in response to these reports, on february 24th of this year the department of labor launched a pilot project to strengthen the complete pulmonary evaluation given to miners when they initially file a claim which will increase the accuracy of decisions. the department also announced a new black lung rulemaking niche that will consider -- initiative that will consider whether all parties must disclose medical evidence related to a claim. so much a requirement will help insure that coal miners have full access to information about their health. with regard to dr. wheeler, owcp issued a bulletin instructing its district directors not to credit evidence submitted by dr. wheeler's x-ray readings. in the absence b of evidence rehabilitating his credibility. owcp has searched its records to identify denied claims that contained x-ray interpretations made by dr. wheeler and has attempted to contact almost 1,100 affected claimants about their right to request a reopening of their claim or their right to file a new claim. finally, the department has launched a new training initiative in connecti

more recently at the department of labor, we marked an anniversary that you might be a little bit lessre of. it was the 145th anniversary of the completion of the transcontinental railroad. and the reason i note that one is because we have a labor hall of fame. and to mark the anniversary we inducted the chinese-american railroad workers into that hall of fame. [applause] because they are part of the all too frequently untold story of the civil rights struggle. when there's the iconic photo in utah where the transcom the railroad was finally completed, notably absent in that photo where the railroad workers. and the i tried to go on strike for better wages. they had so many acts of courage, and he was so remarkable to be able to pay honor to them at the department of labor so recently. and it was a wonderful recently to go to the viewing of the movie about cesar chavez. because of me, cesar chavez brings together the two passions of my professional life, labor rights and civil rights. they are inextricably intertwined to cesar chavez understood that the most important thing he could do

more recently, at the department of labor, we marked an anniversary that you may be less aware of.fwas the 145th anniversary the completion of the transcontinental railroad. the reason i note that is because we have a labor hall of fame. to mark that anniversary, we inducted the chinese-american railroad workers. all too part of the frequently untold story of the civil rights struggle. utah is an iconic photo in where the transcontinental railroad was completed. absent in the photo were the workers. they had to go on strike for better wages. they had so many acts of courage and it was remarkable to pay honor to them at the department of labor so recently. it was so wonderful to go to the viewing of the movie about chavez. for me, chavez brings together the passions of my professional life. labor rights and civil rights. they are inextricably intertwined. mostz understood that the important thing he could do for farmworkers was to get the right of collective bargaining to make sure that they could make a union and bargain together. that is what the president was talking about one ye

of keeping americans working. labor secretary tom perez joins us. why he thinks it department of labor is a great match maker. >>> later, two passengers argue and are kicked off a plane over this device. what it is and how it might affect your next travel experience. we'll find out. as we go to a break, a look at how the stock market ended the week. >>> as we celebrate american workers this labor day weekend, the unemployment picture in the u.s. appears to be improving. are the numbers telling the whole story? joining me now is labor secretary tom perez. thanks for being here and spending time with us. we appreciate it. >> it's a pleasure to be with you. >> the u.s. economy gained back the number of jobs lost during the recession, slowly, but steadily. the question i hear from a lot of economists are about the quality of the jobs. is it comparable with what we saw seven or eight years ago? >> when you look at the job picture, we have 53 consecutive months to the tune of 10 million jobs, roughly. look at the jobs that have come back. in the last year, the biggest growth sector

the big job of keeping americans working, labor secretary john perez joins me on unemployment, bright spots and why he thinks the department of labor is a great matchmaker. later, two passengers argue and are then kicked off a plane over this device. what it is, and how it might affect your next travel experience. we'll find out, as we go to a break, a look at how the stock market ended the week. >>> secretary perez, thanks for being here and spending time with us, we appreciate it. as we mentioned, the u.s. economy has gained back the number of jobs we lost during the recession, slowly but surely. but the question i hear from some economists is the quality of the jobs. is it comparable to what we saw eight years ago? >> we have had 58 consecutive months of private sector growth. if you look at the jobs that have come back, those are some of the highest paying jobs, accountants, architects, et cetera. so what we have seen is that the jobs at the high end have come back, jobs at the lower end of the wage scale tend to be the first to go and the first to come back. where we have a lot of work to do is in those middle income

advice that was not appropriate... >> smith: to try and hold the industry accountable, the department of laboroposed a new fiduciary rule in the fall of 2010. >> when retirement savings are at stake, advisors should put their clients' interests first. the critical question is, what constitutes paid investment advice? the proposal we're discussing today will amend a 35-year-old regulatory interpretation... >> smith: the rule would require all financial advisors to put their customers' interests before their own whenever dealing with retirement accounts. >> today, there are trillions of dollars in each of these markets. the variety and complexity of financial products have increased and made fee arrangements far less transparent. >> smith: the financial services industry lobbied hard against the new rule. >> it just seems that the financial services industry is really concerned about... >> smith: they got the attention of congress. >> our job here in congress is not to preserve the business model that has existed for 35 years, but if you are going to upset that business model, we had better know

of the labor market. fundealth of the di trust is something that is noted in the report and one thing where doing at the department of labor is to ensure that people with disabilities have access to the workplace. we are in the middle of implementing a very important for meditation and that is numberd to increase the of people with disabilities in the workplace. we are working closely with employers and other stakeholders and we continue to work with collies to increase the number of workers with disabilities who confronts their ticket again to the workplace and so the middle class because people with disabilities want nothing more than the dignity of work, live in an economic mainstream, and the feeling of good evening to the community. they want to pay taxes and that is why we are working hard to ensure that we help them do so. our skills and training agenda bethe agenda is could helpful in strengthening the social security and medicare trust fund because a strong economy means a strong social security and medicare system. limits are to my colleague and friend -- and let me turn to my colleague and friend. >> th

of the labor market. the health is something that is noted in the report. one thing we are doing at the department of labor is to ensure that people with disabilities have access to the work waste. -- workplace. we are in the middle of increasing the number of people with disabilities in the workplace. we're working closely with employers and with other key stakeholders. we work closely with a friend and colleague on strategies to increase the number of workers with disabilities who can punch their ticket again to the work list and the middle class. people with disabilities want nothing more than the dignity of work, live in an economic mainstream, and the feeling of contributed to their communities. they want to pay taxes and that is why we are working hard to ensure that we help them do so. our skills and training agenda -- the agenda is could be helpful in strengthening the social sit

i conferred with a number of policymakers from the department of labor. they heard my story.old them what the foundation did for the mexican-americans. i explained to them that this was the first time the mexican-american organization had developed expertise in the area of manpower. we have mexican-americans developing programs for mexican-americans. i told him that for the first time, we have received degrees of recognition, but that was not enough. [applause] i met one afternoon with a distinguished gentleman. we talked about new careers. we talked about what kind of a program we could develop for mexican-americans in this area. he said to me that he has a person and the ministration was willing -- and the administration was willing to get a new program off the ground. utmostt you to do your to see that you fulfill your responsibilities as enrollees of this program. this is a first for the foundation. laster, i made about 2800 -- last year, i made about 20 and. i have a family to support. 2800.ade about i have a family to support. when i came here, it was a brand-new world

. >> there are so many dollars locked up in these lost plans, the department of labor recently held a hearing and invited american airlines, honeywell, to testify about locating missing and lost account holders. one expert said 42% of plans it surveyed allow amounts of less than $1,000 to remain in the plan without taking any action. the nest eggs of these account holders can go untouched for years, their investments threatened by mounting fees. >> there's nothing that shalom can do without the owner's explicit participation. >> it was not me getting hurt. it's the plan participants. >> shalom finds about 75% of those he's hunting for, but there are others that are lost. >> if you think you might have had a retirement account with money that no longer exists, don't worry, the money is waiting for you, but you have to contact the department of labor. they oversee the missing accounts. most people know where the retirement accounts are, and the investment needs to work for them and meet their long-term retirement goals. in between stops and starts, we have seen steady upward movement in

department of labor says the status of teaching is changing. >> we've come to realize how important good teaching is and the importance of recruiting good people into the profession. that raises the stakes on stopping the ability to recruit good teachers. >> as for erica, she's focused on getting her teaching credentia credentials. >> we need to get excited about teaching so kids can be excited about learning. >> and, i think she will do it. teach.org is a joint project of the department of education. with all the donated media secured by the ad council. and very significant here is that teach.org has the backing of the two big national teachers unions. >>> now, those teachers' unions suffered a major blow in the court this summer. in a closely watched trial, a superior court judge handed down a ruling that could change how teachers are hired and fired in california. they disproportionately hurt poor and minority kids that get stuck with some of the worst teachers. the lawsuit was filed by this teenage girl from san carlos. you first met her right on "class action" and eight others and f

the department of labor is stepping in to help employees find new jobs. beginning this wednesday they will be at the atlantic city convention center. this is part of a joint effort between the christie administration and a union that represents many workers. count on nbc 10 for your complete coverage of the casino crisis. right now you can log on to our website, nbc10.com and find an entire section dedicated to the situation in atlantic city. >>> today's view of the made of america festival. here is a live look at the main stage in center city. fans are getting ready to see some big acts perform tonight. . the south african band was on stage when nbc 10 checked out the scene this afternoon. tens of thousands of music fans are jamming for the two-day event. the concert is curated by jay-z and has been held annually in philadelphia over labor day weekend since 2012. >>> new at 6:00 an arrest made in the murder of a man outside a restaurant. paul mchernen was shot to death. the shooting happened on august 15 just days before his 28th birthday. police say he a

administration issued a statement in which they listed 46 programs that range from programs from the department of laborn terms of pay exwi it, the department of offense, equity issues and combat policies and all the state department policies that hillary listed as her own apolicements. this is a administration that has a solid record on women and she needs to build on t she has her own experiences as a first lady and a senator and she has a lot of domestic experience that she can bring to bear when describing what she is going to be able to do for women. >> betsey? >> i think one of the things you are comparing apples and oranges. obama has the entire federal government at his calling. she was in the senate for eight years. she sat on foreign affairs and she was on defense and environment. those are different issues and not as easy to get working women's issues into it. and the state department, though, and she pushed very hard every trip she had to make sure there was some kind of an accomplishment for women initiatives. you go to the diversity. she looked at girls in africa. she worked on trade missi

more recently, at the department of labor, we marked an anniversary that you may be less aware of. 145th anniversary the completion of the transcontinental railroad. the reason i note that is because we have a labor hall of fame. to mark that anniversary, we inducted the chinese-american railroad workers. all too part of the frequently untold story of the civil rights struggle. utah is an iconic photo in where the transcontinental railroad was completed. absent in the photo were the workers. they had to go on strike for better wages. they had so many acts of courage and it was remarkable to pay honor to them at the department of labor so recently. it was so wonderful to go to the viewing of the movie about chavez. for me, chavez brings together the passions of my professional life. labor rights and civil rights. they are inextricably intertwined. mostz understood that the important thing he could do for farmworkers was to get the right of collective bargaining to make sure that they could make a union and bargain together. that is what the president was talking about one year ago.

so i spend some time at the department of labor. i was brought in because the employees that they had that they were paying for were not adequate so they brought someone else in to take care of the work that those two or three other employees weren't doing. it was so convoluted. people need to sort of see how this works. shrinking the government doesn't mean that government won't be doing things. we have to get rid of the dead weight. >> thanks gang. his comments about u.s. citizens infected with ebola. plus first the u.s. companies called deserters, unpatriotic but could his plan to >>> the white house is considering using executive action again, this time to stop u.s. companies moving their headquaters to lower their tax rate. a lot of people are saying it's just the corporations going to get hit but what about the rest of us? how will it effect the average person? >> put aside the inconstitutionality this is going to mean less investment in the united states. less job creation and less opportunity for people to get pay raises and

so i spend some time at the department of labor. i was brought in because the employees that they had that they were paying for were not adequate so they brought someone else in to take care of the work that those two or three other employees weren't doing. it was so convoluted. people need to sort of see how this works. shrinking the government doesn't mean that government won't be doing things. we have to get rid of the dead weight. >> thanks gang. his comments about u.s. citizens infected with ebola. plus first the u.s. companies called deserters, unpatriotic called deserters, unpatriotic but could his plan to looks like we're about to board. mm-hmm. i'm just comparing car insurance rates at progressive.com. is that where they show the other guys' rates, too? mm-hmm. cool. yeah. hi. final boarding call for flight 294. [ bells ring on sign ] [ vehicle beeping ] who's ready for the garlic festival? this guy! bringing our competitors' rates to you -- now, that's progressive. cshe is the greatest thing ever. one little smile. one litt

led the department of labor's wage and hour division and served as the head of the office of civil rights within the department of health and human services he attended brown university in 1984. mr. rodrigez received his jd from boston college in 1988. thank you very much for coming, and we look forward to your testimony. injure written statement will be entered in its entirety into the record. i ask that you summarize your testimony in five minutes, to help you stay within that time, there's a timing light on the table, when it turns yellow, that means you have one minute left to summarize your testimony. thank you, and thank you for being here today. and you may begin. >> thank you. mr. chairman and members of the committee. i am extremery grateful to be the new director. and to be before you today. i hope that today is the beginning of a long and fruitful and constructive relationship that i will have with this committee as a whole and with its members in particular. i am also honored to be the leader of more than 18,000 extremely dedicated men and women who are the employees of the un

so i spend some time at the department of labor. i was brought in because the employees that they had that they were paying for were not adequate so they brought someone else in to take care of the work that those two or three other employees weren't doing. it was so convoluted. people need to sort of see how this works. shrinking the government doesn't mean that government won't be doing things. we have to get rid of the dead weight. >> thanks gang. his comments about u.s. citizens infected with ebola. plus first the u.s. companies called deserters, unpatriotic but could his plan to douse their plans cause jobs to desert. we debate that. you can decide. oh hey there! (laughs) hmm. you're that grumpy cat. well i know! how about some honey nut cheerios? humans love them. moms, dads, kids-well, all of 'em. not even a smile? huh... maybe someone should tell your face. ohhh that is your face. (angry cat purr) ah! part of a good breakfast... for almost everyone! add brand new belongings from nationwide insurance... ...and we'll replace de

revise all the forms, they had to rewrite regulations, and coordinate many changes with the department of labor and the department of state, all of whom had roles and immigration, and projecting their workload into the future. the expected lots of applicants. they expected an influx of immigrants. guest: of applications. host: is that what happened? guest: the expected it to start immediately, and that is what he did, and the opportunity had apply, ano opportunity that had not been there for so long for so many people. host: how would people go about applying, then? guest: since 1924, really, with the visa system, a prospective immigrant, someone who wants to immigrate, will apply for a visa, and in 1965 you need to have someone in the united states apply for an application for a visa and that goes to the state department. they don't come and knock on the door the way they did when they came to ellis island. they knock on the door of the embassy or consulate abroad. host: that procedure is with us today. that is how it works today. guest: yes. host: what other laws put on the books from 1965 ar

the department of labor and workforce development will be on hand to help laid off workers find new jobs. they'll be at the atlantic city convention center from september 3rd through the 10th from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. this is a joint effort between governor chris christie's administration and a union that represents many of atlantic city's casino workers. show boat is closing this coming sunday. on monday, the revel hotel shuts down. followed by revel casino on tuesday then trump plaza closes september 16th. >>> new at 11:00, the school break-in caught on camera. next, how the thief hit the same classrooms twice in one day. >>> then the new rule changes in the nfl when it comes to domestic violence. glenn? >>> and the 90s will return for the labor day holiday weekend, but so do some storms. i'll let you know the timeline, next, in my first alert forecast. >>> joan rivers is in critical condition tonight at a new york hospital. this is video of the 81-year-old comedian with jimmy fallon on the "tonight show" earlier this year. she stopped breathing during a minor throat procedure today.

more recently at the department of labor, we marked an anniversary that you might be a little bit lessf. it was the 145th anniversary of the completion of the transcontinental railroad. and the reason i note that one is because we have a labor hall of fame, and to the mark that anniversary, we inducted the chinese-american railroad workers into that hall of fame. [applause] because they are part of the all-too-frequently-untold story of the civil rights struggle. and when there's the iconic photo in utah where the transcontinental railroad was finally completed, notably absent in that photo were the railroad workers. and they actually had to go on strike for better wages. they had so many acts of courage, and it was so remarkable to be able to pay honor to them at the department of labor so recently. and it was so wonderful recently to go to the viewing of the movie about cesar chavez. because, for me, cesar chavez brings together the two passions of my professional life; labor rights and civil rights. they are inextricably intertwined. cesar chavez understood that the most important t

department of labor so people are coming here in the not even way. they can barely afford the tuition nineteen year old stacy abby is a originally from an upper middle class family in india living below the poverty line since moving to america it's a negative mentality sometimes when people say oh you're coming to a country and you're taking all the lead and all the food stamps we don't use any of that is my family this kid never going to take it stacey says there are many more students like her most of them she says keep their hunger to themselves it's kind of embarrassing to go and tell that to people when you see that other people have it and you don't. but i've seen a lot of students who are hungry and the. they say a muffin or something and you know. did you what did you have today a muffin is what they tell me it's that it's very sad in this community of twenty three thousand people the pantry is not only meant for students but also college staff who are in need the plight of college students as part of a broader struggle in america where food

fortune of serving as a local elected official and a state cabinet secretary, and now in two different positions in the federal government, at the justice department and now the department of labor. i have so much respect for the work that all of you who are in local government do. and all of you were working in state government do. because the rubber hits the road in local government. i saw that firsthand. there's so much you can do to further the goals of the civil rights act of 1964, and all of the other civil rights laws and economic justice laws that were passed to ensure access to opportunity. and you are indeed doing it. because we're having a few challenges in washington moving the legislative need a. but across this country you have been incubators of innovation, pioneers of fairness and opportunity. and you continue to do that. so take my hat off to you because you are doing so much and you have so many tools. i hope you'll continue to use them. because you know what? we do have a lot of unfinished business. we have made so much progress in areas of education. one statistic that people don't know is that the latino dropout rate over the last 10 years has declined 50%.

of serving as a local and elected official. and now, into different positions, in the federal government and at the justice department. now, the department of labor. i have so much respect for the work that all of you do. and, that all of you working in state government do. the rubber hits the road in local government and i saw that there is so much you can do to further the goals of the civil rights act of 1964 and all of the other civil rights laws and economic justice laws that were made to ensure access to opportunity. you are doing it. we are having a few challenges in washington moving the needle. you havee country, been incubators of innovation and pioneers of fairness and opportunity. you continue to do that. i take my hat off to you because you do so much and you have so many tools. i hope to continue to use them. you know what? we have a lot of unfinished business. we have made progress in areas like education. a statistic that people do not know is that the latino dropout rate over the last 10 years has declined 50%. it is remarkable. we can all point to that as a matter of pride because there is a concerted effort. we are all in this

department of labor expects there will be 1.4 1.4 million computer specialist job openings. e majority of those positions most likely will not go to women. 57% ofirls make up the overall college graduates, it would make a 12% of computer science graduates today. what are tech companies doing to get girls excited about coding? i got an inside look at how twitter is teaming up with a nonprofit to train the next generation of female engineers. >> turn it up. meet rihanna -- a 16-year-old high school senior who spent the last seven weeks at twitter. she's not an employee, but one of the 20 students excepted into girls who code -- a program that gives high school girls the opportunity to get hands-on computer science experience inside some of the biggest companies in technology. >> i did not know this was what tech companies were like. people would tell me engineers were in cubicles all the time and always on the screen. but i feel like it is more than that. ask they represent what many know to be part of the solution to a long-standing problem in silicon valley. >> what is your g

. >> there was a department of labor investigation over this. d they would pay them. >> this is what happens. you realize it will get out there, we need to get ahead of it. usually companies of that scale don't do this in a malicious way. this is not like a small business that cannot afford to pay you. they have systemic errors in process. >> i also wonder why it went public? is usually gets resolved within the company. >> employees decide that if the company is not moving fast enough, they need to make a -- disclosure to an agency that oversees labor. >> second company, groupon. >> groupon is having a terrible week. they are just moving too slowly here. they have to transition from couponing to e-commerce. the e-commerce, they are entering a market where they used to be first, to a market where they have competitors like amazon. they have to learn expertise in one year that amazon has been doing for 20 years. >> is that the right tragedy -- strategy? e-commerce has seen so much weeding out of the small and medium players. it is tough to beat ama

the department of labor who led not long ago a help to provide.ering what i'm considering would be an area of historic achievement. alongside these other age season is, we have worked hard to bring on the spirit of the law by bringing in new legislation and judicial rulings that extend the equality to others. they can finally receive equal opportunities, equal protection and equal opportunity that they deserve. all of this is important, lifetime work. to keep expanding upon the safeguards that it provides. it also shows that our work is far from over. significant challenges remain before us: each year, every american has a great deal more work to do. we cannot accept these answers as an indication that our work is complete. progress is not the end. as we speak in far too many neighborhoods, far too many people of color are denied hozing. in our education system, state of the union students of color are far more likely to attend poor schools. when it comes to our most treasured democratic institution, many vulnerable populations, including young pe

department of labor that says linked in failed to record and pay for all hours worked by employees. money will be paid in four states including here in california. >>> wall street bounced back today after big losses last week. the dow was up 75 points. the nasdaq added 31. some strong earnings reported and a european bank rescue helped move the marks higher. >>> now to alameda, the contra costa sheriff's office said news coverage and social media posts brought in tips that led them to identify 29-year-old kyle fashion of walnut creek. we showed you this home surveillance video of one of the burglaries. the burglar broke through one of the windows and stole thousands of the dollars of belongings. >>> a lawsuit filed by pg & e shareholders over that deadly san bruno pipeline explosion can now go forward. today a san mateo superior court just lifted a stay. the lawsuit seeks to find pg & e personally responsibility instead of rate payers. that explosion happened in september of 2010. pg & e could end up facing more than a billion dollars in fines from the state alone. the shareholders