>> how deeply does the you income gap affect your every day life? >> our digital producer is bringing you live feed >> how deeply does the you income gap affect your every day life? >> our digital producer is bringing you live feed >> it is the size of the gap, the numbers are stunning. our producer tweeted out the c.o. to average pay worker ratio was 20-1 back in the day, today 273-1. steve replies who cares, what your c.e.o. makes has no difference to address vaning your career. it's like twenties% owns 80% of the wealth. it's up to the american people to insist our legislatures do something about this problem. matthew says what purpose does an unfettered economy serve. >> when it comes to the unequal distribution of wealth, president obama calls income inequality the defining challenge of our time. >> since 1979, our economy has more than doubled in size, but most of that growth has flowed to a fortunate few. the top 10% no longer takes in one third of hour income, it now takes half whereas in the past, the average c.e.o. made 20 to 30 times the

that gap?the again the book says we will assume that's not going to change, the home environment. we will change the home environment i educating this generation for one generation in their homes will be very different. that is the premise. if help comes in the other way to my fantastic. again is it possible to close the gap? by the way one of them is more time in early childhood. more time in the school helps. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. >> thank you for your talk. i will read your look. so, if we acknowledge the importance of culture, which i do and i wonder whether you agree that it's easier to start a new culture than it is to rip one out and change from within. if you agree with that then i wonder what you think about trying to change the significant base of troubled schools as opposed to restarting them as opposed to starting a new? >> wow you know that's a very topical and important question. we do not find the research that supports you know crush a school and start over again

that's still a significant gap. women still have made progress closing it over the last three decades. stay on twitter and facebook we've been asking you what changes need to be made to close the pay gap in the workplace. : tell what's you think by tweeting us at @aj real money or @ali velshi. >>> according to the pure report 49% at work with at least a bachelor's degree were women. joining us to talk to us with these numbers is linda barrington at the institute for compensation studies at cornell university, joining us in studio, that increase in terms of education, what impact has that had? >> it's one of the most important things in terms of getting a job, keeping a job, keeping higher pay. the fact that women are now better educated, it's a huge advance. >> are there particular sectors in the economy where it remains closed or are there sectors where it's very wide. >> breaking it down by occupation because women still very much cluster into certain occupations and men into others. there are some very extremes.

for walmart, for gap, worker rights issues are not a moral issue.they're an issue of reputational risk and walmart and gap understand that their image in the eyes of the public has a very large impact on the degree to which they can get people to come to their stores and buy their goods. and so to the extent that they can be convinced that their image will be damaged if they don't do the right thing for workers, than they will make change. >> months after the tazreen fire, the memories of that disaster - and the ones that followed - are still fresh in people's minds. kalpona akter, a worker's rights activist, rushed to the scene not long after the fire began. >> it was horrific. for my experience, i think, i was crying and still you could feel the heat inside and my skin was burning. it took walmart two days to acknowledge its connection to tazreen... after photographs emerged showing its labels in the wreckage. the walmart clothes wasn't burned to ash, some others maybe, but not them. >> kalpona, like the women who survived the fire, is still haunt

in the schools that close the gap.t's a very consistent architecture to what the leadership looks like. by that i mean leadership. so there's a principle and there's another group that takes care of kind of paper work and fundraising and facilities and all of that. they bifewer kate that responsibility, and they have principles. that is the chief academic. >> they are the coach. they are spending 80% of their time teaching teachers. if you are the coach you can't be in the office while the players are hitting each other. the coach is going to be down with the players. no matter how talented the players are they need a basket coach to tell them, "why you do this, you do this?" it's the same way. classroom doors are open the the principle comes in and out of the classroom, you didn't point out sally, get sally. and they give them feedback. feedback. >> yes. >> this is really about spreading best practices. and you give a nice analogy about heart surgery. people come up with new ideas. generally speaking you want a effort

we knew there was a funding gap. we hope to begin to develop a multi-agency strategy to address the funding gaps and some of these projects implemented before we entitle hundreds of more units in the neighborhood. we have done a good job in the development community has been successful in moving the projects forward. i think we as a city have done a good enough job finding and implementing the infrastructure needed to insure these neighborhoods stay walkable and livable and transit first. i don't expect we'll have all the answers today but i think we need to have a conversations and this is a first step in that conversation. we have a series of departments here today who are going to assist us in understanding the pipeline. in some ways the city is thinking that we maybe able to close the funding gap. we are going to hear from jon ram -- john graham of the planning department. thank you. >> thank you, good morning, supervisors. i want to thank supervisor cohen for calling this hearing. this is an issue that has come

and an one-on-one with m night shyamalan, on the education gap. this is "real money with ali velshi." >> this is "real money." you are the most important part of the show. join our live conversation at twitter, after the aj real money and @ali velshi. there are more signs that the economy is on the mend. the broadest measure of the goods and services produced grew in the months of july, august and september compared to the previous three months. driving those gains, higher spending by consumers nan what was initially calculated. the growth makes its case for an economic recovery going into 2014. if we can maintain this momentum, but one cause of concern is a big share of this summer's growth came from businesses stuffing goods on their shelves. and unless americans get out and shop over the holiday season we're not going to see that for a bit. however you're going to slice it it. >> we'll get the firstes first e of gdp on january 20th. it will give businesses incentive to expand and create jobs. since this summer we've added 200,000 jobs a month i

we really wanted to see how fast is that income gap growing? and is this really just one segment of the population that's responsible for the growing gap or is this really something current that's going through the entire economy. we basically looked at 18 to 24 year olds all the way down-- every single age group that we found that the gap is growing for every single age group from 18 to 24 all the way to 65 and up. the biggest income gap that we found is really 35 and 44 year-olds is growing the most between 20 years ago and today. > > what's the problem? because the labor market is growing-- it's improving. > > yeah you really have to look. when you talk about income gap, you're talking about the distribution of incomes within the society. so you're looking at the extremely wealthy and the extremely poor and everything in between. and when you're really comparing 20 years ago with today-- you're really taking a look at two different economies and that's really important to take a look at. first of all the economy is a completely different pla

gwen: in the end we're talking about the gap that exists, whether it's gaps in coverage, in income, gaps in the jobless rate. there actually anything on the table either coming from republicans, democrats, green people -- doesn't matter -- which would speak to closing those gaps? minimum referenced the wage increases we've seen in localities and states around the country. there's talk in congress even bolstering social security atefits because people look the retirement gaps. pensions have gone away pretty sector.the private what's replaced them? not much. a lot of people are insecure to retirement. people saying we have to do something to bolster social security which is against the tide. i think there's a common understanding that there's something wrong with what we the to think of as opportunity society, that it's harder for people to rise from class. up to the middle i've heard paul ryan talk about about barack obama talk it. gwen: they don't have the same solutions. >> they don't have the same solutions and i'm not sure either one of them has a workable solution. gwen: we have anot

that gap is growing. so if we're going to take on growing inequality and try to improve upward mobility for all people we have move beyond the false issue that this is an issue exclusively of minority concern. and reject politics that pits the interests of a deserving middle class against those of undeserving poor in this search of handouts. [ applause ] >>> second, we need to dispel the smith -- myth that growing the economy are in conflict. our economy growths best from the middle out. and beyond a certain level of inequality, growth actually slows all together. third, we need to set aside the belief that government cannot do anything about reducing inequality. it's true that government cannot prevent all of the down sides of the tech lolg call change that are out there now, and some of those forces are also some of the things that are helping us grow. and some programs in the past were sometimes poorly designed. created disincentives to work. but we have also seen how government action time and again c

the education gap in america. i am david shuster in for ali velshi and then, here is "real money." >> this is real money and you are the most important part of the show. for t for the next half hour on twitter at ajrealmoney and facebook.com/ajrealmoney. >>> there are more signs that america's recovery is on the mend. the economy shined bright earn imagined this summer. gross domestic product, the fraudest measure of goods and services grew at 4.1% in july/august and september compared to the previous three months. driving gains, higher spending by consumers and businesses than what was initially calculated. the consistent growth over the past year now makes the case for a more robust economic recovery going into 2014 if we can maintain momentum. one cause for concern is a big share came from businesses stocking stuff in their warehouses and on their shelves. however, there are indications that americans bought more than expected during the holiday season, and that will be an economic boost. >> that's also importa

and issue gap. and so for those of us who are in the room, we know that the achievement gap does not happen in the classroom, this is a gap in opportunities that our children have here in the city. we can generate the dollars to the classroom which are complicated due to the state law and how we can use it from the land on the sales from the school district and the second is that we can generate the type of value that actually helps to close the opportunity gap. and one of them, being affordable housing. and i mean that i think that there are so many other things that we can do with the surplus property including grocery stores and garden and many other things that i want us to continue to explore, but this is one important first step in that direction. after leaving the school board, i had the honor of representing 1950 mission, and in district, six and i since lost it a couple of months ago but i was able to continue working at the mayor's office, who became very committed to seeing, what the city

if you get four great teachers in a row, that teacher alone can close the gap. so it was possible for everyone in the country to be taught by the top 20%, that's all you have to do. that's how powerful they are, right? now, the very, very bottom group, the bottom 2-3%, they're causing so much, sop pull, so much damage, so much loss that three or four decent teachers, good teachers in the middle can't overcome one, hitting one child getting one of those teachers. so that's putting so much -- >> how does that work? how much does one do so much damage in a row of four? >> yeah. let's just say in that percentage, one that's above the average, a good teacher, they're gaining a little bit. and so tour in a row -- four in a row, if by chance you got four in a row of the 60%, but the damage -- it's like you lose an entire grade with that one teacher. so that's what i'm referring to, the roadblocking. i do want to clarify one thing, because when you look at all the data and the things that the book says, these are the things you find that will close the gap, everyone goe

you can see this year we had a narrowing of that gap which is great in district 9 and highest score and district 10 with the lowest score. now i will hand it to steve. >> we are going to look at how we work internally, all of our areas scored above 85 percent. one showed an increase. it's almost a minor level kind of score. this screen, we present annually it shows all the various features that we rate throughout the park. they include general amenities, children's play areas, dog play areas, hard escapes, we look at lawns, ornamental plantings, restrooms, trees, fields for threat -- athletics and all of these areas are improving with the scores and some have significantly improved since our evaluation process. what's interesting about this slide is that it does show the department's priorities. the things that are improving more are what we actively used. we have to be able to deal with them with open resources. the open space is a less maintained area and has had more available scores in the years and depends upon bond monies which are lagging a little bit. the best of all what you ar

the widening wage gap in america. plus the reason why a lot of people on main street are mad, we'll tell where you some of those --we'll tell you why those who cashed in last year did not this year. that and more when "real money" continues. every sunday night join us for exclusive, revealing and surprising talks with the most interesting people of our time. this sunday. >> we try to be funny in serious stories which is very, very rare. >> he made radio cool with his sense of humor, insight and curiosity. he opened a new window into american life. >> before they know it we're actually able to present something new that they haven't heard about. >> talk to al jazeera with ira glass. >> bosses have been getting big pay raises over the years, but regular workers, not so much. president obama talked about the wage gap between the wealthy and the rest of america. part of the president's focus in the coming year will be raising the minimum wage now at $7.25 an hour. now the wage gap between your average american worker and

what you need to understand is that a plan have been working steadily to fill that gap. so that was a unfunded lighty from a past time and they have been working steadily to increase the funding over the period in order to fill the gap. so we're just not to the point where this funding of that gap has been completed yet. >> jp, let me ask you this, this raises the question that a lot of people used to take a job as a teacher in a public school or join the police force because even though their salary would be low, they would get good benefits and pensions. it seems like that formula is changing. what does this mean for cities and municipalities? >> you raise a good point. with e did a study preparing public and private compensation, total compensation that is salaries plus pensions and fringe benefits like reteary health care. they basically get the same total compensation when once you control for age, education, time in the work force. so if you just cut an employee's pension benefits without giving them an increase in the salary in any way, they are basically offering

maybe the gap is actually a good thing. we'll tell you what even when they say it is not it is always about money. dennis: i'm dennis kneale in for transfrance tonight. president obama has decided to vote to narrow income inequality and claims it is the biggest challenge of our time but is it really. studies shows greater wealth gap have greater growth. we have scott winship and christian dorsey from the economic policy institute. christian i let you begin because i know you don't like the entire wealth gap thing is. tell us what the problem with the wealth gap is. >> the problem is when you look at country that is have a large percentage of their people being for and having a lot of growth to get basic human need taken care of of course you could see faster growth with high inequality but that is not the case in the united states. we have a very educated community and what we have is rising inequality despite the fact that americans work harder and are smarter. well we have is a situation where the wealth that we accumulat

gap closures that doesn't exist now. even to identify these, where the gap is going to be closed an some of the east and west connection in the eastern neighborhoods in the water front area. that will be part of that process. almost the be process in engaging in that and looking for your community participation in that. >> just to wrap up. a lot of what's been going on because there is a lot of work we need to do and we are in full steam with it. the key and next steps now is to implement the current transit bus and initiatives and get them delivered and starting to analyze their effectiveness and because determine the efficacy and we develop the technology. and second is to continue to working with the planning department so they can complete the eir. our goal is to have these completed by 2015. our goal for the priorization is for next spring to look at the funding opportunities with that and as of mentioned before, all of this is mentioned at being working very closely with the mayor's transportation task force. mta i

plan forsed gap's combating racism. the campaign is proving particularly popular with the members of the sikh community. they have acknowledged and thanked gap for their support. a platformng it as to help raise awareness for this growing societal problem. >> has anyone ever died in the apartment or house you are living in? american web users can answer that very question by visiting the site deadinhouse.com, which collects obituaries with additional information. the site doesn't have every single u.s. property in its database and charges $11.99 for the service. just eight years old, he is already considered to be something of an effort -- expert in paleontology. he has devoted a youtube channel to his passion and regularly posts videos of his findings and learnings, short clips in which he explains the differences between herbivores and carnivores, for example. dubbed "dino boy," he is starting to make a name for himself in the u.s. giant panda cub was born at the smithsonian's national zoo in washington, which release

and this leaves a gap of 6.3 billion. the task force identified what we believe is required in terms of infrastructure and we'll be proposed some new revenue sources to fund a portion of that gap. so the three recommendations that will be brought forward from the task force is to invest in programs with the greatest impact to first maintain the current transportation system which we found in great disrepair and enhance the system and sfand -- expand the city system to meet new growth and also set to pursue three new revenue services combined to address that significant portion of that gap and as well as to continue to support and seek additional state and federal funding sources to support policies that will bring in more transportation dollars into san francisco. so, after taking a look at the needs, the task force looked it is needs to repair the core system, to enhance and expand it and is recommending more of the half of the funds be allocated towards core. the reason is we found that the vehicles are in disrepair, th

that's the narrowest gap on record, up from 67 cents in 1980.hose new numbers come as the political debate is heating up over income inequality which still disproportionately impacts minorities, women and children. joining me, kristen, executive director of moms rising. good to see you. thanks for coming in. let's start with the group. what is it and why is it needed? >> moms rising is a group of over a million members from every state in the nation working to increase family economic security and getting at also decreasing discrimination against women and moms. >> one of the areas of discrimination that's been talked a lot about is this pay disparity, and this study we talked about shows the gender gap narrows. 93% for women under 35. but 84% for women of all ages. in other words, 84 cents on a dollar. is that a sign that it's going to be a matter of time before we catch up? is there any way to make that faster? >> well, the good news is that the gap is narrowing for young women. the bad news is that maternal status or motherhood is a greater p