of labor. let's just remind everybody. the mission of the department of labor is to foster, promote, and develop the welfare of wage earners, job seekers, and retirees. in the united states. to improve working conditions, advanced opportunities for profitable employment, and to ensure work related benefits and rights. i think that's important to remember that is the mission that you would swear to uphold, if you, as i dearly hope, become our next labor secretary. i want to note there has been some questions raised today about whether or not you have any experience negotiating large labor contracts. and you probably aren't even aware of this, because this just happened. but i understand that you played an important role in the contract negotiations between the international long shore and warehouse union and the pacific maritime association, and apparently, this morning, they have just reached a settlement. and an agreement, which is a very important moment. it is something that i am sure you are delighted to know and to be aware of, and maybe you could

after i kid that, the department of -- i did that, the department of labor did issue a directive to all do the same thing. since i've been deputy secretary, what we've been doing at the department of labor is really trying to learn from those lessons to the make sure they are never repeated again to work in collaboration with statements to be clear about the things that we should do on a national level to fight that kind of fraud. that kind of fraud went from state to state. to shore up the up employment insurance safety net so that in the next crisissing ed the really deliver. >> thank you for that response. i wanted to make sure we got as much of that on the record as possible. i'm going to ask you a second question and just ask a commitment from youin to work wh me because i'm running out of time. you and i talked at length in my office about the challenge we have with the defense industrial base in connecticut. we have to the hire 5,700 new workers if connecticut and rhode island -- in connecticut and rhode island to meet the commands of the submarine fleet. we're producing more sub

, this morning the senate health, and labor pension committees is considering the nomination of julie su to be secretary of labor. before joining the u.s. department of labor, as deputy secretary under president biden, ms. su previously served as labor secretary for the state of california. in that post she was notable for presiding over massive unemployment fraud during the covid crisis. mr. president, unemployment fraud was a significant problem during the pandemic, but even with widespread fraud, california stood out for the scope of its problem. during the first six months of the pandemic, california had an improper payment rate of 36.6%. let that sink in for a moment. an improper payment rate of 36.6%. ultimately, the state paid out around $30 billion in fraudulent claims between the start of the pandemic and last spring. now, mr. president, certain states faced an influx of unemployment claims during the pandemic that put additional pressure on unemployment agencies. but california's fraud situation was not simply a result of an increased workload during the pandemic. it was also in part the result of ms. su's decision to remove safeguards i

s. department of labor, child, labor violations have increased by almost 70 percent since 2018. now, are we thing more of a cracked down by authorities to ensure compliance or has just been an increase in actual violations? i think it's both. i think you have a situation where these, that actors, as you called them, have figured out that there is a particular group of immigrant children who are exploitable for their labor and have likely move towards that. you also have with these increasing numbers, you have a sort of effect in which you haven't a big population in lots of different places where, where lots of different corporations, labor brokers are able to exploit children for their labor. and i would say to going back to the, the last point, but that's part of the process as well. so a lot of these companies are not employing their and the people who work in the factories directly. instead, they're using labor brokers and that removes their legal liability, but the labor broker. so that's a company, a contractor that says they're going to provide a group of laborers to some

we are working with the department of labor. we have a number of things we're looking at in terms of protocols when a report comes in. we can add additional supervisory review. we can't stop placement to a particular zip code. -- we can stop placement to a particular zip code. we have to make sure we are providing proper vetting and that we are releasing to a sponsor that will provide for care and well-being. so, stopping placements, working with local law enforcement as appropriate. there is a number of steps that we will continue to lean in on this to help resolve the situation. rep. porter: corporate america needs to be held accountable for putting children in danger to boost their profits. it is gross and wrong. i am calling on your agency as well as the department of labor and the white house to continue to provide answers to the committee on how it will address these abuses. in your testimony, you talked about how you brought down the time to placement. how you brought down the time to within 30 days. but it is not just abo

inspector general from the department of labor. mr. del mar, acting inspector general at the department of treasury. and mr. shoemaker, deputy inspector general at the sba small business association. mr. shoemaker, i understand you got this promotion six months ago. congratulations. we're delighted that you are -- also understand that you are apparently in place of mr. weir, the inspector general, since he's at a memorial service for his grandmother. i hope that he would convey to him that your presence today is appreciated and that we wish him the best in this time of need for his family matters. with that, i would now like to recognize the ranking member, my friend mr. mfume for any statement that he would like to make. the gentleman are recognized for the purpose of making an opening statement. >> thank you very much, mister chair. i want to thank you for convening this meeting. i agree with what you said earlier that our purpose heroes to find out what went wrong and how to make sure it doesn't go wrong again. i want to add my thank

and that included deputy inspector from the department of labor. alabama investigators. i am concerned that with the amount of fraud, this is substantially higher than what you gentlemen have acknowledged. and i just wonder how diligent inspector general turner and the department of labor will be in trying to recover this. is there any hope of recovery with this amount of money that has been taken fraudulently. >> let me just assure you, we take fraud serious. >> i didn't ask you that. i am asking you, are you focused on this? >> yes we are. we are focused on it. but we also realize that once fraud goes, leaves out the door, it is so hard to get back. because there is so many factors beyond our control. >> well as one of those factors that all of you are dealing with, it's in some cases states that are not willing to work with, is that a fair assessment? >> i don't know if that is a very assessment when it comes to recovery. because the states as well as other law enforcement agencies to include -- have all been partners. we have all been working this together. >> the g.a

department offing a curlture, up 14%. department of commerce, up 11%. department of education, 3 1/2%. -- 13 1/2%. department of energy, 13 1/2%. department of superior, over 9%. department of labor11%. department of state, which is wasteful, 11%. department of treasury, 15%. and that department of treasury of course includes a nice equity advisory board. the environmental protection agency, up 19%. the national science foundation, up 18%. wherever you look, president biden has responded to the greatest debt-to-g.d.p. ratio in my lifetime by raising spending 8%, 9%, 10%. about the only areas without significant increases are the military, despite president biden as far as i can see doing very little to try to end the war in ukraine, and the southern border. by the way, i want to repeat and anecdote to let the chair know exactly the mindset of the biden administration when it comes to homeland security. i was down on that border two weeks ago. i have been a fan of drug dogs. which is so necessary. given that the majority of drugs which flow across the border killing 107,000 americans are very handy for the border patrol. and i asked a member of the border patrol union down there w

we have a department of education, department of labor, we need a department of reconciliation. host: at what point could we say we have reconciled? what needs to happen? guest: we need to get to a point where we give them the honor that they deserve. there were also be a slavery remembrance day, just as we have 9/11, pearl harbor, holocaust. we need a slavery remembrance day. i appreciate this president for acknowledging. to get these things done you need a department devoted to it. host: the name fort lee is being changed. guest: there are others across the country. richard russell's name has to come off the building. we could change the name of forts but not the name on a building. surely we could see the injustice in that. surely, we can. the public at some point should decide i'm not going into the building either. i refuse. one more thing, we would have secretaries of reconciliation just as we have secretaries of labor. it is a legitimate department with a secretary reporting to the president of the united states. let's let the world know our intentionality is to correct t

of farm labor. the concerns of the adverse effect raise rates released by the department of labor. i know from new york farmers at some of those changes added an administrative burden that damages the hoa workers. that's a challenge for all of us, considering that particular -- those changes as their rate is based on usda farm data. i would like to know if usda had input in the department of labor's rulemaking process and what usda has expressed on behalf of those farmers. >> i will tell you what they expressed, the modernization act that would've saved farmers hundreds of millions of dollars. that's the answer, congressman. that is the answer. >> that is a broad answer. we have a specific concern. in the interim, mr. secretary, with the usda -- >> we have data and this makes calculations and they basically run it through a process or formula and that's precisely why the farmworkers modernization act is important is because -- >> i appreciate you advocating. in the interim, having usda at least advocate within that rulemaking process until such time would be reassuring and helpful t

work, taking care of our children, our parents, the order directs federal agencies like the department of laborirs and the department of education to find new ways to improve wages and work conditions for care workers and provide more flexible options to family. seeking services is a huge, huge step forward. i who leads the national domestic workers alliance. she says improving wages for care. workers is vital have high rates of turnover. >> that also affect the services and the access to care that families need. so it becomes a vicious cycle. where is if we make them good jobs and actually becomes a virtuous cycle. the president's executive order does not include new spending to subsidize the cost of care to do that. he's requesting congress set aside 750 billion dollars in next year's budget. this administration is doing what it can do to make care more affordable and more accessible. while we wait for congress to act that we an economic adviser to the president says some agencies will adopt changes quickly. but while republicans like ohio senator jd vance agree the cost of care is too high i

uh, offer to write down our uh, the decision of the order of the department of labor immediately sorto solve this problem. uh, anton olegovich kotyakov, the venetian of labor and social protection, is participating in our meeting. uh, anton olegovich , do it personally, don’t listen to written report. go to the hospital. talk to the chiefs. they will tell you such pictures the story will tell. when documents are returned five times because they have a comma there , what is it all about? the ministry of health also needs to establish operational coordination with military hospitals on the transfer of a number of wounded commissaries, uh, the military for certain indications, for example, the final, uh, to quickly resolve issues of transfer to a state medical institution in the regions of the place of residence, also without bureaucratic delays, until it is debugged, it takes a lot of time to agree on something again, a commission is decided by colleagues. well, once again imbued with the moments of life. uh, mikhail murashka here, uh, i 'll tell you something later, not in public, plea

beginning briefly about the main topics of the issue one for all and all for cleanliness in the department of labor is going to participate. full access to everything maritime camouflage failed 2 tons of cocaine pulled out of the nets off the coast of sicily a new page in history our scientists have unearthed a medieval settlement in the pripyatsky national park, we will show many finds, the brightest. in belarus, pensions will grow from may 1. the decree was signed by the head of state. eventually. they will increase by an average of 5%. 1.5 billion rubles will be allocated for the payment of pensions in may, out of of which 78 million additional costs. in connection with the increase, according to the decree, a total of 2.3 million people in our country receive a pension. about 3 million belarusians will take part in the republican subbotnik on april 22. this year it is planned to collect more than 12 million rubles. half of the funds will be directed to the reconstruction of the memorial complex of the prisoner of the mosaic death camp, the rest will be transferred to the creation of the republi

the agencies that are responsible are the department of labor and health and human services. yorkas has been getting questioned about this. i think as a proxy for the biden administration. but the agency that is in charge of migrant heaven is health and human services. not like the regular immigration system, children go to this different agency that is supposed to be a child welfare agency. it is health and human services that has been responsible for leasing -- protecting them from trafficking and ex-wife tatian. juan: that is what i wanted to ask you about, the role of health and human services because obviously, we can understand the pressure the biden administration was under to get children out of the detention facilities but then the responsibility had to fall on the agency that kept seeing one or another individual repeatedly offering to sponsor children, to monitor and check up who -- what these sponsors rexall he doing with the children. so wouldn't that fall largely on health and human services? >> yes, that is health and human services. these staffers who had to tr

nationals are available to the needs assessment working groups of my provinces , where the general department of laborperative and social welfare the governorates and the social government of the government examine the demand as a group and give an opinion. the general director of technical and vocational education of semnan province said that more than 23 thousand 500 people received skill training in semnan province in 1401 , shahcheragh added that 18 thousand of them and 78 people received training in the public sector, which included 10 different target groups, including refugees and foreigners , according to the general director of technical and vocational education of semnan province , applicants for skills training, which include foreigners , have the necessary skills for professionals in the culture and art service industry. and agriculture in two private sectors and the government learned about the exhibition in the shadow of the sun

. >>> new data from the department of labor is painting signs of a slower job market. on thursday show unemployment claims in the u.s. rose to 228,000 for the first week, for the week ending april 1 ma the number is still higher than the 2019 average of 218,000 claims today's release of the march jobs report is expected to provide more clarity on the state of the hiring market >>> in a solar system far, far away astronomers have stumbled upon a never-before-seen black hole they discovered the oddity after images were accidently discovered by the hubble telescope. scientists say this one actually creates stars instead of swallowing them. the space agency says it's leaving behind a 100,000 lightyear trail of new stars and was likely formed millions of years ago. >> i want to watch the movie that comes out of this new discovery. >> it is incredible. it flies in the face of everything we've known about what a black hole is and does. >> i have so many questions! you mentioned flies. speaking of, marty might not be mcflying back to the screen, but michael j. fox is, teasing

worker's week with the aim of introducing the elites of the labor and production society as well as the production units with the efforts of the general department of labor cooperative and social welfare of tehran province . issues such as creativity and innovation in production lines , reforming the structure of the economic unit, reforming the structure production lines as well as improving the level of productivity of the labor force in the production unit and issues such as earning foreign currency, preventing foreign exchange from leaving the country, developing the export of the production unit , and so on, were considered and evaluated , and the selection of this was from different economic sectors as well as the service industry and agriculture chooses a farewell ceremony the body of martyr ayatollah soleimani, the deceased representative of the people of sistan and baluchistan province, will be held tonight in the assembly of leadership experts in babolsar mosque. yesterday, he was martyred in babolsar. he was a guest of our kashanis for 20 months. a representative who had years of experience as a religious jurist and imamate in sistan

first in california, now with the department of labor, about whether or not the drivers are going to continue to be considered independent contractors, gig employees, and rather are going to be full-time employees, and that would really be harmful to their business model if that happens. as we look forward to the upcoming earnings and think about the $5 billion worth of ebitda they're hoping to achooe next week, look for the number to be over $600 million for the quarter. this is really going to be the first quarter where we're looking for some of that real free cash flow of course options premiums, this is a volatile name, are quite elevated i'm looking for a move to the upside trying to mitigate the cost. i was looking at a may jsh june calendar call spread this is a situation where you can lay out 40 cents per contract the idea is to buy that longer dated call, and then we'll see how the earnings play out. you will get some upside in this case you're going to see that that peak profitability you're going to get is up about 10% or so, maybe a little less following earnings and of c

made once every 10 days, so that those who wish to earn extra money can come to the mogilev department of laborcial protection , although with wallpaper you need to have a desire and a passport. well, here's how to dress, come out now and tell us, because the weather is next in line so what is right now outside the window in the morning hours in the capital of the republic of minsk plus two plus four and it's drizzling until it's warm in brest it's dry there. cloudy with clearings plus six here to zero plus two there dry cloudy in mogilev plus seven plus nine we are right now we are ready to tell and so the concept of precipitation is the most interesting, that the temperature will be approximately the same as in the morning hours in the afternoon up to 9 with a plus sign in gomel, plus eight during the day is also expected, perhaps precipitation. but in grodno it will be dry up to 12° c. in mogilev, it will also rain plus on the road, for those for whom it is time for us to leave and we remind the driver that the sound of a siren and a flash of a beacon. this is a sign to stop and let the spec

fighting regulatory battles, first doing it here in california, now they're doing it with the department of laborbout whether or not the drivers are going to continue to be considered essentially independent contractors, gig employees, if you will, and rather are going to be full-time employees. that would really be harmful to their business model if that happens. as we look forward to this upcoming earnings, and if you kind of think about that $5 billion worth of ebidta they're hoping to achieve full year next year, looking for that number to be over 600 million for the quarter, half of what the run rate ebidta would need to be for them to hit their targets and that's where we're lag for that real cash flow options premiums, volatile name, quite elevated i'm looking for a move to the upside trying to mitigate the cost. may-june calendar call spread, this is a situation where you can lay out about 44 cents a contract, really a small portion of the current stock price the idea is to buy that longer dated call and sort of see how the earnings play out. you will get some upside in this case, you're

according to the latest report from the department of labor released on friday, the u.s. d 236,000 new jobs in the month of march that comes slightly below economist predicts of 238,000. the unemployment rate also ticked down a tenth to 3.5%. while these figures mostly line up with expectations, march's total was the lowest job gain for the country since december 2020 this comes ahead ongoing efforts by the fed to slow labor demand in order to curb inflation >>> a mom in georgia is turning her love for hoops into hope, getting ready to shoot a thousand free throws and ledding the world know about her son and a rare genetic disorder. from our atlanta affiliate, brittany klein peter has the story. >> reporter: two feet shorter than lebron james, with a free throw average not far off from steph curry. jackie arnold is a force on the court. >> i started playing probably when i was about 6 years old i watched the nba draft with my dad one night, and that hooked me on basketball >> reporter: and she is using her love of basketball and her strength at the line to raise awareness

the main executor of which is the department of state labor inspection. department independently makes a decision on behalf of the employee; this decision is an executive document and the employee himself does not run additional proceedings and the enforcement authorities will recover from the employer the amount of wages that he owes the employee. the goal is for the worker to receive his salary, so the norm decree. e, directly says that if the employer established the requirements for the term to eliminate the violation, that is, paid wages, then the measures of responsibility in the form of a fine and the department did not apply to its officials exceeded 3,500. as a result, the issue of untimely payment of salaries was resolved in favor of 20,000 belarusians. spring replenishment in the grodno zoo has appeared in european mouflons, a baby this species of artiodactyls in the wild lives on the gentle slopes of the mountain and is included in the european red book. grodno good conditions are created for the mouflon, so they bring offspring regularly. the

no one associated with ab-5 should be allowed to be in charge of the department of labor. thank you. madam -- mr. speaker, i rise today to voice support for my bill, the raising annual income of service members by enhancing minimum wage -- excuse me -- minimum base pay act, or the raise act, which would provide a much-needed pay raise to the minimum of the equivalent of $15 an hour or roughly $31,200 per year. as a former naval aviator and officer who represented a district -- represents a district who has many impacts on our military and defense, i've seen firsthand just how much our nation has neglected america's secret weapon -- our heroic service members. i stand here to say today that this ends. mr. speaker, if you look at the chart next to me, this details the monthly pay that our junior enlisted service members currently make, starting out as an e-1 with less than two years, you can see a monthly salary of just $1,695. or roughly $20,340 a year. it's the equivalent of about $11 an hour when you normalize it for a 40-hour workweek. let that sink in. $11 an hour for so

a mechanism for protecting rights citizens from such cases, the main executor is the departments of the state laborctorate only last year and the department identified over 3,500. cases of delayed payment of wages as a result of the issue were resolved in favor of 20,000 working citizens , the department, independently on behalf of the employee, makes a decision to the authorities. forced execution then the law of the republic of belarus on enforcement proceedings will work accordingly and the enforcement authorities will recover from the employer, then the amount of wages, which he owed the worker. the goal is for the worker to receive his salary, therefore the norm of the decree. e, directly says that if the employers are established in the requirement for the deadline to eliminate the violation, that is, they paid wages, then the world of administrative responsibility in the form of a fine and its officials will not continue to be applied in belarus. more than 2.5 million seedlings will be planted in the minsk region during the action of the week , almost 500 hectares of new green spaces will ap

or the department of labor has found children, and not just one or two children, but dozens of childrenking at plants in the midwest and around the country. what the white house has told us is that these were puzzle pieces they haven't put together. when i asked whistleblowers why they didn't put it together, what staffers say is they think they didn't want to know. >>>> your report has generated criticism against the biden administration. here is senator josh hawley questioning homeland secretary alejandra mayorkas today. >> one 13-year-old forced to wash hotel sheets in virginia, kids running milkshake machines in vermont, delivering meals in new york city, scrubbing dishes, all in violation of our country's laws, all facilitated by your policies. are you proud of this record? >> senator, the exploitation of children is something that we do not condone. you're incorrectly attributing it to our policies. one of the significant policy decisions that we have made is to focus our investigative efforts, criminal investigative efforts on unscrupulous employers who exploit individuals becaus

that team say that they were hearing these reports of something is going wrong here or the department of laborn and not just one or two children, but dozens of children working at plants in the midwest were basically all around the country. what the white house has told us is that these were basically puzzle pieces they didn't put together. and when i've gone back and asked the whistleblowers at the agency's well, why didn't they put them together? what the staffers say is they just didn't want to know. stephanie: your report has generated a lot of criticism against the biden administration, hannah especially among republicans in washington here, senator josh hawley at a hearing questioning homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas earlier today. >> one 13-year-old forced to wash hotel sheets in virginia kids running milkshake machine , -- milking machines in vermont , delivering meals in new york city, scrubbing dishes late at night, are you proud of this record? >> the horrific exploitation of children is something that we do not condone. you are incorrectly attributing it to our polici

work, taking care of our children, our parents, the order directs federal agencies like the department of laboration to find new ways to improve wages and work conditions for care workers and provide flexible options to family. seeking services is a huge, huge step forward. i who leads the national domestic workers alliance. she says improving wages for care. workers is vital have high rates of turnover. >> that also affect the services and the access to care that families need. so it becomes a vicious cycle. where is if we make them good jobs and actually becomes a virtuous cycle. the president's executive order does not include new spending to subsidize the cost of care to do that. he's requesting congress set aside 750 billion dollars in next year's budget. this administration is doing what it can do to make care moru affordable and more accessible. while we wait for congress to act that we an economic adviser to the president says some agencies will adopt changes quickly. but while republicans like ohio senator jd vance agree the cost of care is too high is a major, major problem. we certai

work, taking care of our children, our parents, the order directs federal agencies like the department of laborpartment of education to find new ways to improve wages and work conditions for care workers and provide flexible options to family. seeking services is a huge, huge step forward. i who leads the national domestic workers alliance. she says improving wages for care. workers is vital have high rates of turnover. >> that also affect the services and the access to care that families need. so it becomes a vicious cycle. where is if we make them good jobs and actually becomes a virtuous cycle. the president's executive order does not include new spending to subsidize the cost of care to do that. he's requesting congress set aside 750 billion dollars in next year's budget. this administration is doing what it can do to make care more affordable and more accessible. while we wait for congress to act that we an economic adviser to the president says some agencies will adopt changes quickly. but while republicans like ohio senator jd vance agree the cost of care is too high is a major, major pr

if the employer does not comply with the recommendation, we apply to the department of labor, and then penalties on the employer. in connection with the violation of the terms of payment of wages . but as i said. with us, thank god , these are very, very rare cases. and i wanted to clarify one more question with you. you said that a collective agreement has some advantages over an ordinary labor contract. tell me what that advantage is. and he gives the labor code of the republic of belarus. uh, on many points on many articles, a reference to the collective agreement. what does it mean? this it means that if there is a norm in the collective agreement, it is valid, if it is not, then it does not work, for example, it means that according to the labor code of the republic of belarus we have. uh, wages are paid at least once a month. yes, we just talked about the salary that operates in the organization eh united by the branch trade union is registered twice, that is , it is important. for a person, of course, it is important to divide the vacation into parts. won kotex provides for the

the pandemic played havoc with the economy, but we're learning with the economic numbers, the department of laborued revisions t ss t ss to jobless t told a different story the seasonal adjustments show that since the beginning of the year, there were 312,000 more applications for unemployment insurance than originally reported, the largest upward revision this shows it's going up we thought it was flat before, it was a little better than expected. the bigger story is what economists thought was a flat number is a rising number. the labor department says the pandemic created disportions in the seasonal adjustments, but the noose claims numbers make more sense, as companies announced increased layoffs. the clams numbers barely budged. they said there were 80,000 job cuts in march. that totaled 270,000 in the first quarter. little of that showed up in the jobless claims the new data adds to a series of reports. they've come in below expectations and show the job market is, indeed slowing. while the revisions could play a role for the fed, the proof it needs to stop hiking is not likely to come from

the department of labor issued revisions to jobless claims that told a very different story about the job market. it shows it was weaker than previously believed. there's a seasonal adjustment in the jobless claims that shows that since the beginning of the year there were 212,000 more applications for unemployment insurance than originally reported. it was the largest upgrade since 1991. what economists thought was a flat number is now a rising number. the department said surging claims during the pandemic created pretty big distortions in the seasonal adjustment so it brought those back down. believes they have corrected them now. this raises the question whether the consensus for tomorrow is overly rosy. they said a once hot economy is showing signs of a slowdown. indications show none of the seasonal growth we've seen in prior years. here is their numbers. they show the number of employees working shifts shifted down compared to february. last year it did not show such a dip. forecasters keep getting the job market will slow. the job market remains resilient. this shows some real

s response, no, that's a department of labor issue. we're not a welfare system. eminds me of when adler said to that grieving mother's face, well, 50% of the killers were caught. there's a level of deflection and refusal of responsibility that this administration takes that is appalling and to use your word, it is obscene. but it won't end any time soon. >> kayleigh: who gets lost in this? antonio who goes to youth group and misses his grandmother. coming up, elon musk is mocking twitter's past ownership saying the platform was run like a glorified activist organization. more from his sitdown with tucker carlson next. okay everyone, our mission is complete balanced nutrition. together we provide nutrients to support immune, muscle, bone, and heart health. yaaay! woo hoo! ensure with 25 vitamins and minerals and ensure complete with 30 grams of protein. ♪ hi, i'm william devane. did you know there's only been two times in american history - two - when the national debt was larger than gross domestic product? world war ii - and right now. that's a deep hole. and i d

in the department of labor, the average age of the u.s. workforce is 42, much younger.hird of the u.s. senate senate is 70 years of age or older. there are obviously a number of senators who have been there a long time. there is a question of when things need to change hands. another center over 80 years old, mitch mcconnell, is recovering as well from a concussion. he has been out for several weeks. he is to return monday. geoff: what are the larger politics happening around whether senator feinstein stays or goes? lisa: there is so much around this race for her seat. just the democrats alone running, adam schiff, katie porter, barbara b, a battle royale for house democrats to try to get feinstein's seat. there are political reasons some democrats would like her to retire, not necessarily the good of the country, though some democrats say that as well. geoff: lisa desjardins, thank you for reporting. have a great weekend. lisa: you too. geoff: now the latest in our continuing coverage of how opioid addiction and overdose deaths have devastated the u.s. concerns are gro

of labor. many have turned to the the program to get the recent workers they need. recent changes will make costs skyrocket for the producers. the department of labor is utilizing the farm labor survey, if that survey was never designed with the intention of being used in the matter to excuse the wage rates to unworkable levels for farmers. will you work with the stakeholders in the arm and of labor to control the wage -- and the department of labor to control the wage? >> i'm committed to working with the committee and others. the act could have solved the problem. we had a chance to get it solved. this body, the previous congress passed it. the senate did not get it done. if they had got it done, hundreds of millions of dollars could have been saved. that is the answer. get the farmworkers modernization act passed. >> thank you, mr. secretary. i will yield the balance of my time to my colleague. >> mr. adams brought up the issue of the loans as well. my question, if you are going to do it based on discrimination, are they going to have some evidence of discrimination or are they going to be able to self certify as discrimination? >> ther

department of labor has a definition of salary versus commission. this was not salary.hese documents are authentic, their internal documents. from the recruiting firm. the show this was not salary, it is commission. >> mattathias schwartz, thank you for sharing this reporting with us. i do want to note as well. nbc has not independently confirmed the story. we've got a lot more ahead. still ahead, a forced to flee. and idaho doctor who left the state over certain portion law that put her in danger of facing jail time. plus escorted by armed drones. we're learning that evacuation of u.s. citizens from war torn sudan. who your looking at images alive at flooding in iowa. overflowing from the mississippi river. it is the worst -- is the worst, i should say for the folks over. we're gonna take you there next. [ tires squeal, crash ] when owning a small business gets real, progressive gets you right back to living the dream. now, where were we? [ cheering ] (psst psst) ahhhh... with flonase, allergies don't have to be scary. spray flonase sensimist daily for non-drowsy, long

her and is going to continue to do the work that we need to do to get her to be secretary of department of laborominated as deputy labor secretary. >> the three qualifications for being the secretary is you've got to show we innocence 'ems of an administrator, you've got to have been able to successfully negotiate contract disputes between warring parties, if you will. and lastly, you have to be impartial. of the three, he has none. she has none. >> reporter: today's committee vote sets up a full vote on the senate floor. it could be dramatic, stu, depending on which way those democratic senators i mentioned go. we've tried to talk to them, they are not giving us any comment on which way they might be leaning. stu? stuart: grady, thanks very much, indeed. show me the dow 30, please. we say the same thing every day, we're going to give you a sense of the market. i sense that there is a great deal of selling going on at the moment, because about two-thirds of dow 30 are in the red are, they're going down. the dow though down the only a tiny fraction. >>> if the teachers union under randi weingarte