what could be done to rebuild the faltering steel industry? with america'sgest steel companies hurting, how could a small steel company compete? nucor was an american steel user which had turned from american steel to foreign producers. but kenneth iverson, president of nucor, wondered if low-cost steel couldn't be made in america. we went to europe. we roamed through a number of steel mills to find out how they produce steel and to determine if we could manufacture steel as cheaply as we could buy it from overseas. we decided we could. we made a deal to buy this technology, and that's the way we started. iverson rebuilt nucor as a steel minimill, using europe's latest technology. a minimill is defined as, first of all, we're starting from scrap. we don't start from ore. secondly, we melt it in electric furnaces. then we cast it to come out with a billet that is rolled into the rounds, the channels, the smooth bars, that we supply to customers. it's really much more economical than ingot casting. technology had helped nucor lower costs. but what about the co

what could be done to rebuild the faltering steel industry? with america'sgest steel companies hurting, how could a small steel company compete? nucor was an american steel user which had turned from american steel to foreign producers. but kenneth iverson, president of nucor wondered if low-cost steel couldn't be made in america. we went to europe. we roamed through a number of steel mills to find out how they produce steel and to determine if we could manufacture steel as cheaply as we could buy it from overseas. we decided we could. we made a deal to buy this technology and that's the way we started. iverson rebuilt nucor as a steel minimill, using europe's latest technology. a minimill is defined as first of all we're starting from scrap. we don't start from ore. secondly, we melt it in electric furnaces. then we cast it to come out with a billet that is rolled into the rounds, the channels the smooth bars, that we supply to customers. it's really much more economical than ingot casting. technology had helped nucor lower costs. but what about the cost of

ien i came here to america steele, and everything took off. i did not have the desire to go back on stage. as i got older i watched people in productions. i go to the theater and see friends. tohink there might be a time get back up there and prove myself. it is a nagging it should -- itch to go back there. tavis: i am not an actor, but i have been reading about that ler and herette mid return to broadway. as i read about her and sicily now 88, they say it does not necessarily get easier as you get older, so if you are going to do this, you might want to figure some out. you are still a young guy, but it does not get easier. you to get to the point where you regret you did not do it. >> that is true. 60 is knocking on the door. tavis: you do not look anything like it. >> i like taking movies, and i love the world of filmmaking. that is what really turns me on. it always has and still does, so we will see about the theater. tavis: where and how do you find love for doing stuff that is not lock buster blockbuster stuff when you know what that ki

when foreign steelmakers were pricing america's largest steel mills out of the market, how could a minimille to compete? baseball. for millions, a pastime. for a few, a paycheck. why was this man's paycheck half a million dollars a year?

there was ade-industrialization of america. the steel mill where i worked and made enough money in the summertime to pay for college in the wintertime at ohio university, go bobcats, where the tuition was -- i had to go back and check this because i thought my memory was failing me my tuition was $770. that was 1965. to go to ohio university. i set up my journalism career. it is well over 10 times that now. where are the steel mill jobs? they are not there. that is upward mobility. that's what larry is talking about. my father was a janitor, my mother was a cook. through upward mobility in america, i was able to take advantage of opportunity and move up from minimum wage to a much higher income. over 1/3 of america moved from below poverty to the middle class between ice and 65-1985. i defy you to find any society on the planet that huge that make it advances that fast once they were given the opportunity. that is upward mobility. as you have also just heard, they actual wage has gone down in that amount of time. that is why i thank chan

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america. keep those lights burning. cover them with steel, bring a canopy of ships and bombing planes around them. hello, america, hang on to your lights. they are the only lights left in the world. hitch cock got it right, the naszi army and air force crushed norway, denmark, holland, belgium, and france. great britain was left standing alone. in august of 1940, the battle of britain began. almost every night until may 1941, they thought the planes would drop tens of thousands of bombs over london, liverpool, birmingham, south hampton, bristol, and other industrial cities and ports. everything that we value most in life stood on the brink of annihilation. the essence of christian morality, the humanism of american civil civilization, the enlightenment, and jefferson's immortal after fir ration of the inalienable human rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, and we also value the survival of great britain. in 1789, alexander hamilton said we think in english. with that brief statement, he encapsulated the profound, intellectua

america. keep those lights burning. cover them with steel, rig them with guns, build a canopy of "battleship" and bombing planes around them. hello, america, hang on to your lights. they're the only lights left in the world. hitchcock got it right. hitler's nazi army and air force crushed norway, denmark, holland, norway, and france. governorgreat britain was left standing alone. in 1940, the battle began. almost every night until may 1941, the planes would drop tens of thownldzs -- thousands of tons of bombs over london, liverpool, birmingham, southhampton, bristol, and other industrial cities and ports. everything that we valued most in life stood on the brink of destruction. the essence of jew jew the precious legacy of the enlightenment. and thomas jefferson's immortal aver pursuit of happiness. and we also value the survival of great britain. in 1789, al sander hamilton said we think in english. with that brief statement, he encapsulated the profound intent yule and cultural ties that binds the united states and britain. in 1940, the fa

♪ >>> thyssenkrupp made plans to sell parts of its steel americas unit. troubled german steelmaker has been struggling to unload the unprofitable division. the company will now hang on to the brazilian steel mill, but will continue with the sale of its processing plant in alabama. thyssenkrupp is due to report earnings after the bell in europe today with pressure increasing on management to raise new capital to shore up the balance sheet. shares in thyssenkrupp today are falling by around 1.5%. >>> a warning over plunging wholesale power prices spooked investors in german utility giant e.on after earnings came in better than forecasts. annette joins us from frankfurt. good morning. >> i think personally that those investors have been spooked quite a bit if we look at the share price development. they had a ten-year low and that well explains why the shares are now up on that -- have to say little bit of better than expected earnings in terms of ebda and underlying that income came in a bit better than expected. the company said they're sticking to their gu

even bypassing other literary giants like danielle steel and steven king that's america's money. >> "i'm terry mcauliffe, candidate for governor, and i sponsored this ad." it's been called "cuccinelli's witch hunt" "designed to intimidate and suppress" ken cuccinelli used taxpayer funds to investigate a uva professor whose research on climate chge cuccinelli opposed. cuccinelli, a climate change denier, forced the university to spend over half a million dollars defending itself against it's own attorney general. ken cuccinelli. he's focused on his own agenda. not us. the dismantling of the love boat take as tragic turn. this is how most people remember this boat. and this is how eight looked as it hobbled into a port after taking on water. wow. the pumps used to remove the water caused a build up of toxic gas. >> well, the royal babies official portrait could end up being a twit pick. the duke and dutches are considering using their own personal pictures of prince george, rather than a profession nally posed picture. the daily mirror wants the first photos to be in a natural and relac

america's highest military honor. >>> welcome back. engineers with caltrans say the steel rods and bolts on the new span of the bay bridge have passed some tests and are "cautiously optimistic the bolts don't have to be replaced." these are live pictures of the brick. the test began -- of the bridge. the test began on the bolts that are considered at risk of cracking. more tests will be conducted before the bridge opens next week. the tests were ordered after 32 seismic safety bolts broke back in march. >>> we're in the final stretch before the new span opens to drivers next week. that means we're just days away from the five-day closure of the bridge. ktvu's tara moriarty explains what commuters need to know leading up to this wednesday night's closure. >> reporter: commuters should cross the bridge well before 7:00 wednesday night. that's when the chp will do rolling traffic breaks. >> the closure sucks for the commuters but overall, it will be better for them. >> reporter: melvin has been working on the new eastern span for years. he says by 8:00 wednesday night crews w

andrew a steel is the founder of the merge america which trains women to run for office.hilary clinton for years. >> i think there is tremendous excitement aboutçó the possibility of her candidacy. i think it's pent-up excitemen excitement. many of us are dying to see a woman president. it's just it's time. 2016 is years away. jason clark is the vice chair of the san francisco republican party. >> we have gone up against hilary before and i think we with welcome an honest and open debate about her record and her policy. i don't think there's fear at all but we do find it a little disconcerting that a lot of groups are promoting her candidacy before the president is even over. >> in san francisco carolyn tyler abc 7 news. >>ñ6fd bring you here. potentiy simple solution to protect from west nile virus. coming up. michael talk was experts about ♪ [ male announcer ] wouldn't it be great if all devices had backup power? the chevrolet volt does. it's ingeniously designed to seamlessly switch from electricity to gas to extend your driving range. no wonder volt is america's best-

steel was the first company to provide english classes to their workforce. we all think, those are the good old days. the fact is, one of the leading institutions in america said we need to help them learn english. we have been asking employers like marriott, the intercontinental hotel, american apparel, are you a modern-day bethlehem steel? do you want to help your workforce learn english and become citizens? we are finding in cities across america that employers are saying yes. they love the idea of being able to stand up and tell america that these are immigrant workers contributing to their bottom line, learning english and becoming americans. an innovative model of connecting the employer to their employee in a different way. >> it is not just that they want to sound like a good guy. it is more profitable. we'll come back. if you speak english, you move up on the job and the business retains you. >> when we first started to think about this in 2004, the boston redevelopment authority looked at the growth in the hospitality and healthcare industries and found that the growth in occupations was going to come in areas that required a higher level of eng

it was the decentralizization of america. the steelmill where i worked and made enough money to pay for college in the winter time where the tuition was, i had to check the joke. i thought my memory was failing me. my tuition was $770. 1965. to go to ohio university. setting up my journalism career. what is -- well over ten times now that now. where are the steel mill jobs? they ain't there. that's mobility. that's what larry is talking about. that's upward mobility. my father was a janitor, my mother was a cooking cook but through upward mobility i was able to take advantage of opportunity and move up from minimum wage to higher income. over a third of black america moved from below poverty to the middle class in '65 and '85. i defie do you find me any other society on the plan that made thatch advance that fast once we were given the opportunity. that's upward mobility. but as you have also just heard the actual wage has gone down in that amount of time. that is why i thank change to win for tipping me off to the story of what was go

there was a de- industrialization of america. the steel mill where i worked and made enough money in the summertime to pay for college in the wintertime at ohio wheresity, go bobcats, the tuition was -- i had to go back and check this because i thought my memory was failing me -- my tuition was $770. that was 1965. to go to ohio university. i set up my journalism career. over 10 times that now. where are the steel mill jobs? they are not there. that is upward mobility. that's what larry is talking about. my father was a janitor, my mother was a cook. mobility inrd america, i was able to take advantage of opportunity and move up from minimum wage to a much higher income. over 1/3 of america moved from below poverty to the middle class between ice and 65-1985. i defy you to find any society on the planet that huge that make it advances that fast once they were given the opportunity. that is upward mobility. as you have also just heard, they actual wage has gone down in that amount of time. changed to i thank tipping me off on the story that

steel. sierra army depot is america's largest repositiv positiveposit repository of equipment. it here isn't cheap. >> at some point actually it becomes more sensible to destroy that equipment in place than to actually bring it back. >> that's what the pentagon is doing. shredding 2,000 of massive troop carriers, selling them for pennies on the pound in afghanistan. >> did we overbuy? almost certainly. >> in all, the military will leave 20% of the total of the equipment in afghanistan. >> a lot of this stuff you're not concerned about bringing it back. if a coke machine falls into the hands of the tall pan, this is not a big disaster. >> yet with a click of the mouse, the spoils of war can be yours. what isn't stored or shredded is on gov liquidation.com. what you see behind me, the battle tanks, there are thousands here literally. in the distance, some of the armored personnel carriers, most of that stuff will stay in the u.s. inventory. some will be sold to allies, some of it, the clothing, that's being recycled to troops out in the field but some does trickle down to us. i c

steel. plus, how a merry-go-round ride played a role in america's civil rights history. that's part of our march on washington coverage on our homepage. all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. gwen? >> ifill: and that's the newshour for tonight. i'm gwen ifill. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. we'll see you online and again here tomorrow evening. thank you, and good night. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and friends of the newshour. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions captioned by media access group at wgbh >> the u.s. open begins today t is the last of the major tennis tournaments this season. tonight we consider the u.s. open with previous champions who have come to this table just after their victory. but first t

steel town. today the official unemployment number is close to 10%. continuing our series "in plain sight" which focuses on poverty in america, supported by the ford foundation, harry smith introduces us to its inspirational mayor, who is on a mission to save her citizens. >> reporter: gary, indiana, one of the first notches on america's rust belt, a town so long past its prime the demolition of one of its thousands of abandoned buildings is actually a small sign of progress. gary's population is less than half of what it once was. some of its neighborhoods are riddled with crime and the people who are left here have heard every political promise in the book. if ever there was a city in need of a savior, it's gary. >> hey, what's up? good morning, how are you doing? >> reporter: and it might just be this one, mayor karen freeman-wilson. >> i grew up here, went to public schools and then went to harvard college and harvard law school. couldn't wait to get back. >> reporter: couldn't wait to get back? >> i could not wait to get back to gary, indiana. >> reporter: her father and grandfather both worked in the steel mills and she herself seems unafraid of puttin

steel todwn. today the unemployment number is close to 10%. continuing our series "in plain sight" which focuses on poverty in america, harry smith introduces usits inspirational mayor who is on a mission to save her citizens. >> reporter: gary, indiana, one of the first notches on america's rust belt, a town so long past its prime the demolition of one of its thousands of abandoned buildings is actually a small sign of progress. gary's population is about half of what it once was. some of its neighborhoods are riddled with crime and the people who are left here have heard every political promise in the book. if ever there was a city in need of a savior, it's gary. >> hey, what's up? good morning, how are you doing? >> reporter: ten it might just be this woman, mayor karen freeman-wilson. >> i grew up here, went to public schools and then went to harvard college and harvard law school. couldn't wait to get back. >> reporter: couldn't wait to get back? >> i could not wait to get back to gary, indiana. >> reporter: her father and grandfather both worked in the steel mills and she herself seems unafraid of being a little elbow grease into cleanin

america. we trade it. let's get to your tweets on our crew today. tim, u.s. steel, what do we do?e it, trade it hard. you should be fading some of these rallies. the recovery and demand is not there in steel yet. >> one tweet today and that was on u.s. steel. your first move tomorrow when we return today. more "fast money" coming up. [ kitt ] you know what's impressive? a talking car. but i'll tell you what impresses me. a talking train. this ge locomotive can tell you exactly where it is, what it's carrying, while using less fuel. delivering whatever the world needs, when it needs it. ♪ after all, what's the point of talking if you don't have something important to say? ♪ time to have new experiences with a familiar keyboard. to update our status without opening an app. to have all our messages in one place. to browse... and share... faster than ever. ♪ it's time to do everything better than before. the new blackberry q10. it's time. >> we've tallied your votes and you said guy adami won the street fight. congratulations. time for the final trade. let's go around the horn. mike k

america money? >> i think that. but it is hard to think because of the gasoline i steel from the news corp parking lot.y always do glass half empty. i am glass half full of whiskey. look at the beer, whisk key and wine and look what it gives to the economy. there is so much, anheuser-busch and all of these guys. >> and dialysis machines. >> and let's not discount late night infomercial drunk buying. that alone has saved corporations. >> behind the gdp growth. >> i bought bill's freakanomics. >> i bought theater 2 great beach songs. >> what was it? >> i don't know. when it showed up i thought who did this? i thought back and said i bought a 32-song beach collection. >> were you drinking a margarita at the time. >> when was this? >> in 2002. >> i but one of those -- i got drunk and thought i would get back into soccer, not that i was really into it, and i got a ball with a string attached to it so i can just play with myself in central park. i got it in the mail like two weeks later and i was like, what in the hell was i drinking? i think it was gasoline. >> i want to get one so i can play with myself in

america. >> i mean, holy smokes. >> you have guts of steel and be ready at the moment. >> you are getting a rom goldman and he argued that the bank of america stake while it wasn't stuck in a time of crisis, it was extremely expensive for a bank whose cost of funding is higher than that. >> while you're here, i think it's interesting. i think that nepotism is an issue generally in corporate america but of course when you're dealing with a country like china, especially where there's so many companies that are just beginning to hit the ipo phase, that is a big question. i think the other interesting thing is, you know, this big large overhang that is surrounding jpmorgan. we thought all the banks were okay in the course of the last couple of weeks. almost every single bank disclosed new information about new investigations. the problem is citigroup, bank of america, wells fargo, pnc, most of the banks the investigation dealt with legacy issues like mortgage-backed securities. things that we knew about. this is a new issue. jpmorgan is one of the banks that's saying there's different stuff tha

america had a housing recession. >> everybody hels, housing prices went way down, not in washington. >> historian john steel gordonent and get to tax you live here. >> they move there and they like it there. >> lobbyists, politicians, government contractors. >> there's a reason they go there and stay there. >> consider where they work. the architecture's grand. many office buildings resemble palaces. >> it's very much like versailles before the french revolution, the whole french nobility they spent their lives in versailles and they didn't know much about what went outside that world. people never leave washington. >> congressman alan grayson lost his seat but then ran again and won. grayson says if there is royalty in america -- >> it's not the congressman, it's the lobbyists. they're the royalty of washington, d.c. and who made it that way? >> you congressman did by passing all these laws. if you have a big government there's more money to fight over. >> there's that argument but i tell you the real royalty is not in washington, d.c. >> it's on wall street, he says. and there is lots of money here. but there's

thousands of tons of fuel, coal, steel and cement every day, as well as dry goods. in fact, a whopping 60% of america'srain export has to travel down the mississippi on its way out of the country. the slowdown on the river doesn't just cost money, people's very lively hoods are also on the line. in 2012, the river reached historic lows. as much as 20 feet below normal. >> the dikes, they're all out of water. you can see the flattest part of it. we normally can run literally on top of the flat part of that rock. it's a very unusual sight. go you don't normally see. off to the right here there's a barge that's lifted over. to our left, or our port side, is a wreck. first time i've seen it. there are several other. they were known hazards but this is the first time we've seen them. we're passing a business right now where you can see the dock barge is listed over due to the shallow water. >> outside of our barge is three foot lower than the inside of our barge, which is setting on the sloping bank. and as the river falls, we continue to lean more. >> george foster is the owner of j.b. marine, a barge clea

the new america campaign has been asking employers like marriott and the intercontinental hotel and american apparel and partners with the l.a. chamber of commerce are you a modern bethlehem steel, the want to help learning question also become citizens? we are finding in cities across america employers are saying yes. they love the idea of being about this kind of and tell america these are immigrant workers contributing to the bottom line, learning english and becoming americans. as of this sort of, again, an innovative model of connecting the employer to the employee in a different way that serves both needs. >> it's not just that they want to sound like the good guy. it's about having employers -- if you speak english. we will come back. if you keep speaking english you move on the job and they maintain you and you are much more productive. >> when we first start to think of this idea that i think in 2004 in boston, the boston redevelopment authority looked at the growth and the hospitality and health care industries in the greater boston region and they found actually the growth in occupation was going to come in areas in jobs the required a higher level of english skills

america, the politics of getting things done. >> the politics of getting things done. here is my question to you, chairman steele. alex green writes in "salon." don't vote for cory booker. it is final if you like booker, personable, very good at twitter, and he's very good at making people aware of poverty. he is a good liberal but he is also an avitar of the wealthy elite, a camera hog and he has never once proposed anything to address the structural causes of the problems he claims to care so deeply about. my question to you is is anybody in politics actually capable of -- aren't those all of the requirements you into he had to get into office at this point? >> look, the problem is with the cory bookers and others who are doing i'm not red, i'm not blue, you know, i'm you is what you do when you get there. we saw with obama, we saw with others that they get into this bubble and all of a sudden the pressure is on them to conform and the question for cory should he win in november is -- or october, can you conform or do you -- do you conform or do you not conform? if you don't conform, then you may be putting pro

steel was, bethlehem the first company to provide english classes to their workforce. we all think, those are the good old days. , one of the leading institutions in americasaid we need to help them learning wish. -- learn english. we have been asking employers like marriott, the intercontinental hotel, american apparel, are you a modern-day bethlehem steel? do you want to help your workforce learn english and become citizens? we are finding in cities across america that employers are saying yes. being ablehe idea of to stand up and tell america that these are immigrant workers contributing to their bottom line, learning english and becoming americans. an innovative model of connecting the employer to their employee in a different way. >> it is not just that they want to sound like a good guy. it is more profitable. we'll come back. if you speaking wish, you speak -- speak english, you move up on the job and the business retains you. >> when we first started to think about this in 2004, the boston redevelopment authority looked at the growth in the hospitality and healthcare industries and found that the growth in occupations was going to come in areas th

steel door. this is the same look classroom door, it doesn't make fear -- it doesn't create fear. >> are they expensive? >> no. >> schools around americald have these relatively cheaply? >> i think so, yeah. >> how do you feel? are you a parent yourself? >> i have two kids in school. >> how do you feel about my concern about the the milli tarrizing of the educational process. >> i think kids should be able to go to school in an environment that is not full of fear. i also think kids need adults to protect them. with the white board idea, if the kid has to hold it um, that's traumatic enough as it is. we make all kinds of bullet resistant products for banks, government, everywhere. we've spent the last six months fielding calls from schools ever since sandy hook. they've been saying, what can we do. they gave us a problem. we did a lot of research and we said, we can make a door that makes exactly like your classroom door. >> would that door, with that substance stop an ar-15? >> no, this door would not. we can make the same looking door that would, but it would be a little cost prohibitive for schools for every classroom. >> i think th

america's largest energy investor. our commitment has never been stronger. >>> it may look like special effects from an old hollywood movie, but this is real. a massive steel and concrete bridge sways and buckles, leaving commuters desperate to escape before it collapses. >> it was breathtaking. it was frightening. >> november 7th, 1940, tacoma, washington. it's a blustery day in puget sound, located in the northwest section of the evergreen state. winds are gusting a little more than 40 miles per hour, causing the tacoma narrow's bridge to really sway. surprising as it looks, the movement doesn't stop cars and pedestrians from crossing it. ever since the bridge's opening four months earlier, residents affectionately call her galluping gertie. because of the way she dances and snakes in the wind. bridges are designed to move a little, but gertie's movements seem a bit extreme. for some residents, crossing her is lake an adventure. >> it was a thrill. it was like a carnival ride. almost a roller coaster. >> historian and author richard hobbs writes about the tacoma narrows bridge in his book, "catastrophe to triumph." >> people would come out on a windy day

they got the money together, they converted, and they are the fifth largest steel company in america.verage pay was $85,000 a year. it never made it to television. i believe we lost the election in that moment. there were other, institutional reasons why we did not do it. we have to understand those and make sure it does not happen again. the romney campaign was out of money because they spent it all in the primary. they had a lot of money earmarked for the general election and they could not spend it until after the republican convention. all of the money could not be spent except for a portion of it on political communication. they never felt able to answer the bain capital for fear of the tax exempt status. i kept telling them the irs would cut you slack. but those economists did not believe me. let's make sure we don't make the same mistake again because we can't afford to. i believe that one of the key things before us right now is that we have got to flip the latino vote from going against us to what they almost did in 2004, to go for us. they lost by only 10 points. obama carri

america. and then are they came out with a second one to check out the people they had interviewed. people had lost their jobs at steel mills and all across the country. >> right. >> they actually got an old chevy, drove -- slept in the car and that kind of thing, and they checked on them. it's an interesting book. no conclusions come from it, just that things are tough for a large number of people. >> yeah. i wrote a little bit about bruce springsteen in here and kind of -- there was a whole school in the early '80s of heartland rock, i guess they called it. so people, musicians finally got interested in blue collar work right when people stopped doing it. [laughter] so, you know, they'd been inspired by all these great two minute songs from california about the pacific association which was -- pacific ocean which was their greatest and post endless feature, so i -- they started writing about unemployment. [laughter] so there was bruce springsteen writing "my hometown." there was michael stanley from cleveland, he wrote a book called "this town" which was sort of an anthem of local pride. things were tough in clevela

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america. thank you. [applause] ♪ tomorrow, michael steele discusses his party's opinion on syria, healthcare, and presidentma. discussn dorgan will cyber security issues and a recent book. then later, a look at eminent domain laws, by our guest stephen eagle -- steven eagle. now a conversation with former vice president dick cheney and liz cheney. >> well, we are delighted to be here tonight. i have watched the development of bill andization tony thompson. i probably would not have gotten ifcted to congress in 1978 they'll and tony had not helped me get cheyenne. not agree with the outcome, but it was all liberal. to haveeen a privilege the opportunity to spend time with my daughter. the finished up my time in white house, i decided to write a book, and it is nice to have your oldest child interested stories.ld war i notice she has the book in her lap. i have no idea what is planned. i am not sure where this is going. what it is all good, all good. i'm delighted to be here tonight and have the opportunity to spend the time with all of you, and with that, i will introduce my daughter, liz cheney, who is see

for other ways to frustrate america's foreign policy goals if they have gone ahead with that strike. >> richard, thanks so much. policy analyst at energy aspects. >>> to steelia's biggest steelmaker everest are rallying. the group reported a net loss in fist half, hit by lower prices for the industrial metal. the figure widened last year, but key point was it was largely in line with consensus forecasts from reuters. london listed group partly lower and says it will not recommend a dividend. joining us now is the cfo at evraz. thank you for joining us. things have been fairly tough in the steel market. oversupply, cash costs at the mines above prices, how are you dealing with this situation? >> being conservative on the cash side. with the financial side we have done a lot of refinancing over the last couple of years. we expended our maturities, making sure we have no immediate liquidity risks, so from financial side, we're okay in managing the situation in the current environment. on the industrial side, as you mentioned, in your introduction, we have reduced capex for this year already, from a 1.3 billion budget to 900 to 1 billion probably for whole year

america's gilded capitol. read the book and engage on our facebook page and twitter. "washington journal" continues. host: at the table now, michael steele, the former r.n.c. chairman from 200-2011, thank you for joining us. we've been talking about syria, do you see a division within the republican party on syria? guest: i don't think there's been a clear voice that's come out about what republicans say about this. certainly there is a union anymority about what we need to do next, which is definitely deal with the use of chemical weapons by the assad government. but i think a lot of republicans are waiting to see exactly where the president is going to go with the foreign policy. you have the secretary of state calling this a moral obscenity. so the tone and the rhetoric is there. the question is now what are the next steps? the president and his team have been very good, at least in this instance, of getting and keeping the congress informed, getting members of congress in on the conversation early enough, so that should some type of action come in the next few days, there will be a sense of it for that action, and i think that has be

steel? help them learn english and help. they said yes they love the idea of being stand up to and tell america these are immigrant workers contributing to the bottom line. learning english, and becoming americans. so this sort of again invast model of connecting the employer to their employee in a different way than serves both needs. >> it's not just they want to satellite the good guy. >> bottom line. >> right. do you speak english. let me keep going i'll come back. you move up on the job and then business retains you and more product i productive. >> when we first started to think about the idea in 2004 in boston, we looked the boston redevelopment authority looked at the growth in the hop talty and health care and found actually that growth in occupations was going to come in area and jobs required a higher level of english skill. you saw the work force at that point have low level english skills. until that plan was reached you had a work force that actually could have the english skills that are necessary for the future of the economy, you know, the regional huge amount of trouble. >>er rick, -- eric. you're leading the new nat