. >> we are in detroit at the university and we are joined on board by richard burr of the detroit news. in morning to you. first on the impeachment story that has consumed capitol hill thisfi week. one angle of that story has been that the shift to the democrats towards actively supporting impeachment and several of those who have moved in the direction over the course of that past week. they reside in michigan can you talk about that and how that move by those three democratic members of congress is being received in the will ring state. >> prior to the last week, we've had for out of michigan's seven democratic house numbers who had supported impeachment. within a rapid span of a few hours, over monday night and into tuesday morning, the final three democrats who had not supported impeachment, stevens and fatman, who are freshman and one republican state in 2018, and the debate dangle, who represents a fairly solid democratic district but has a fair and number of trump voters and blue-collar voters, they all swung around and let's be careful here, they don't necessarily support impea

is in the city of detroit. they stipulated that 10 years down the row -- the road the legislature would have to approve the capital city. ironically was the capital city. theas offered up, so legislature built a small wooden in 1879. with ohioor is faced in the upper dome area. space our tourst group came into. is an inspiring area. we are 160 feeds away from where we are -- feet away from where -- the dome is 267 feet from the ground to the very top of the capitol which is comparable to the height of the capitol in washington. we are in the governor's parlor, second floor of the east wing of the capital. parlor was used originally as a receiving space for legislators, constituents, maybe the occasional foreign dignitary coming to michigan. for the same function nowadays. this is probably the most accurately restored space in the capitol because we have really wonderful photographs and line what the parlor looked like when it first opened we have included which portraits were on the walls and which specific loc

railcar companies operating out of detroit. shipbuilding was a huge industry in detroit. one of the biggest early manufacturing centers in michigan's history was a fact that michigan, by 1900, had become the stove capital of the world. dwyer hadnd james three of the four most successful stove companies in detroit history. here is an example of some of their work made out of iron mind in the upper peninsula. about 1900, she can really became known for the industry that it is still known for today, and that is the manufacturer of automobiles. in order for that to happen, we needed the successes from the early industry. money and capital to to invest in these new companies. lumbering and mining. we also had the infrastructure and the factories that made the stove, made the transportation vehicles. thisuld be repurposed for new phenomenon of the gasoline engine. it is the last piece that helps michigan become the motor state, the ingenuity of some of the early founders of the automobile industry, from henry ford, whose assembly line is a famous. this is a recreation of his hi

or detroit to canada.ssador bridge is nearly 10,000 cars a ,ay, plus 2000 semitruck the main transport for semi trucks leaving america and going into canada. we see everything on those trucks, again from gerber baby food through kellogg's cereal made in michigan, stroh's beer, iphones, anything and everything the has to be traded and as two biggest international trading partners, you can imagine the scope of what is traveling the bridge. in 1929, when the detroit-windsor ambassador bridge opens and again in 1930 when the tunnel opens, they are held it is that they are heralded -- new they are heralded as engineering marvels and put detroit on the map, being able to bring in tobacco that makes cigar manufacturing flourish at the turn-of-the-century, bringing steel to make our stove industry and automotive industry flourish. but there are funny parts. when the bridge opens at 1930 in the height of prohibition, it gets named the detroit-windsor nnel, because of the amount of alcohol being transported through

the indians with their 17th straight over the detroit tigers. first time that has been done in major league baseball since 1962. >> a.j.: another ho-hum win for the indians, shutout by their pitching staff, in a tie with tampa bay for the second wild card, it's going to be a fun ending to the season with those three teams but the indians do it to the tigers once again. 17 times in a row. led by francisco lindor and the top of their lineup. adding afranmil reyes. a nice win for the cleveland indians. >> kenny: 18-1 against detroit this season. >> a.j.: if they do get into the playoffs they should send a share to the detroit tigers. >> kenny: francisco lindor with three hits. he scored two runs. he's with j.p. >> j.p.: francisco, you missed almost the full first month of the year with injuries. how much is that adding to the focus and the excitement you feel now? >> the motto of the year was don't take anything for granted. when you're healthy, you take things for granted and i'm not taking nothing for granted. i'm going to do whatever it takes to

built a factory in detroit and built prototypes and 1899 when they incorporated. y 1901 they were going to production and the building burned down, the whole factory burned to the ground. of lansing bestm usinessmen and said we have 53 acres we will give you if you will rebuild in lansing. only took them up but rebuilt the factory in detroit in lansing factory all in 1901 and by the end of 1901 they had built 525 cars on that he had ine developed. the first car that came to roduction was this is what put oldsmobile on the map. he was a pioneer in the automobile industry. this has a gain engine and one ylinder between engine and slung underneath the car and it had a tiller steering, easy to operate. you crank the motor up on the a e and it had two gears and slow speed and top speed and reverse gear. that was very successful. built 525 the first year. and third.cond that is what propelled the olds business.s into in building tease cars he also -- these cars he built a assembly line. there car moved from station it 1901.on and this was in henry didn't sell his first

detroit,ppened to foreign competition happened to detroit, trade wars happened to detroit. thing that destroyed itself, the car. we built the car to leave the city. isn't that ironic? we were the richest just a couple generations, 40 years ago, the richest city and now we are the poorest. cadillacou can't buy a in the town settled by cadillac. i am more interested in what is going to happen and if i can make it better for all of our kids, i am interested in that. there used to be so much money here. night about saturday drives, got a new car every year, you could go across the street to the other supplier and get tool and dive, rocking. advantage of high school because cars were our life and we were cars. and then things changed. after the oil shocks, people didn't want the cars. they were made poorly. japanese started catching us. they started moving out of detroit and to the south, moving to the west, moving to the seerbs, and you start to unemployment, blight, schools falling apart and then heads, thenheroin it becomes cartel and blood. i can tell you the first homicide

he lived in detroit and was a mining guy and up in the u.p. he put most of the money in. they started this thing, he said if i'm going to invest in your car company, we are going to build it in detroit. so they built a factory in detroit and built several prototype models, and this was an 1899, when they incorporated. by 1901, they were going to production. then the building burned down. the whole factory burned to the ground. so, a group of lansing businessmen and said we have 53 acres we will give you if you will rebuild in lansing. they not only took them up but rebuilt the factory in detroit and built a factory in lansing all in 1901. by the end of 1901 they had built 525 cars on an assembly line that he had developed. -- had invented. so the first car that came to production was an olds. this put oldsmobile on the map. he was a pioneer in the automobile industry. this has a gasoline engine, a one cylinder gasoline engine. it is slung underneath the car. it had a tiller steering, easy to operate. you crank the motor up on the side and it had two gears and a slow speed

he lived in detroit and was a mining guy and up in the u.p. and he put most of the money in. they started this thing, he said if i am going to the invested in your car company, we are going to build it in detroit. so they built a factory in detroit, and they built several prototype models, and this was 1899, when they incorporated. by 1901 they were going to production and the building burned down, the whole factory burned to the ground. so, a group of lansing businessmen got together and said, you know, we have 53 acres in lansing. we will give you that if you rebuild your factory in lansing. they not only took them up but rebuilt the factory in detroit and built a factory in lansing all in 1901 and by the end of 1901 they had built 525 cars on an assembly line that he had developed. way before henry ford. so the first car that came to production was this one. this put oldsmobile on the map. he was a pioneer in the automobile industry. this has a gasoline engine. it is a one cylinder gasoline engine. it is underneath the car. this has a pillar -- a tiller steering, easy to o

they designated detroit as the capital but they were fearful that detroit could be easily attacked from the lake erie, and that they should move the capital inward but couldn't decide where. so they put in the constitution that the first session of the legislature of 1848 should be held in the new capital, which should be inland, and so they had ten years to decide and they waited until they had ten months left, every little town in the whole state wanted it to be by them because that would mean a great boom for their community. and so they kept voting and voting and nobody could decide, and finally the people who were thinking about this area, in putting a dam and a mill and they decided they would try to attract the legislature to this area. and james turner was juan of those who led that -- one of those who led that. the argue. , the persuasion, the lobbying, but it was james seymour, his friend who made a map, but a dot -- this is michigan, on the peninsula. put a dot here and said, look, if we put it here it will be this many miles, showed all the number of miles, it passed the leg

they designated detroit as the capital but they were fearful that detroit could be easily attacked from lake erie and that they should move inward but they couldn't decide where so they put in the constitution that this first session of the legislature of 1848 should be held in the new capital which should be inland and so they had 10 layer suicide and they ran until they had 10 months left. every town in that state wanted it to my be by them because there was room for their community. so they kept voting and nobody could decide and finally the people thinking about this area and putting a dam in the mill and they decided they would try to attract the legislature to this area. and james turner was one of those who lead that. i would say he was force waited in the lobby but it was the same and his friend who made a mass, a. , this is michigan where you put info here. i got here and said look, if you put it here, he showed all of them that passed the legislature. some people were quite surprised because they been voting so many times but it was. so that's how they decided on lansing. caze

right now, detroit is doing great.unt of private capital flowing into the city of detroit is still incredibly high, hiring is high, unemployment continues to be much better than it had in we are still not at the national average and not even at the michigan average, but it is incredibly strong. the mood is good. the political leadership is good. we feel good about what is happening in detroit. david: sandy, we appreciate you being with us. our thanks to sandy baruah, there detroit regional chamber of commerc repor -- commerce president and ceo. are goingt, many after amazon with answers from jeff bezos. that story, next. this is bloomberg. ♪ david: this is "balance of power " on bloomberg television. i am david westin. amazon started with the ftc may be possible antitrust violations in its dealings with small merchants. now, elizabeth warren, richard blumenthal, and sharon brown are calling in jeff bezos to stop doing business with contractors who violate labor laws. naomi makes is with us now, bloomberg's tech policy

it is a kind of june zero from detroit, very well known to people in michigan -- ginger rail from detroit -- it is a bottle of ginger ale from detroit. we wanted to change the way --ngs about everyday objects think about everyday objects. and say, what if we thought about this as an art object? how does it change the way we think about it? in museums, you will see what are called period rooms, a whole room decorated to be like it was in a certain place. so in this exhibit, we did a period room of a 1970's basement. we want to help people understand that this is part of history. maybe it is your childhood, but it is still part of history. it means that the things you used, in the life experiences you had are part of history, a vital part of history. from the old shag carpet to the atari said, to some of the other games people used. another fun thing about this period room is that we are exposing what it is like to build a period room, and what kind of choices you make. we decided to make this period room unfinished. it is showing the process of making it a red room -- a period room. you ca

caller: between lansing and detroit. host: ok. caller: my comment is, what i see here on pbs is a typical -- goingical of all these bs on in this country. this all started because the people in flint did not pay heir water bills, period. their water bills were not $300 a month, that was an accumulation because they weren't paying them. and because they weren't paying their water bills, they had to switch to something else. they couldn't continue with the detroit water. you can play this anywhere you want, but what it all boils down to is, there's is a bunch of freeloaders in this country that are trying to turn this country into a socialist country. host: ok. john, did this start with water bills being paid? guest: now. this is not a result of water bills not being paid. in fact, at the time, flint did not need a new water supply, and also could not afford to get a new water supply. this was very much a decision made by state officials and powerbrokers in the region who want to the pipeline to go through. our reporting has found t

because they weren't paying the water bills,gls they could conte we put her detroit water. you like this anyway you want butre when it all boils down to, is there is a bunch of freeloaders in this country they're trying to turn this country into a socialist country. two backless make your. the start water bills not being paid. abby: this it's not being as a result of water bills notot beig paid. at the time, flint did not need a new water supply they also could afford to pay it to get a new water supply. this was very much a decision made by state officials. they wanted this new pipeline to go through and are reporting is found that it would've been very difficult this new pipeline which will servicing other cities in other counties, very difficult for it to go through that went out getting the hundred thousand residents from flint on as rate mirrors. this has nothing to do, the switching of the water supply has nothing to do we put the inability to pay water bills. >> ronald in illinois. >> good morning. thank you for takingin my calls. back in the 70s, i went to school to

they designated detroit as the capital, but they were fearful that detroit could be easily attacked from the lake erie, and that they should move the capital inward, but they couldn't decide where. so, they put in the constitution that the first session of the legislature 1848 should be held in the new capital, which should be inland. decide. 10 years to they waited till they had 10 months left. every little town in that whole state wanted it to be by them because that would mean a great boon for their community. kept voting and voting and nobody could decide. finally the people who were thinking about this area, mill, theyam and a decided they would try to attract the legislature to this area. james turner was one of those who, i would say, had the argument, the persuasion -- it was james seymour, his friend, who made a map, put a dot, this is michigan. we are in the peninsula. what a dock here and said, -- put a dock here -- dot here and said, this is the miles. it passed the legislature. how they decided on lansing. james turner was from western new york. he became a land agent. he st

>> caller: that is located between lansing and detroit. my comment is what i see here on the pbs is typical of all this bs going on in this country. this all started because the people in flint did not pay their water bills. their water bills weren't $300 a month. that was in a cumulation because they weren't paying them in because they weren't paying their water bills they had to switch to somebody else and they could not continue with the detroit water. you can play this anyway you want but what it boils down to is there's a bunch of freeloaders in this country that are trying to turn this country into a socialist country. >> host: let's take your point. did the start with water bills not being paid? >> guest: no, this was not the result of water bills not being paid. at the time flint did not need a new water supply and cannot afford to pay to get a new water supply. this was very much a decision made by state officials and powerbrokers in the region who wanted this new pipeline to go through in our reporting and found that it would hav

the detroit three depend quite a they do not qualiftheers. benefits. the vacation, retirement. so you may have two workers side by side, earning very, very different wages. so, the companies say these workers are essential forar holding costs down ang competitive with the non-detroit three. a thompson: and i mean, i way, this breakdown in talks, it's not over new itsues. i mean been really years in the making, right? >> members s that they've waited more than a decade for this conversation that during the downturn they reduce benefits, and they made dramatic changes as a union to assist general motors. and say that ford did not gopany bankrupt and, in fact, had more hourly workers on the payroll. so the g.m. employees will say, wait a minute, you know, we've taken taken some big hits here, and it is time to circle back and revisit benefits a pay.n: >> thompeanwhile, there's this federal corruption probe of the union that's going on. how is that playing into all of this? >> the federal probe, corruption dictments, convictions has heartbreaking, frankly.mbers and so, you have peo

do you feel that your wife has followed the rise and fall and rise and fall of detroit? do. i think it is the greatest symbol. and as the city of detroit is kind of having this new life so to speak, so is the heidelberg project. >> reporter: ironically, that new life means dismantling some of the installations and moving them to galleries around the world. they have a proposal at city hall to turn this once blighted neighborhood into a vibrant artist's village with live/work studios, an arts academy, and businesses that indicator to them. they've even trade marked their own school of art. >> we call it heidelbergology. >> what is your definition of heidelbergology? >> it is the study of found materials incorporated into the fabric and structure of an urban community and the effects on that community. >> reporter: you pheidelberg, this neighborhood on the map, and now you want to take to it in next level? >> that's whyy walk away. iowa done it. >> reporter: he is now represented by an art gallery in new york and other cities have asked him to create works of art to revita

ann thompson is in detroit now with the latest on the talks. >> reporter: defiant at the gates of gm, more than 48,000 united workers on th 31 plants across the country. >> this is for the future for all of us. >> reporte a the idling of four plants in the u.s. including the detroit assembly plant slated to be shut down in january. >> we're asking for decent wages, job security and temporary workers that need to be permanent. >> reporter: last year gm hauled in $12 billion in profits, a decade after it filed for bankruptcy the auto maker made a strong offer, a four-year contract with wage or lump sum increases. $7 billion in investments, 5400 jobs and solutions for those idled plants in michigan and ohio today, as usual, striking gm worker dave michaels, a singledad, picked up his teenage son from school. what do you hope he learns from watching you on strike >> stand up for wh yobelieve in. >> reporter: it comes with a cost. at $250 a week, strike pay is a fraction of what he earns. how long can you stay out? >> not very long. >> reporter: tonight, gm says the two sides are talking a

warren was with workers in detroit. and as dean reynolds reports, the nationwide walkout isn't just about the terms of a new contract, but big changes down the line. >> reporter: as negotiations proceed at this detroit hotel. difficult questions are demanding answers about the future of the auto industry and its workers. michelle krebs is an executive analyst with cox automotive. >> how many jobs will exist because of electric vehicles, autonomous vehicles, automation? those are issues of real concern for the far out future. >> reporter: electric vehicles-- still an unusual sight on the nation's roads-- are gathering momentum. g.m. plans to introduce 20 new. all-electric models by 2023-- a major-- if still uncertain -- step away from gasoline or diesel power. electric batteries and motors are much simpler to make than the internal combustion engines powering most cars today. they require only a few hundred parts instead of thousands. that means fewer workers on the factory floor. and fewer workers needed to keep the veh

the country will visit the battleground state of michigan, detroit news reporter richard burr will join us on board the bus to talk about michigan's role as a battleground state. and how the 2020 campaigns are playing out of the state so far. what c-span washington journal live at 7:00 a.m. eastern thursday morning join the discussion. watch c-span3 thursday live at 9:00 a.m. eastern as acting director of Ãbchaired by congressman adam schiff. democrat from california. and congressman devon nunez, the republican ranking member from california. i'm handling of a whistleblower complaint involving president trump live coverage thursday at 9:00 a.m. eastern on c-span3 or live on c-span.org or the c-span radio app. senator rick scott of florida and bob menendez of new jersey came to the floor to talk about temporary protection standards for venezuelan citizens fling their government. the senators disagree on certain tenets of the potential deal. this debate is about 10 minutes. >> mr. president. >> senator from florida. >> i rise to speak today about my amendment to hr 549. which grants tempo

>>and facilities across 9 states, including detroit michigan where gm's headquarters is this was thetroit where employees marched and chanted outside of the assembly plant, 700 workers from this plan joined the nearly 50,000 auto workers protesting gm. the united automobile workers union is negotiating a new contract with the automaker but the u a w claims gm has only agreed to about 2% of the union's contract proposal. the union says gm is putting profits ahead of its people, many of whom whether the company struggles in 2008 2009. the bankruptcy and the government bailout. we're tracking because we want to be treated fairly. >>this ad is very important to me i am of our generation, you motors employee i have 2 sisters, they work here at detroit hamtramck with me as 5 here and his uncle before him. 3 generations, i have children and my children have children i want this place to still be around. >>for its part gm says it has made an offer that would boost worker pay and make a $7 billion investment in preserving thousands of jobs. in addition to offering a quote solution for 2 plant

about 200 plant level union walkout during meeting on a sunday morning in detroit. unhen leaders say sides were still far apart and they appantly weren't swayed by a gm offer. >>> a new report says ji kim jog un invited the president to visit. >> talks on nort's korr nudisarmament fell apart in february when president trump rejected kim's demand for sanctions relief at their second summit in vietnam. >> 4:32 is the time. now to a fox5 exclusive. new video shows a g teens beating and pushing man onto the tracks of a muro station. yoan see the man pushed and shoved bbo a group ofut half a dozen teens. happenedd the attack last friday on the platform of tavy yard metro son. the man got pushed on the tracks where he just missed touching that third rail. th morning we aren't identifying him for his safety as he shares his story with fox5. >> once i put weight on my leg i just collaed and in the process of me collapsing ial actuly put my hand on b the third rail the third rail acally has a covern it so i put my hand on the cover, not on the actual electri current rail. so

ellison barber is live there in detroit.s more on the importance of unions and the 2020 election overall. ellison. >> hey, molly. when it comes to that auto worker strike that's now in its second week, president trump, he's not taking sides. he tried to remain neutral in this. the only thing he hopes the issues are resolved san. soon. the democrats are taking size coming out in support of the workers and criticizing general motors. three actually showed up on the picket lines in detroit praising the auto workers and slamming general motors. senator bernie sanders thanked the workers for in his words having the courage to stand up to corporate greed. every candidate is hoping to lock down the union vote in 2020. in 2016 blue collar factory workers helped president trump narrowly win the state of michigan and win the white house. democrats are trying to convince the workers who voted for president trump last time, especially those who might be on the picket lines right now, that neither the president nor his party understands

i want to start with ann thompson in detroit. we know as of about 10:00 eastern, these two sides were set to come back, sit down and meet. is anybody optimistic that this thing could get resolved sooner rather than later? >> reporter: no, hallie. i spoke to one of the uaw negotiators earlier today and he told me that when they struck, only 2% of the contract they had actually reached a tentative agreement. so we've got a lot of work to do. and one of the big issues, hallie, is the plant that is right behind me, this is the detroit assembly plant. it's where they make the cadillac ct-6 and the chevy impala and this plant is going to be idled in january of 2020 and that's one of the reasons why these workers are striking. because they want new product to come into this plant. they don't want this plant to shut down. and there are three other plants in the state, the lordstown plant in ohio and then the warren transmission plant and a plant in maryland. the lordstown and the warren transmission plant have already been idled. the que

i'm one of those people who had to go from detroit to warren to now flint.really puts a lot of hardship on your family. for a temporary worker, they don't have temporary bills or temporary families. we're fighting for america and for the working class. >> and the reason that you had to move around is because of gm layoffs. >> exactly. >> you've been a union member for eight years and you have been working in different jobs as you moved plants? >> yes. >> so what are you doing right now? >> i'm building the super duty truck in flint. so it is a great chuck and great product. general motors makes a hell of a lot of hone on it quite frankly. >> and that is what i've heard, there is a lot of cash and you want a put of it.hone on it qui. >> and that is what i've heard, there is a lot of cash and you want a put of it. >> because we pay twice. not only contractually, but we're taxpayers also. so when they are making the most that they have ever made and we're asking for a fair shake, why is it that we have to play these games with this cooperation. you have tons of

he is a first-term senator from metro to port -- detroit.indicated that he was and thate of the house he would watch what they are doing, but did not outright call for an impeachment inquiry or support impeachment. he is kind of still keeping his dry.r dry he is -- he is probably doing that in part because he has a republican opponent who did quite well against the incumbent in 2018. he only lost by six points when most polls showed he would lose by double-digit tangibly. -- intentionally. because -- potentially. because he has a strong republican challenger, he is surveying the territory. to be fair to senator peters, he has always been a cautious campaigner so it is not too much of a surprise. host: richard burr is politics and government editor, joining us on the c-span bus as part of our battleground tour. we have time to take a few calls on michigan politics and how this story is playing. a special line for michigan , (202) 748-8003. democrats, (202) 748-8000. republicans, (202) 748-8001. .ndependents, (202) 748-8002 is this impeachment

he's a first-term senator here from metro detroit. he basically indicated that, basically that he was very -- that he was supportive of the house and that he would watch what they were doing, but he an 't outright call for impeachment inquiry or support impeachment. he's still kind of keeping his powder dry. he's probably doing that in part because he already has a republican opponent who actually did quite well against incumbent debbie stabenow in 2018. he only lost by six points when most polls showed he was going to lose by double digits potentially. so because peters has what is perceived as a fairly strong republican challenger, he's probably just surveying the territory. but to be fair to senator peters, he's always been a very cautious campaigner, so it's not too much of a surprise that he'd be cautious on something like impeachment. >> richard burr joining on -- onboard the c-span bus this morning as part of our battleground tour. have time to take a few calls on michigan politics and how this story is playing in michigan and

. >> i remember catching up with you after detroit in detroit, after the detroit debates.ssed to me concern that the sort of message being communicated by the candidates on that stage was not one that would be helpful in a general election. is that the way you saw what just went on this week in the debate? >> you know, what i was referring to in detroit was the fact that we need to put a candidate -- we need to have a nominee who is running on positions and policies that a majority of the american people support which i think is pretty obvious in many ways. some of these candidates are running in positions that not even a majority of democrats support. and i just think that makes the general election very, very challenging. what i didn't see this week, on that stage, was the leader that we need, that this country needs. and i think the democratic party needs to be focusing on this concept of leadership. this country definitely needs leadership at this moment in time. they need a leader that can bring the country together. the world is changing very rapidly, and someone lik

es la informaciÓn que tengo desde detroit.al motors producen piezas que despuÉs mandan a fÁbricas en canadÁ y mÉxico a empresas que ensamblan los vehÍculos.veÁ lasrepercusiones. carolina: hablando de este tema, el apoyo de los sindicatos ha aumentado mucho. una Última encuesta indica que estÁ en el nivel más alto de los Últimos 50 aÑos. tambiÉn se habla de empleados como hazte contar!cada ano en estados unidos se realiza un censo.. y tu participacion es clave para que tu y tu comunidad se beneficien! pero, si te preguntas, ?por que es tan importante participar? aqui te contamos.. el prÓximo censo 2020cada dos aÑos se tomÓ nÚmero de personas que viven en los hijos, para invertir en clÍnicas de bajos costos, para abrir centros comunitarios y ayuda a personas mayores, dinero para programas de asistencia suplementaria y para mantener abiertos los centros de cuidado infantil el censo se puede llenar por internet, por telÉfono y también por correo es fÁcil y seguro y hoy más que nunca tu comunidad te necesita. carolina: para mÁs inf

they have in mexico out of all the detroit automakers.o far they are refusing to bring back production. we have been talking to workers today. some of them brought up mexico, they're fighting for better pay, better benefits and job security. job security is important particularly at this plant outside of detroit. this plant is scheduled to close in january of next year. listen. >> i think it is more for the future. middle class has been eroding. we've been losing, losing. we've been making concessions for the past three contracts. >> of course job security for them would be general motors committing to a new product for this facility. we have that issue across the country in many of our plants that don't know. so the job security issue is one of the big issues outstanding. reporter: gm had nothing officially further to add about today's negotiations. they said they put forward a fair offer which includes billions of dollars of investment into u.s. plants as well as thousands of new jobs. we'll stick to this story and we'll bring you the l

the "detroit news" knows the uaw very well. they know detroit like the back of their hand.nd. are they right the uaw is using this strike to cover up their own corruption problems? >> it is certainly a legitimate argument to make. a criminal complaint was filed with a federal magistrate last week. that is the precursor to the raid by the fbi on the home of the president of the uaw. in the criminal complaint he has identified as uaw official a. this official a, official b, and official c, not named by their proper name in the complaint. once these complaints have been filed, which this has and the raid has taken place and the fbi has sifted through the evidence, what do they do with all this? they present it to a grand jury and seek indictments. i suggest to you is going on even as we speak. david: i know you're innocent until proven guilty obviously but at the same time should the people who have been charged actually be negotiating in the strike? >> only in a labor union situation in the united states. ask me who is paying the salary of the union workers while they strike?

he also lives in detroit. emily sussman is with me, former vice president of campaigns for the center of american progress and brett stephens, op-ed columnist for the "new york times." molly, start with you on the ground there, one of the largest union strikes we've seen, if i'm not mistaken, in 12 years at least. gm says it's offered $7 billion for new u.s. factory investments. job creation, higher pay. what else are the union -- what else are they looking for? >> hey, craig, that's right. so actually to tell us this in his own words i'm going to bring in the president of the local union chapter. he's been part of the union for 34 years. and you can see everyone's just picketing right here. i'm going to bring him in. you know what, craig, he's just dealing with one thing right now. wiley, come join me right now. we're talking to my colleague craig melvin. you've been a union members for 34 years. >> correct. >> what else are you looking for, from gm? >> we're asking for jobs. we have four plants right now, th

this is video out of detroit as workers took to the picket line just before midnight after the contract expired on saturday. they held a meeting in detroit where they decided to have workers go on strike just before midnight eastern time. the union also announced contract talks with gm will resume later this morning, despite the strike. union leaders say they are still far apart from gm on several major issues. >> uaw members, not so long ago helped save the company that many people didn't think was going to survive. they stood up for that company. and now they want that company to stand up for them at the table. >> the strike is bringing the u.s. production to a halt and could impact the company from making vehicles in canada and mexico. it made an offer to the union that included more than $7 billion in factor investments and the creation of 5400 new jobs. >>> a popular marin county pedestrian bridge in mill valley is close because of a bad support post. that bridge connects bayfront park and another park in mill valley, it was shut down friday. one of the 12 support posts for that br

reporter: david they're happening behind closed doors a few miles away from here in downtown detroit and we're not hearing much from them. perhaps that bodes well for gm stock it was down about 4% at the closing bell yesterday today back up about 3%. the strike now, seven hours from entering day three, picketers are right now making a strike salary of just $250 a week, they admit they can't keep this up forever, but they are trusting union leaders to negotiate a deal in their best interest. i don't know about everybody else, but i rely on my healthcare, and i need it. for people to think that we're overpaid, it only takes one person whose actually worked on the assembly line to understand where we're coming from, so i am very passionate about what we're fighting for and i believe in my union and i believe in our leaders they will do the right things. reporter: so how long can general motors keep this up that's another important question. some analysts say they stand to lose $100 million every single day that this strike goes on, but analysts also say they have about 77 days of invent

negotiations continued yesterday at gm's headquarters over in detroit.t's lower by three-quarters of a percent right now in the premarket and as we saw, elizabeth warren joining the striking gm workers, joe biden out there. hearing bernie sanders will be heading to detroit soon. it's a mixed bag going here. maria: getting political. thanks a lot. it is costing gm a lot every day with their workers on strike. what do you think, james? >> they've got cash to dig in for a while. i think for taxpayers who remember the bailouts of a little more than 10 years ago, this is a little odd watching these workers say hey, we rescued the company by giving up some pay and benefit gains to let the company back on its feet. of course, it was taxpayers who rescued the company because it had -- yes, there was a financial cries civiles but you -- crisis. but you had a long-term contract in larg large part because of un contracts because it made iten competitive. if it happens again, can't say you weren't warned. >> there are now 11 uaw officials who have been indicted for

we've seen both of them in the detroit area in the last week or so. picket lines outside of general motors plant where workers are now on day 14 of a nation wide strike. thousands of autoworkers went on strike after their union and general motors disagreed on items related to health care costs, workers' wages and idle plans. union members are a coveted voting bloc, every candidate wants them on their side. even voters in the detroit area is say they want to more from democrats as well as republicans when it comes to the gm strike. and as we they look forward to 2020, they say they'll be focused on a lot of kitchen table issues. the challenge for candidates like warren is and klobuchar could be keeping the focus on those issues. the impeachment inquiry is an unavoidable topic right now. a lot of candidates from joe biden to andrew yang are supporting the impeachment inquiry, but not letting it overshadow all of the other issues. senator warp spoke to voters -- warren spoke to voters in south carolina yesterday. she was noticeably quiet on impeachment d

are flying into detroit this weekend to debate the latest contract.y have to decide whether to sue but the deal to their member's for a vote or go on strike. craig, whatthis, are we expecting now? to approachpect gm the united auto workers with a proposed deal. we do not have necessarily an iron doubt contract for the union to look at, but what we do have is the existing contract expiring at midnight saturday. so it is sort of getting down to crunch time. it is a potentially dramatic moment. there could be a bit of a letdown in terms of that drama where the union could decide rather than striking to seeking an extension, and obviously general motors would prefer to see that if they are not satisfied with the offer. but this is definitely a negotiation that is going to be rife with tension. you have gm announcing in november of last year that they have four plants in the u.s. that they do not have future product allocated to. and that really miffed the union. it got donald trump's attention. the union has been emboldened by the blowback that the ceo ha

he played for detroit, made a decision to step away from the game.s of players will be making that decision based on their own personal goals and desires, their family. and, certainly, do not belittle or take lightly the impact that a spouse will have on a player and his kids will have on that father to get him to walk away from the game. gerry: let me ask you about another controversy that's been raging -- it died down a little bit last year, but the issue of players taking a knee during the national anthem in protest of various things, police brutality. i think many people thought even if they were sympathetic with the player, and some of them were, that politics doesn't belong in football, that you go -- people go to an nfl game on a sunday or a college game on a saturday, they want to escape the kind of politics. we live in a hyperpartisan world. do you think that that controversy has gone away, or do you think that's going to come back? >> well, i don't know if it's going to come back, but my viewpoint is that there should have been more dialogu

oakland coliseum was turned into detroit's comerica park to complete a game.d bender and i mash. two-run blast completing the scoring. nearly 4 months after the game started, the a's won it 7-3. >>> nhl spotlight here on sharks center joe thornton. he is coming back for a 22nd year with the league. a one-year deal. jumbo is 40 years old, so the r word, retirement, had come up, but a 15th season in san jose, too alluring. >>> addels along with rick berry here in springfield massachusetts, moments ago, enshrined into the basketball hall of fame. 60 years as player, head coach, executive and symbol of greatness to the nba. they called him the destroyer as a player. his number 16 is retired. i can remember nain -- i was living on the east coast at the time. and in those days, the nba on cbs aired at 11:30 eastern time. >> anybody who knows al knows he is one of the great institutions in the bay area. so long overdue he gets into the hall of fame. >>> the cbs evening news is coming up. >> norah o'donnell here with a preview. >>> tonight on the cbs evening news, why

nbc's ann thompson has the latest from detroit. >> reporter: factory workers walking off the job at 31tionwide. angry that the company they say has not made a good-ith coract offer. after the union helped lift it from bankruptcy in 2008 to nearly $12 billion in profits last year. in a highly unusual move, gm made the offer public. promising $7 billion in investments, including eight facilities in four states. 5400 jobs, wage or lump sum increases in each of the four years of the proposed contract and solutions for some of the unallocated plants. but union leadership said the current offer doesn't do enough for the workers. >> we're standing up for our share of the profits. >> reporter: the strike comes as the union faces troubles of its own. a federal corruption probe with current and former leaders. the justice department investigating alleged embezzling of hundreds of thousands of union dollars that includes a nearly $6,600 steak dinner complete with four bottles of kristol, the champagne alone totaling more than $1,700. depending on how long this strike lasts, it could cost gm a lot

ann thompson is in detroit. give us the dell tails from your end, how long do you think this will take to get resolved. 50,000 people? that's a lot. >> it is a lot of people, and it will be big strike for gm. that strike cost gm $300 million a day. the finishes on the table are moving temporary worker into full time positions. and of course, something you heard a lot about in the last year. these unallocated plant that's are going to be idol. the one that i'm standing in front of, if you would come in here, he is the what is it that your employees are looking for from this strike? >> you want product? >> yeah, we want product. >> right now it's is going to end at january 2020. >> how many people will be out of jobs? >> about 700. >> that will impact the detroit area. are you willing to build electric cars? >> we just want to keep jobs here. we help temporary workers. >> thank you very much. i appreciate it. 700 jobs are on the line. they made an offer to invest $7 billion throughout the company and they want to

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