arlene, you worked side-by-side with richard trumka for years.an you talk about the reaction to his death and what you feel it's important for people to understand about richard's legacy? arlene: good morning, amy i am happy to be here to talk about my brother, richard trumka . so happy to be here with my brother jose. the reaction has been devastating for us. i think you heard it in the emotion of senator schumer's voe. were broken by the news. but if you knew anything about rich trumka, it could only bring a smile to your face. he is a brother in our movement who fought in so many ways r what is right. my own reflection is that she started to think about the last time -- you start to think about the last time you saw and spoke to him. the last time i saw rich was on facebook, because he was doing a speech at the afl-cio where he had welcomed the texas delegation to come. he stood with them as he talked about e right to vote. he talked about the john lewis voting rights act, the before the people act. he connected all of that to the pro act, the

rich trumka understood that. his own family members had died from that same -- had that same cause of death. it wasn't some theory or some passage he read in a history book or even a passage that he might have read from steven crane. he lived it. his father and his grandfather and his extended family in his community lived it. and that awareness, that understanding of danger in the workplace, that understanding of suffering that workers still face today in different contexts but certainly faced in a coal mine all those years ago, that's part of who he was. and to understand rich trumka and his contributions to american working men and women, you have to understand where he came from, those roots. so i'm thinking about that today because of the connection to my own region of pennsylvania, really the connection to my own family. i'm far removed from it. we had, i guess, four generations before me working the coal mines, but it kind of stopped when my grandfather worked there as a child and then was able to escape t

rich trumka. we lost rich this morning and all i keep thinking is the kind of man we've lost and what that means to all of us. rich was real. he was a third generation coal miner who rose to become the president of the united mine workers and the president of the american federation of labor. rich was also a hunter, and he had the patience of a hunter. the planning, the long hours, sometimes long days, but always on his target. and rich -- rich was a fighter. he was relentless. when rich got in a fight, rich never gave up. might not win every one of those fights, at least not the first time out, but he never gave up. from his growl to his laughter, rich was real all the way through. he lived his heart every single day. he was always rich. back during the financial crash in 2008-2009 and we were trying to build an idea for a consumer agency to make sure that people wouldn't get cheated next time around the way they had been in what led up to that crash. rich was there, and he was there because he h

that's what rich trumka really was ncerned about.f you had to sum up what his message would be, if he had known he had so little time left, what would it be? robert: he would say over and over again, in union, there is strength. judy: robert reich, we thank you for joining us. and, again, we're sorry for your -- the loss of your friend. robert: thank you, judy. ♪ judy: we turn now to the fight for vong rights. democrats in washington have so far been unsuccessful in their push for federal election reform. some republican state lawmakers, meanwhile, are passing their own more restrictive voting laws. yamiche alcindor takes a deeper look at where the battle for voting access stands. yamiche: tomorrow is the 56th anniversary of the 1965 voting rights act. and pressure is mounting on president biden and democrats in congress to protect voting rights. we look at the fight now with reverend dr. william barber. he is co-chair of the poor people's campaign, a group that has been protesting for voting rights protection on capitol hill and acr

trumka to explain why he sold us out? how is the green new deal inevitable under the democratic rule going to benefit anybody outside of the electrical union? how can steel be produced with solar panels? how you could even make solar panels without stripmining? he should take the time to apologize to the pipeline workers and resign publicly. guest: i appreciate his point of view. unfortunately for him, the vast majority of our membership agrees with the positions that we have taken. you should know that i don't take these positions. these positions come from the rank-and-file to the unions. and the unions come to the executive council. they tell me what policies they want. climate change is real. we have to address it. that doesn't mean that people have to be left behind. we have insisted that as we change, as these jobs change, so that you go from a high paying carbon fuel energy job, if those jobs are made union we can increase them and they become family supporting jobs for lower carbon. if not there will be a lower st

she pays tribute to richard trumka at the top of her remarks . she also touches on the july jobs report, infrastructure, and budget reconciliation bills, covid-19 vaccine mandates, and of the eviction moratorium. this is just under half an hour. rep. pelosi: good morning. it is with great sadness i begin this coming together with the tribute to richard trumka, a great hero for american working families. we got the news yesterday that as he was with his family camping, what a sad occasion, but also a beautiful way to pass on from this version of life. richard trumka was always thinking about the workers. always thinking about the workers. what can we do to give some certainty to their lives? good paying jobs, benefits, working conditions, and the rest. he also carried his values into other areas of public policy, recognizing respect and dignity of every person. we used to say the middle class is the back and about democracy. we always have to work to strengthen it. to enable people to aspire to become part of the middle class, and the middle class

but rich trumka really did understand the plight of working people in america.he never forgot his origins, and he felt it deeply. every time you were with him, every time i was with him, i understood where his passion came from. it came from his heart. it came from his background. he knew that working people in america were being-- let's face it-- shafted by many large companies. >> woodruff: as we just reported, robert reich, at the same time, we know that the number of american working people represented by labor, by organized labor has shrunk. it's something like 10%. it used to be much more than that. how did he deal with that? and it clearly had to be enormously frustrating to him. >> i'm sure it was. and he said toe a number of times he shared the frustrations. i think the way he dealt with it was to push as hard as he could. but he was, judy, facing the headwinds of corporate america that was determined to shrink and bust unions. i mean, look what amazon did in alabama just a few months ago. the national laker relations board just found that amazon had vi

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trumka, she became the first woman president of the afl-cio. about 10 days ago, you were elected by the executive council to fill out his term as i understand it right. so welcome. now, for the ground rules. we are on the record. please, no live blogging or tweeting, no filing of any kind while the record is underway. once the session ends at 10:00, there is no embargo. we will email a rough transcript to all reporters here shortly after we conclude. as many of you know, if you would like to ask a question, send me a signal and i will call on as many of you as time permits. now, president schuler, if you would like to make opening remarks, the floor is yours. >> thank you so much, linda. good morning, everyone. good to see you. thank you for being here. i know this event has become a labor day tradition, and we intend to keep it. i know how much you have enjoyed interacting with richard trumka, who enjoyed this breakfast. you are right, he enjoyed the debate. he has set a high bar for me certainly, and it is my second week on the job, so hopefu

rich trumka. we lost rich this morning and all i keep thinking is the kind of man we've lost and what that means to all of us. rich was real. he was a third generation coal miner who rose to become the president of the united mine workers and the president of the american federation of labor. rich was also a hunter, and he had the patience of a hunter. the planning, the long hours, sometimes long days, but always on his target. and rich -- rich was a fighter. he was relentless. when rich got in a fight, rich never gave up. might not win every one of those fights, at least not the first time out, but he never gave up. from his growl to his laughter, rich was real all the way through. he lived his heart every single day. he was always rich. back during the financial crash in 2008-2009 and we were trying to build an idea for a consumer agency to make sure that people wouldn't get cheated next time around the way they had been in what led up to that crash. rich was there, and he was there because he h

for more here is cnbc valerie castro >> i'm richard trumka.nt of the afl-cio >> reporter: 72-year-old richard trumka represented 12 and a half million members. charles schumer reacted from the senate floor >> i rise today with sad, horrible news about the passing of a great friend, rich trumka who left us this morning >> reporter: a third generation coal miner began advocating workers at age 33 where he was elected the youngest president of the united mine workers of america. he would continue to be a voice for american families and pushing against corporations and demanding accountability and equality >> we do want conditions we don't want them to be able to do buy backs or give big stock bonuses to the executives. we want them to keep people on the payroll. >> reporter: lawmakers on social media called him a fierce and effective champion for american workers and the afl-cio called him a legend of workplace rights and workplace safety and democracy and so much more >> he was them rich trumka was the working people of america. >> reporter: he

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trumka worked also to make the labor movement more inclusive.ama ran for president, he encountered union members who had reservations about coating for an african-american. he confronted his own members head on. >> and you want to tell me that you won't vote for him because of the color of hits skin? are you out of your ever loving mind, lady. >> in 2009 richard trumka became president of the afl-cio. labor reporter gnome scheiber writes that his influence in washington helped to lead to several accomplishments. quote, among them were a more worker-friendly revision of nafta and tens of billions of dollars in federal aid to stabilize union pension plans. he also championed the infrastructure bill now moving through congress, end quote. i've had a chance to interview trumka before and sincerely enjoyed our conversations. i admired his generosity, curiosity, passion and his optimism about the future. in the interview several months ago he said that he thinks we are at last moving into a new america that must be fair to all of us, not just those at

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, done rallies with rich trumka, spoken on behalf of workers with rich trumka. he was a son of our part of the country -- pennsylvania, west virginia, ohio. coal miner, not just the son of a coral -- coal miner. i believe he told me once the grandson of a coal miner. he embodied the soul of the labor movement. he understood workers. he was for them and of them in ways that our unusual and america in the 21st century. he understood and lived and fought for the dignity of work, the idea that hard work should pay off for everyone. he understood what a woman from southern west virginia said to me some weeks ago at a dignity of work hearing in the banking, housing, and urban affairs committee that i chair. she said the words working and poor should not be in the same sentence. think about that. the words working and poor should not be in the same sentence. rich trumka understood the dignity of work, if you work hard, whether you punch a clock or swipe a badge or work for salary or work for tips or take care of children or grandchildren or children or grandparents, th

richard trumka died today, very suddenly, at the age of 72. like an earthquake for politics. >> richard trumka died today from a heart attack. the reason why it was a few minutes rate late coming out, i apologize for that, i was talking to his wife and to his son who called. he was an american worker. always fighting for working people and protecting their wages, their safety, their pensions. and their ability to build a middle class life. i've also believed that the middle class build america, but i know who built the middle class, unions. unions built the middle class. there is no doubt that richard trumka health build unions across this country. >> trump cause death comes at a time where we see a revived wave of union militancy. in alabama, minors walk out of their job rick demanding better wages from the coal company. last, week there's solidarity in new york from members of the union filling the streets. there is also unionized workers at an amazon warehouse there which the companies saw fought tooth and nail and it was successful. now lo

. >>> the powerful president of the afl/cio labor union richard trumka has died.den said he died of a heart attack yesterday while on a camping trip with his son and grandkids. mr. biden called him a dear friend. trumka, a former coal miner, was president of the 12.5 million member union since 2009. richard trumka was 72 years old. >>> president biden signed a bill awarding medals to january 6th first responders and there is a renewed effort to pass a voting bill in texas. the some of the headlines on the morning newsstand. the austin american statesman reports texas governor greg abbott called a second special session of the state legislature as democratic lawmakers remain in washington, d.c. abbott ordered legislators to reconvene tomorrow one day after the current 30-day special session ends. the governor wants lawmakers to pass a controversial republican-led bill that would restrict voting in the state. democrats blocked the measure by walking out at the end of the regular session in may and the start of a special session last month. >>> the "washington post"

richard trumka.of more than 50 labor unions with about 12 million total members. mr. trumka was a third generation coal miner. he put himself through college by working shifts at the mine. at age 33, trumka was elected the youngest president of the united mine workers. in 2009, he became president of the afl-cio. in his acceptance speech, he addressed the future of work in the wake of the financial crisis. >> we need a new kind of labor movement. one shaped to meet the needs of america's in a changing economy. we need a labor movement that's not afraid of new ideas and understands that nostalgia for the past is no strategy for the future. >> mr. trumka's words take on a new meaning today. this week, the actor equity's association, which is part of the afl-cio, said that broadway actors will need to be vaccinated. and the american federation of teacher's president is traveling the country, trying to build trust that schools are safe. richard trumka is survived by his wife and son. he lived to be 72. >

trumka had been president since 2009 and oversaw 12 million members. senate majority leader chuck schumer among the leaders remembering him today. richard trumka was 72 years old. >>> when we come back, a young cancer survivor giving back in a very big way. to severe crohn's disease. then i realized something was missing... ...me. my symptoms were keeping me from being there for her. so, i talked to my doctor and learned humira is the #1 prescribed biologic for people with crohn's disease. the majority of people on humira saw significant symptom relief in as little as 4 weeks. and many achieved remission that can last. humira can lower your ability to fight infections. serious and sometimes fatal infections, including tuberculosis, and cancers, including lymphoma, have happened, as have blood, liver, and nervous system problems, serious allergic reactions, and new or worsening heart failure. tell your doctor if you've been to areas where certain fungal infections are common and if you've had tb, hepatitis b, are prone to infections, or have flu-like sy

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richard trumka, head of the afl-cio, died today at 72.of 56 unions representing over workers and he led them for 12 years. he became the secretary treasurer of the organization in 1975, holding that post until elected president in 2009, a role he held until his death today. but his role as a union boss go way back. he grew up in western pennsylvania, born into a family of coal miners, he worked the mines starting at the age of 19, while attending penn state and then villain over law school. when 33 years old he was elected president of the united mineworkers, becoming its youngest leader ever. during his years as the head of the afl-cio he definitely navigated an ever changing political landscape. organized labor had long been a period that dominated by white men, but he oversaw a period when it became increasingly diverse. he advised president obama and jobs and competitiveness. it he supported some tariffs that donald trump negotiated to replace nafta. he has been openly critical of both sides of the aisle and discussed worker safety du

there is no doubt that richard trumka built the unions that built this country. use to kid, he was from soft coal country and i was from hard coal country. he used to be president of the united mine workers. that is how he got started. folks, let me now turn to the day's events. i want to thank bernie for being part of the best workers in the world. thank you to the president of the uaw. it's good to see you. [applause] i also want to thank the leaders of the big three companies for being here. mary barra from general motors. [applause] i think she is one of the reasons we are here. we had a long discussion on a zoom call with a bunch of labor leaders and other major business leaders, and she made a commitment. and she is keeping it. thank you very much. jim farley of ford. [applause] by the way, my dad was an automobile business and he did -- he sold ford products but mostly general motors projects. you see that sucker over there? 0-60 in 4.1 seconds, and it is all electric. i want to say publicly, i have a commitment from mary when they make the first electric

longtime afl-cio president richard trumka is dead.on spokesperson says trumka died on expectedly while celebrating his grandson's birthday. president trump says that he was a good, close personal friend. he added, at least he was close to people who adored him. speaking on the senate floor, chuck schumer said we have lost a giant. >> he had in his veins and every atom of his body the heart, the thoughts, the needs of the working people of america. mark: richard trumka served as the president of the afl-cio for more than a decade. he was 72 years old. president biden is laying out an ambitious goal today. he wants half of all vehicles sold in the united states to be in missions free by the end of the decade. automakers say that can only be achieved with a bigger government investment in charging stations and other infrastructure. the president will be joined at the white house this afternoon by representatives of detroit automakers and united auto workers union. a panel of new york state lawmakers considering whether to initiate impeac

richard trumka has died at the age of 72. the labor leader who started at the desk as a -- he commented on infrastructure and he took your phone calls. majority leader schumer announces his death on the senate floor from earlier today. >> arrives today with some said, some horrible news. -- horrible news about the passing of a great friend, rich --rich trumpka who left us this morning. the working people of america have lost a fierce warrior at a time we needed him most. just yesterday, he was lending his support to the striking miners in alabama. following in his father's footsteps, he worked in the mines. he worked as she went to penn state, earned his law degree. he went awry that she went right to work for the united mine workers which he led for so many years and he was the head secretary treasurer. he had in his veins and every ion of his body the heart, the thoughts and needs of the working people of america. he was them. richard trumka was the working people. he never had any heirs --airs. he cared about his fellow wo

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richard trumka was 72 years old. jonathan lemire, obviously the union movement has been back on its heels for some time. i knew richard trumka and worked with him some and liked him very, very much. he was aggressive, but he also -- he knew how to work with people on both sides of the aisle. no doubt, especially in these challenging times for union leaders and union members and union membership, he'll be greatly missed. >> he certainly did work with leaders on both sides of the aisle, he met with president trump when he was in office. a lot of his union workers broke their traditional ranks of voting for democrats and back in 2016, but he was a close personal friend of president biden, who spoke emotionally about him yesterday, charles schumer broke down on the senate floor when announcing the des death. trumka was a larger than life figure in many ways and someone who aggressively advocaing for his workers in a moment when the sway the unions have over the political process has declined. there are moments here or th

trumka died of what was believed to be a heart attack. friend. speaking on the house floor chuck schumer told colleagues we've just lost a giant. for me, this is personal. i first started covering him as a young labor leader in pittsburgh when i was a local reporter, maybe 40 years ago. richard trumka was only 72 years old and this is very sudden and the labor movement has lost a great champion. and coming back -- coming up, soon the refugee team the men and women competing under the olympic flag getting ready to meet with the united states ambassador with the united nations. linda thomas-greenfield on that and a lot more including the vaccination effort and the growing crisis in afghanistan. stay with us, this is "andrea mitchell reports" on msnbc. heyt from my sister. you remember rick, her neighbor? sure, he's the 76-year-old guy who still runs marathons, right? sadly, not anymore. wow. so sudden. um, we're not about to have the "we need life insurance" conversation again, are we? no, we're having the "we're getting coverage so we don'

trumka was an important ally of the biden white house.running late to an event after learning of his death calling him a close friend. >>> other big political news in washington this week, progressive democrats taking a hard look at the chess board, you might say. led by the missouri congressman corey bush pushed the white house to move an eviction moratorium. they won. emboldened on the one hand, discouraged on the other. so now what? some progressives see proof in the evictions fight they can move the biden white house their way. some moderate democrats, though, say proof in the ohio primary results, the president should worry more about the middle and less about the left. our panel is back with us now to discuss. >>> mollie ball, this is one week, two big episodes in one week we should be careful not to count any one as decisive. this is going to be the constant tug-of-war of the biden presidency. there is an ideological generational movement in the democratic party, but many of the moderates say it just gets too much attention. >> yea

. >>> we have some sad news unfortunately, richard trumka, the leader of the largest union in the countryed at the age of 72. he suffered a heart attack he was the president of the a afl afl-cio, was elected president of the mine workers at the age of 33, went on to be the number two official at the afl-cio, serving for 14 year in that post before moving on to the top position in 2009 today president biden called him a close friends, who was more than just the head of the a afl-cio richard trumka, dead at the age of 72. (sound of people returning to the workplace) (sound of a busy office) (phones ringing, people talking, meeting) the company we've trusted to keep us working remotely, is the same company we'll trust to bring us back together. safely. securely. and responsibly. so now, between all apart and all together, there's a bridge. cisco. the bridge to possible. ♪ - [announcer] introducing the grubhub guarantee, our promise to deliver your order on time within the delivery window and for the lowest price compared to other apps or you'll get back at least $5 in perks. ready to shine f

schumer: i arrived with sad, horrible news about the passing of a great friend, richard trumka who left us this morning. the working people of america lost a fierce warrior at a time we needed him most. yesterday rich was lending his support to the striking miners in alabama. following in his father's footsteps he worked in the mines, he went to penn state and learned his law degree. he went right to work for the united mine workers, which he led for so many years and then became the head, first secretary treasurer in the afl-cio. he had in his veins and every atom of his body the heart, the thought, the >> what would it cost to switch to electric vehicles for your business? i think the overhead would be incredibly extensive because we pressure wash them. what we do in order to have the same power not running emissions. to mass-produce batteries on that scale, it is too expensive now. >> thanks for calling. in massachusetts, good morning. go ahead. i strongly believe from over 20 years of research and learning at university, there is so many reasons why we should shift to electrical car

richard trumka was so deeply loved. >> the afl-cio confirmed the passing which said that richard trum ka devoted his life to working people from his early days as president of the united mine workers of america to his unparalleled leadership as the voice of america's labor movement. joining us is andrea mitchell, and richard trumka was the one of the loudest if not the loudest voice of the american workers union and the united mine workers in the 1980s and you knew him and covered him and tell us about him. >> i knew him before that in the early 1970s and 1980s and he was a reformer within the united mine workers and before that, he had three terms as president. he was from southwest pennsylvania from a coal mining town, and he was from a third generation mine workers, and he rose through the ranks and he understood the work, and the problems and the legal problems and the health benefit problems of the workers and he represented the american labor movement where few people have ever done what he has done. he worked his way up from the mines and went to penn state and got a law degree

several other senators taking to the floor to talk about the life of richard trumka.bout 15 minutes left in the segment, our question, should gasoline powered vehicles be phased out? tom says no out of rutland, vermont. caller: good morning morning. first, your man on saying there is no antifreeze in electric cars is far from true. there is antifreeze that cools all of the batteries. all of the batteries have to be cooled. everything in a gasoline car is in an electric car, your refrigeration systems, radiators . the electric cars are not the answer to getting rid of chemicals. you have brake fluid, antifreeze , the batteries. the reason tesla was not invited to the white house is the batteries are made in china and biden is backing china. the market needs to settle itself. the people need to decide what they want, not be forced by the government to take these electric cars. host: tom in vermont. texas, this is glenn, says yes, phase them out. caller: yes. there was a very interesting reason from someone who said for oil it is drill once burnt once, but for batteries

there is no doubt that richard trumka helped build those unions. my heart goes out to barbara, rich junior and their grandkids. i used to always kid him, i was so hard coal country and he was from soft coal country. he said this thing about used to be president of the union workers. sen. schumer: i rise today with some horrible news about the passing of a friend richard trumka who left us this morning. lost a fierce warrior at a time when we needed him most. just yesterday rich was lending his support to the striking miners in alabama. following in his father's footsteps, he worked in the mines. he went to penn

>> i had the pleasure of talking on and off with are rich trumka for a dozen years.from the mines and thachs reflected in his disposition and politics. for union leadership the past couple decades has been a defensive crouch and me manned the last from them. he beat back historic loss in membership, laws that would have made it harder to unionize, trade deals, pension plans, health care negotiations and it's going to be difficult to replace the work and expertise he had in those defensive crouches. i'm certain there's another union member to take the reins, obviously, but it's hard to imagine filling the void that trumka had. he was a fixture of democratic politics, he was an ally for democratic parties. >> we saw them get emotional on the floor when they announced his death, president biden noted it as well. is this the union diminishing sway over politics, do you think? >> the import of unions comes in their numbers and their organization. what we've seen for the past couple decades, union numbers are on the decline. but big ones, for instance at amazon factories h

amy: afl-cio president richard trumka has died of a heart attack at the age of 72.

ago, when my staff came in, that a close friend of mine, and i think of many of you as well, rich trumkad today from a heart attack i policy jesus for being late, but i was talking to his wife and his son. he wasn't just a great labor leader, but a great friend he's someone i could confide in, and you knew whatever he said he would do, he would do. it was simple. he was always there. he was an american worker. always fighting for working people, protecting their wages, their safety, their pensions, and that i ability to build a middle-class life. i also believed that the middle class built america, but i know who built the middle class -- unions there's no doubt that rich trumka helped to say unions. my heart goes out to barbara and rich junior, and the kids. he was from soft coal country, and i was hard coal country. that was the joke. folks, let me now turn to today's event. >> thank you for being here, ray. i also want to thank the leaders of the big three companies for being here today we had a long discussion on a zoom call she made a commitment, and she's keeping 2. jim farley of f

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there is no doubt that richard trumka helped build unions all across this country. starting our discussion tonight is the former president of the laborers local union 2 to 3 and the former mayor of boston, president biden secretary of labor, marty walsh. thank you very much for joining us tonight. i want to begin with why this legislation was so important to your friend richard richard trumka. >> because it was about putting americans to work. president trump got really fought hard and fought for this legislation, he was excited about president biden's presidency. and he knew that this spending, whether it's roads and bridges, electric grids or whatever it is, waterways -- that it was important for workers. but it was also important for the american people and for the communities all across this country that we will have those investments made, and union members live in those communities. >> the cbo score came out today, that sometimes is a big event with legislation. sometimes it's what people expect. we have heard from a couple of republicans saying that they will

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chuck schumer commending trumka as a great friend. >>> he was 72 pivrmgts the cdc says half of the newid cases happening in seven states. texas and florida making up new cases a third. even though less than one sixth of the population. new york state judiciary committee says it's nearing completion of the investigation into governor cuomo and the state assembly will consider articles of impeachment. the committee set a deadline for august 13th for cuomo on attorneys to submit evidence on the news what happens next on the road to impeaching cuomo that of course airs tonight at 7:00 p.m. eastern. you're up to date. back to you, scott >> rahel, thank you. >>> let's talk about the moves everybody makes today. jenny, you bought more of a couple of things lumen and unum tell me >> they reported earnings. and the earnings numbers were good but in the conference calls there were things people picked on in the un muchlt long-term charges to the care block. with lun emit came down to skepticism about the maintenance of the dividend in the future. the stock sold off a ton they are both under ten