. we're fighting for every vote and are we going to get 80% of the black vote? no, but

. >> [ cheers and applause ] >> today the teamsters are here to say, we are not beholden to anyone orot o'brien from the teamsters giving a keynote speech tonight. basically trying to say the thing republicans are trying to get organized to say, we don't support donald trump just because they are democrats. we are available to you too. he is not endorsing trump there tonight but is there to say the teamsters are available to the republican party. that is in contrast to the uaw, the most high-profile union in the country whose leadership very strongly endorsed joe biden after joe biden made history as the most prounion president in history. he made history when as a sitting president he went out and joined workers who were striking against the big three auto workers in michigan about a successful strike that resulted in record contracts for the uaw. >> i think this one stings a bit. i don't think it matters but i think it stings a bit if you are the democrats and the biden team. there has not been a more prolabor president aside from joe biden. >> shot o'brien has been telegraphing thi

even the teamsters chief took the podium. these are usually folks from the democratic side of the political equation. what do you make of that? >> well, i mean, i'm a little disappointed in the teamsters, given how hard we worked to restore their pensions that he would appear in the republican convention. doesn't mean that the teamsters are going to support. but i think it was a statement that we all need to pull together as a country. i want to mention jd vance. i think it's interesting that, trump has turned this corner potentially to a kinder, more gentler, but he picked someone who was pretty aggressive in the aftermath of the of the attempted unfortunate and horrific attempted, assassination. and i think he knows that jd vance stands ready to be that that tougher voice, the meaner voice, maybe the more direct and aggressive voice, while he plays the role of uniter in chief to send someone out who is potentially the divider, who is going to say what needs to be said in a more aggressive tone, obviously very smart young ma

no other nominee in the race would have invited the teamsters into this arena.er opinion you you want but one thing is clear. donald trump is a candidate not afraid of hearing from new, loud, often critical voices. neil: obviously he had a red bull or something after my interview. it is unprecedented nature. the month to which he is referring, he has this request out to president biden to speak at the democrat convention and no one has gotten back to him. that's not a good image. >> it's a terrible image. i'm dumbfounded he told you that. he said to you, crickets. what is the white house doing. he is a lifelong democrat. how do you endorse someone who is not reaching out to you, some unions are upset at the teamsters, could be another great headline for trump, teamsters endorsed trump and that would be devastating. neil: you reminded me the great student of history you are, whenever the official union endorsement is, united auto workers most of whom have gone for president biden, the fact is in history, a good many of them have gone with that, we saw it with geo

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in the past, the teamsters endorsed nixon, reagan and bush. 40 years, the republican party has pursued strong relationships with organized labor. there are some in the party that stand in opposition to labor unions. this, too, must change. and i want to be clear, at the end of the day, the teamsters if you have a d, r or next to your name. what are you doing to help american workers? as a negotiator, i know that no window or door should ever be permanently shut. in my administration, the teamsters reached out to eight republican senators over our fight for paid, josh hawley was one of them. we started talking, senator hawley changed his position on national right to work. then we started walking. he walked the picture line in st. louis and more than that, i want to recognize senator hawley for his direct, relentless and pointed questioning of corporate talking heads, lawyers and c.e.o.'s and apologists. he has shown he is not willing to accept their pillaging of working people's pocketbooks. i know from a career in negotiating you get nowhere

after a teamster address the rnc for the first time. in america looks at the rise of union support and why gen. z. is leading the charge that more headlines tonight on cbs. the cbs evening news. >liz>well, thank you so much for joining us for today's important conversations. surrounding the assassination. attempt on former president trump and where the presidential campaigns go from here. we'd love to hear what you think. post your thoughts online using the hashtag kpx. the cbs evening news is next local news continues on our streaming service, cbs news bay area see you at five. ♪ ♪ 's be on tonight, a special edition of the "cbs evening news" from the republican national convention here in milwaukee. >> i hereby called a session to order. >> norah: what to expect as the g.o.p. tries to rally around unity. what we are learning about when one time rival nikki haley was invited to speak, and the breaking news about an iranian plot to kill donald trump. we now know security was stepped up around the former president even before the assassi

donald trump, but he did make a mention -- >> the teamsters has a history of playing both parties. they have been more effective in that sense. >> it's not the more traditional union support, but it is still notable for him to show up here, and to mention j.d. vance, even before j.d. vance was the vp nominee. >> in a relatively positive sense. it was very interesting. look, what sean o'brien did is something that has angered some of his union ally, angered many democrats, but he actually did a very practical thing as a union president. no matter who the teamsters endorse, no matter where they come down, it's important to note that sean o'brien has said in recent interviews, joe biden is one of the best presidents ever for labor. whoever they endorse, separate and apart from this, he wanted to come before the republican convention, and wanted to lay it out. a good friend of mine said that we should analyze the language, it may have been the most left speech to a republican convention in the history of the country. i disagree. i think teddy roosevelt sometimes got good lines up. >> i

watch. >> the teamsters are here to say, we are not beholden to anyone or any party.k with a bipartisan coalition , ready to accomplish something real for the american worker. and i don't care about getting criticized. >> the appearance came before president biden dropped out of the race and in spite of the fact the teamsters have historically endorsed democrats in presidential election including biden in 2020, we're hundred days from the election, what assurances do union leaders and workers and the labor movement at large need to hear from kamala harris in her presidential platform? for them to fully get behind her. for more on this i'm joined by sara nelson, president of the association of flight attendants -- a lot of initials. good to see you, thank you for being with us. your particular union has not officially endorsed anyone yet. walk me through how this process works for unions and what you expect to happen in coming days. >> first of all i would like to remind people that unions are nonpartisan organizations. it is the last place in america people come toget

it is yes. >> teamsters endorsed reagan.ng over there. and there is an awful lot of muddy stuff especially around the nixon period of the teamsters, it was the most corrupt union possibly in the country's history at that time. >> i have never heard that before. >> you might have heard of that guy, not every union had their presidents get murdered so, they were so deep in with the mob, all those guys. and nixon at the same time. >> while we were watching this, this first night the sort of closing portion of the first night of the republican national convention in milwaukee we are still getting reaction to the news that jd vance has been chosen as donald trump's vice presidential running mate and i believe that we've got a guest standing by from jd vance and his home state of ohio. >> i want to bring into the conversation liz waters who is chair of the democratic party in ohio. thank you for joining us this evening i know there is a lot going on and a lot of big news coming out of your state. so let's start with the big news f

. >> how about the teamsters. >> teamsters. >> the teamsters, i cannot believe that they're at the republicanonvention. that's extraordinary. >> and reportedly considering no endorsement of either candidate. >> if you're the union president, shoulthd on the you have the teamsters -- they are the union. >> when we come back, speaking of the election, elon musk reportedly putting his money where his mouth is when it comes to supporting the trump presidential campaign, responding on x a few moments ago. take a look at the premarket. green arrows again. we'll see where we get today after some fierce action in the small caps the last few days. stay with us. [city noise] investment opportunities are everywhere you turn. do you charge forward? freeze in your tracks? (♪♪) or, let curiosity light the way. at t. rowe price, we're asking smart questions about opportunities like clean water. and how clean water advances can help transform our tomorrows. better questions. better outcomes. t. rowe price ah, these bills are crazy. she has no idea she's sitting on a goldmine. well she doesn't know that if sh

here is what is bothering the teamsters. and the rank-and-file of other unions. joe biden has created an affordability crisis for the typical working families, their kitchen tables have been squeezed by 20% rise in overall prices during biden's term, including 20% hike in grocery, and 40% rise in energy, and gasoline still 3.50 compared to just over $2 when trump left the white house. looking at the actual numbers average weekly earnings, during mr. trump's term rose 5065 dollars to 65, 216. through may 20er two 24, during heare mr. biden clerm saterm, the same earning declined. biden has given working folks a pay cut. whereas trump, gave them a sizable pay raise. ronald reagan called it take home pay. that has been soft under belly of the biden economy for three and a half years, that is why he is losing votes, among union and nonunion workers, the numbers are backbone of mr. trump's working class coalition, including blacks and hispanics and whites and young people, a powerful move. listen to president trump on this last night. >> every day we're welcoming more

has ever -- a leader of the teamsters has ever addressed the rnc, and for good reason. sanders: i think the speech that o'brien gave, a lot of what he said was good. but i think anybody who has any illusion that the republican party cares to wits for the working class of this country is terribly wrong. i serve in the united states senate. i am trying as chairman of the committee to raise the minimum wage to a living wage. [cheers and applause] you know how much republican support we are getting? zero. i am supporting efforts to make it easier for workers to join unions called the pro active so that employers can't intimidate and threaten workers who want to join a union, which is what you know how many republican voters we have? zero. republicans want to give massive tax breaks to billionaires. in the house of representatives, 90% of republicans want to cut social security in one way or another. so anyone who has any illusion that republicans will do anything to benefit the working class of this country is sorely mistaken. [cheers and applause] >> stephen: speaking of w

today, today the teamsters are here to say we are not beholden to anyone or any party. swing states. here's part of his posts on his social media site yesterday saying... the strategy, seemingly is to chip away at the biden base, the organised labour which forms a key part of that democratic support. and part of that democratic support. and jd vance is probably uniquely situated _ jd vance is probably uniquely situated to do that, coming up from very poor— situated to do that, coming up from very poor beginnings in ohio, the rust— very poor beginnings in ohio, the rust belt— very poor beginnings in ohio, the rust belt of the united states of america — rust belt of the united states of america and it is widely expected he will spend _ america and it is widely expected he will spend most of his time in those sort of— will spend most of his time in those sort of blue—collar communities that voted _ sort of blue—collar communities that voted for— sort of blue—collar communities that voted for ronald rankin in 1980 and then donald trump once in this election— then donald tru

democrats had nightmares for the teamsters president to speak at the republican convention.ere union members and union leadership is looking towards the republican party. he praised josh harley and other republicans. randy weingarten is nothing but a democrat agent, the teachers union destroyed public education, the quality of education, suffering 0 proficiency, math and reading in baltimore, randy weingarten is the perfect reason union members are leaving, she's an agent for the democrat party and what you saw is an open door policy for all union members. stuart: the president of the teamsters union bashed big business but did not endorse biden or trump. that the blow to biden i presume. >> a massive endorsement. trump wins with endorsement for trump were no endorsement. no endorsement signals to the democrats their grip on unions cracking, and that's the beginning of the end of this coalition of unions and minorities -- stuart: i promised to do that. california congressman darrell isa on the irani an assassination plot against trump. liz peek on whether we will see a new t

so all eyes on shawn o'brien the teamsters general president tonight. i want to go back to aishah hasnie on the floor there is the way to see, i guess, the presidential ticket which concludes not as j.d. vance. >> yes. we could be seeing them shortly, neil. in the next couple of minutes to get our eyes on the podium, let you know when that happens by in the meantime are getting a lot of reaction on the floor here from republicans about this big bus presidential tech and want to bring in my friend congressman mike lawler who is going to give me a very honest opinion about j.d. vance. how do you feel about a trend ten-bans to get? using is going to get? >> well for starters i feel like i have a bit of a better beard -- >> sure venue! >> should have been me but look, i think this is a blue-collar working guy -- in wisconsin, michigan, pennsylvania, which will determine the outcome of this election. he enrolled in -- enlisted in the u.s. marines after 911, in iraq, built a business in. and obviously, you know, in advance but quickly in republican politics a

we heard from the president of the teamsters earlier in the week but donald trump and his speech wasg itself should be ashamed. two very different toads in terms of unions.- toads in terms of unions. there was a big _ toads in terms of unions. there was a big difference _ toads in terms of unions. there was a big difference between i was a big difference between union leadership recognising what their membership is planning to vote. what should i paraded knowing full well 50% or more teamsters will vote for donald trump and they vote republican. the head of the uaw, it is a secret cover he is a part of that hack. a given that represented thousands of workers in my district where i have done everything i could but i was in office to correct more opportunities to expand players which means more uaw workers at the gate i used this when i read boppers in 2012, i had uaw workers telling me they could never work —— vote for the because i am a republican. they say workers who pay their dues to biz president now in the last alexa bliss to tell me what i was not republican enough. this is not

and i would also say that sean o'brien knows the teamsters pension fund is now solvent because of joe biden's son, sean o'brien. that's that's fine. he can go and speak like i said, we're a big party. he has won and of the millions of union members who know joe biden's there to protect their their collective bargaining rights to really, truly protect workplace democracy, to stand with workers on workers safety on pensions, on health care. so that, that's one guy and good for him. but i can tell you certainly my union and thousands of others we'll be in chicago to support the most pro-union, pro-worker, pro middle-class president that we've seen in our lifetime. and that's joe biden governor tim walz. >> always good to see you and to have you on. thank you so much thank you john all right. today, jd vance will make his first speech as the republican vice presidential nominee. how will he introduced himself to a national audience? peter navarro was now a free man, just released from prison. new reporting on his first stop post laka five good things. >> listen wherever you get your podca

the teamsters giving a keynote speech basically trying to say the thing that republicans are alwaysized labor to say that we don't support democrats because we are doing that but we are available for you as well but they are there basically to say that the teamsters are available to the republican party and stark contrast to the uaw the most high profile name whose leadership very strongly endorsed joe biden after joe biden made history as in arguably the most prounion president in history and he made it when is a sitting president he went out on the picket line and joined workers striking as the big three autoworker in michigan and that of course is a successful strike that resulted in record contracts for the uaw. >> i think this one stings a bit and i don't think it matters hugely but it does sting if you are the democrat and perhaps there hasn't been a more prolabor president aside from joe biden in modern history. >> sean o'brien has been telegraphing this for a long time. >> there is a difference being available and speaking at the convention during prime time. i don't think i

here is what is bothering the teamsters. and the rank-and-file of other unions. joe biden has created an affordability crisis for the typical working families, their kitchen tables have been squeezed by 20% rise in overall prices during biden's term, including 20% hike in grocery, and 40% rise in energy, and gasoline still 3.50 compared to just over $2 when trump left the white house. looking at the actual numbers average weekly earnings, during mr. trump's term rose 5065 dollars to 65, 216. through may 20er 24, during he mr. biden clerterm, the same earning declined. biden has given working folks a pay cut. whereas trump, gave them a sizable pay raise. ronald reagan called it take home pay. that has been soft under belly of the biden economy for three and a half years, that is why he is losing votes, among union and nonunion workers, the numbers are backbone of mr. trump's working class coalition, including blacks and hispanics and whites and young people, a powerful move. listen to president trump on this last night. >> every day we're welcoming more americans

now the questions about -- the significance of that to the teamsters? >> good morning.ank you for having me on. i think what fain is doing, or reportedly doing come is bringing to the surface a debate that has been going on very quietly within the ranks of the leadership of organized labor. there is concern about the situation. so i am glad that fain is raising this, absolutely. amy: bill, you're breaking up. go ahead. just come very close to the computer. >> ok. the focus on biden's screw ups in terms of forgetting names, etc., i think it has been an exaggeration of that. it is like republicans want to remember ronald reagan forgot the name of his own secretary of hud. republicans can do that all the time and he gets no press attention. republicans could make -- google would accept that. i think the deeper problem is that biden is an old man needs to step aside. that the original commitment to be the transitional candidate, which many people, including organized labor, embraced was the right one. but as chris hayes said last night on msnbc, the key phrasing last night

. >> the first night of the convention, an appeal to democrats base, teamsters president sean o'brien addressing republicans, the first boss from the powerful union to do so today, the teamsters are here to say we are not beholden to anyone or any party. democrats pushing back the head of the afl-cio in milwaukee, alongside democratic leaders, calling biden the most pro-union president in history. >> will my life be better when trump lets my company force me to work overtime without overtime pay? >> president biden back on the campaign trail in nevada. we're told he will continue to draw sharp contrasts with trump, even as he urges the country to lower the political temperature and condemn political violence, saying it was a mistake for him to have told donors just days before the shooting time to put trump in a bull's eye. >> it was a mistake, to use the word i did. i didn't say crosshairs. i'm a bullseye. they focus on him, focus on what he's doing. >> tonight we are expecting to hear from some of trump's former opponents, including nikki hale, the party clearly wanting to send a me

now the questions about -- the significance of that to the teamsters? >> good morning.nk you for having me on. i think what fain is doing, or reportedly doing come is bringing to the surface a debate that has been going on very quietly within the ranks of the leadership of organized labor. there is concern about the situation. so i am glad that fain is raising this, absolutely. amy: bill, you're breaking up. go ahead. just come very close to the computer. >> ok. the focus on biden's screw ups in terms of forgetting names, etc., i think it has been an exaggeration of that. it is like republicans want to remember ronald reagan forgot the name of his own secretary of hud. republicans can do that all the time and he gets no press attention. republicans could make -- google would accept that. i think the deeper problem is that biden is an old man needs to step aside. that the original commitment to be the transitional candidate, which many people, including organized labor, embraced was the right one. but as chris hayes said last night on msnbc, the key phrasing last night b