hilda, you started something different called -- tell us about what you started. don't want to get it wrong here. >> i didn't start it. i wish i could take credit for that. but it's a marvelous organization that was really launched on the east coast -- >> well, here we'll say you started it. >> i'm working with my director in san francisco and we've launched latinos in social media. it's known as lattism. and i'm one of the co-directors for latism. we really want to bring forth higher tech, higher touch for latinos and we want to promote the use of social media on all basis, for business, for commerce, for education, for social programs. it's really a great champion for non-profess organizations. it's a very affordable medium people can use. it just takes a lot of blood, sweat, and tears tone gauge. but it really has been phenomenal. the white house really used social media to help drive attendance to the event this year and to reach out to different generations that perhaps we may not have contacted in the past. but one thing that was very unique was the fact tha

hilda solis, secretaria del trabajo claro que si, me da gusto que nosotros estamos viendo crecimientol numero quiere decir que estamos en 1 linea mejorando cada vez, pero necesitamos hacer bastante mas para las personas que estan sin trabajo. y la administracion obama tiene interes economico y politico en que esa tendencia se mantenga. en 1 estacion de bomberos en virginia que fue 1 de las primeras en responder a los ataques del 9/11, el presidente anuncio 1 programa de empleos para veteranos de guerra, para que sean policias, bomberos o guardaparques. hilda solis, secretaria del trabajo pues va a pedir fondos del congreso para aumentar esas posiciones y crear esos trabajos porque en ese sector sabemos que muchos veteranos que estan regresando ya tienen esa experiencia en esas areas de seguridad. jacobo flores es parte del 12% de veteranos hispanos de las ultimas 2 guerras y cree que hay mucha necesidad de empleos entre sus ex companeros. jacobo flores, veterano de irak bastante gente. se de marines amigos mios han necesitado trabajo saliendo de las fuerzas armadas. porque las necesid

solis heads the partner of labor hilda solis works directly for obama you know our goals are kind of showing dish there's room for error there's room but when you talk about four million people how do you know i mean how do you how do you know how to think and i don't think anything anyone should be surprised you know your calls gretchen if they're estimating that number ok so it's interpretation i think is a way in which we would just look at the books they are really get to me for this conversation is all the hints and un do there if you want to come out and say the obama administration is deliberately reporting wrong numbers or reporting the unemployment numbers in a different way than previous months or previous administrations then just come out and say it if there's something else going on here please please just let me in on it now is joe weisenthal the business insider points out they would need to prove quite a large conspiracy not only with the bureau of labor statistics have to be in hoots with the private payroll company a.d.p. whose numbers line right up with the b.l.s.

solis heads the partner of labor hilda solis works directly for obama you know our goals are kind of what i'm saying there's there's room for error there's room there's a but when you talk about four million people how do you know how do you how do you know how to make it and i don't think anything anyone should be surprised e-mailing us you know your articles french openly suggesting that the obama administration's engaging in a propaganda like campaign just doesn't seem very fair and balanced and the very very ugly u.s. senate candidate pete hoekstra books throws running against incumbent debbie debbie stabenow in michigan or as his campaign calls are spend it now and during last night's super bowl his campaign aired this ad continuing the mispronunciation of her name hello. thank you michigan senator debbie stand it now debbie stand so much and managing many more and more for much of your economy get very weak eyes get very get your job thank you defend it now i think this race for u.s. senate is between debbie spend it now and keep spending i'm pete spend it not books and i appro

solis heads the partner of labor hilda solis works directly for obama you know our voters are kind of saying there's there's room for error there's room there's a but when you talk about four million people how do you know i mean how do you how do you know how to think and i don't think anything anyone should be surprised you know your calls gretchen if they're estimating that number ok so it's interpretation i think is a way in which we would just look at the books they are really get to me for this conversation is all the hints and innuendo there if you want to come out and saying .

hilda solis, secretaria del trabajo pues va a pedir fondos del congreso para aumentar esas posicionesy crear esos trabajos porque en ese sector sabemos que muchos veteranos que estan regresando ya tienen esa experiencia en esas areas de seguridad. jacobo flores es parte del 12% de veteranos hispanos de las ultimas 2 guerras y cree que hay mucha necesidad de empleos entre sus ex companeros. jacobo flores, veterano de irak bastante gente. se de marines amigos mios han necesitado trabajo saliendo de las fuerzas armadas. porque las necesidades hay que pagarlas cada dia. jose marroquin tambien es veterano de irak y cree que el plan puede ser 1 opcion para algunos. jose marroquin, veterano de irak definitivamente es 1 buena manera para promover empleo. no todas las personas que regresan de irak desean ir a la universidad. muchos de ellos estan preparados para ser bomberos, policias. standup: fernando pizarro, washington d.c. pero para retornar a los niveles de desempleo previos a la crisis del 2008, la economia debe seguir generando puestos de trabajo al mismo ritmo que en el mes de enero.

unidos fue el tema alrededor del cual girÓ la conversaciÓn que tuve hueco la secretaria de trabajo, hildaunidad inmigrante. >> sigue siendo una cifra muy alta de los hispanos con respecto a lo que eran digamos en el 2006, eran 4, 7, menos de un millÓn de hispanos desempleados. ahora la cifra estÁ mucho más alta, ¿quÉ es lo que estÁ pasando? >> todavÍa estamos en una crisis, no estamos creando trabajo y no estamos de acuerdo con la poblaciÓn porque la poblaciÓn ha crecido. los jÓvenes y tambiÉn las personas de mayor edad. muchos de ellos tienen dificultades encontrado trabajo. >> hay una prÁctica bastante comÚn que es por supuesto ilegal y es el robo de salarios a estos empleados de la construcciÓn, ¿hay una ley federal que los pueda proteger? >> cualquier persona que trabaja aquÍ, en estados unidos y de las protecciones de las leyes federales. pueden llamar a las oficinas con mucho gusto y ahÍ, tenemos personas que hablan espaÑol, que pueden ayudar y toda la informaciÓn estÁ confidencial. >> hay mucho miedo de denunciar lo que cometen los empleadores y tengo entendido que la secretarÍa de

n addition i just want to secretary of labor here, hilda solis, who's doing an outstanding job. but the main reason i keep on coming back is i think this institution is an example of what's best about america. some of you may have your eye on a four-year college, some of you may want to learn new skills that can lead to a new job like mike, or a job that pays more, or gives you more opportunity, but all of you are here because you believe in yourselves, you believe in your ability and your ability to the -- the truth is the skills and reastraining you here will be the best chance that you have to achieve the american promise. that you will earn enough to have a family, own a home and send your kids to college and put a little away for retirement. the defining issue of our time is how to keep this promise alive today, for everybody. because we have got a choice, we can settle for a country where a few people go really, really well. and everybody else struggles to get by. or we can restore an economy where everybody gets a fair shot, everybody gets their fair share, everybody play

unidos fue el tema alrededor de cualquier otra conversaciÓn que tuve hoy con la secretaria de trabajo, hildaigrante. esta es parte de la conversaciÓn. >> sigue siendo una cifra muy alta de los hispanos con respecto a lo que era en el 2006, menos de un millÓn de mexicanos desempleados. ahora, la cifra estÁ mucho más alta, ¿quÉ estÁ pasando? >> todavÍa estamos en una crisis pero estamos creando trabajo, y no estamos de acuerdo con la poblaciÓn porque ha crecido dentro de la comunidad latina. los jÓvenes y tambiÉn las personas de mayor edad, muchos de ellos tienen dificultades encontrado trabajo. bob >> hay una prÁctica comÚn y es el robo de salarios a los empleados de la construcciÓn, ¿ hay una ley federal que los pueda proteger? >> cualquier persona que trabaja aquÍ, en estados unidos tiene las protecciones de las leyes federales. pueda llamar a nuestras oficinas y hay tenemos personas que hablan espaÑol y pueden ayudar y toda la informaciÓn estÁ confidencial. >> hay mucho miedo de denunciar lo que cometen los empleadores y tengo entendido que la secretarÍa de trabajo creÓ una aplicaciÓn para

. >> hilda's parents went missing when she was 5. they were both teachers and republicans. she says there were killed by fascists at the end of spain's civil war. >> they had neither a trial, a lawyer nor a legal verdict. i cannot make it better. >> she says this man was her last remaining hope for justice but when the judge tried to investigate the disappearance of thousands of people he was accused of misusing his powers as a judge and taken to court in a civil case. today's decision by spain's supreme court will be a hollow victory for gaston and his supporters. as a result of another decision, he was banned from being a judge for 11 years. today he has been cleared in a more controversy which has clear implications for spain and its divisive past. spain experienced civil war. franco ruled as a dictator until his death in 1975. the was a law banning in the investigation into the past. it was that law that gaston accused of breaking. she still has a picture of her parents when she goes to protest to support gaston. for her, the search for justice will go on. bbc news in m

mira, yo estoy aquÍ con esta belleza de mujer, se llama hilda. >> le quiero mandar saludos a mis hijosda salluditos. >> a mi sobrina y a mis hermanos y casi a mi hija adoptiva marta sÁnchez. >> marta, y toda la gente de venezuela que sigue a despierta amÉrica. >> a mis amigas, melba, mÓnica,y a mis hermanos, los extraÑo muchÍsimo. >> dÓnde estÁn? >> en maracaibo. >> miren, miguel, ya es patrimonio de despierta amÉrica, miguel, tÚ estabas viendo la promo de la cÁpsula de los igualitos, con quiÉn te confunden? les ha pasado eso? >> a mÍ, con un estrellado. [risas] >> pensÉ que con william levy, pero querÍas mandar saludos tambiÉn. >> un saludo a toda mi gente de cuba, la gente de mÉxico. >> tÚ eres cubano mexicano? >> lleguÉ a los 15 aÑos a mÉxico y vivÍ30 aÑos en mÉxico. [risas] >> bueno, definitivamente nos encanta estar acÁ compartiendo con nuestra gente, pero con los maÑanero se le ponemos mÚsica. ♪ ♪ me la pasarÍa dÁndole, dando, dÁndole, yo de la pasarÍa la noche ♪ esta tarde, en primer impacto. macabro, es el plan de unos pandilleros, para matar soldados, policías y jueces!! vario

hilda. i love that name. hilda rowly from north point, florida. 100 years old today.. she's absolutely right. happy birthday to our beautiful friend bruce parson of lubbock, texas, out west. that's good country. 101 years old today. a retired u.s. border patrol officer and loves to play dominoes. we have jessie williams from clinton, new york. 104 years old. she remembers going to school in a horse drawn sleigh? how about that. i saw that. lots of mennonites in my part of the country. robert and estelle pruitt, to pe ka, kansas. and robert still treats estelle like a southern belle. ding dong. happy birthday. now back to little old new york. >> willard scott in florida, thank you. still ahead, adam levine from maroon 5 and nbc's "the voice." live in studio. we'll catch up with him after your local news and weather. >> good morning. i am mindy basara. the time is 8:26. let's look at one of our top story to it. the state of george headley rests in the hands of the jury -- of george huguely. one prosecutor choked up as the -- as he recalled the story of how yeardly love

labor secretary hilda soliz. toured the plant today, with governor martin o'malley. >> we've seen a lot of factories closing down in this industry. now they're popping up. and to see it happen here in baltimore, maryland, it's the wonderful site. >> reporter: manufacturing jobs were hard hit. ma companies ship jobs overseas to china and mexico. and some plans took or -- in some plants, lines took over the workers spot. soliz says maryland should see more manufacturing jobs return. >> now is not the time to pull away from these kinds of investments. it's a time to make sure that we stabilize the economy. >> reporter: right now, this gm plant has about 220 workers. but next year, it will expand, bringing on 200 more jobs. and those jobs come directly from mexico. >> and that will create a ripple effect through the entire metropolin economy. >> reporter: well, nearly 6 million manufacturing jobs were shed between 1999 and 2009. meanwhile, soliz says she is also pleased to see the labor union working with the plant,

labor secretary hilda soliz. toured the plant today with governor martin o'malley. >> we're seen a lot of factories closing down in this industry. now they're popping up. and to see it happen here in baltimore, maryland, it's a wonderful sight. >> reporter: manufacturing jobs were hard hit long before the recession struck. many companies shipped jobs overseas to china and mexico. and computers and automaker assembly lines took over the workers. but now that president obama is calling for tax cuts, soliz says maryland should see more manufacturing jobs return. >> now is not the time to pull money away from these kinds kind investments. -- kinds of investments. these are the type of people hurting on the ground. >> reporter: right now, this plant has about 220 workers. but next year, it will expand, bringing on 200 more jobs. and those jobs come directly from mexico. >> that will create a ripple effect through the entire metropolitan economy. >> reporter: and shortly after the tour, soliz said she was encouraged to

. >> are bernanke's comments on the hilda tl% today the ones yo referring to? >> both. >> so you don't think regulators are doing must have to back stop the banks? >> i think they should have done what we did in early 2009 and forced their banks on go to the market and raise additional capital. back in 2006 when we suggested they put a leverage ratio on their banks to prohibit them from having the dramatic declines in capital levels, european banks were reducing their capital levels even during the recession. they were saying because they're only subject to risk based capital standard as opposed to a leverage standard, they were saying their assets were getting safer even during the recession. so they have to deal with the situation they have which is an undercapitalized banking system that's under distress, none of less some of the larger banks i to believe could go to the market and raise additional capital. their shareholders would have to take dilution. but that's what they need to do or their economic conditions and credit contraction will be even worse. >

labor secretary hilda solis is a former california congresswoman.martin of illinois was the first woman to serve in the house gop leadership and margaret heckler ha secretary under president reagan and eight-term congresswoman from mchls. we'll be right back. you are watching the daily rundown only on msnbc. the panel is here fired up and ready to go. you don't go anywhere. still have a lot of fun left. [ male announcer ] the inspiring story of how a shipping giant can befriend a forest may seem like the stuff of fairy tales. but if you take away the faces on the trees... take away the pixie dust. take away the singing animals, and the storybook narrator... [ man ] you're left with more electric trucks. more recycled shipping materials... and a growing number of lower emissions planes... which still makes for a pretty enchanted tale. ♪ la la la [ man ] whoops, forgot one... [ male announcer ] sustainable solutions. fedex. solutions that matter. >>> let's bring back our panel, joey and joy. i want to show you something here. rick santorum was up with

hilda solis heads the department of labor. >> are you saying they are cooking the books?aying there's room for error. >> what's happening is the labor force is shrinking. there are fewer jobs. >> so it's interpretation, i think is the way in which we would describe. >> are you hearing me on this? >> it is corrupt as it can be. >> okay. there's a million less people than we thought working which some have said, that's kind of fishy. >> so because the numbers look good, you think they're fishy. and they are cooking the books. and the conservative blogs are running with the same theory. saying there was actually bad news on the job front. i guess we have two choices. we can trust limbaugh and the gang at "fox and friends" or get a second opinion. first off, the bureau of labor statistics is using updated census numbers. nobel prize winner paul krugman says the right's trotting out the same old bogosity. "the wall street journal," yes, that "wall street journal" said, quote, the improvement in the labor market is real. people actually found jobs. end of quote. even the conser

. >> secretary solis, labor secretary hilda solis, thanks for coming on this morning and sharing yourh you guys. what do you say if you're a republican this morning, michael steele? >> i think what you say is congratulations to those americans who have gotten work over the past month, butamentale still weak and the debate is how do we make sure those who have gotten their jobs back keep their jobs well into the future in light of the cbo report that came out yesterday or the day before that said we can take unemployment downstream if we don't get it right. so i think there's a lot for republicans to talk about here. >> all right. we've got important issues to get to after the break including what is the bunny ranch owner going to do in nevada? believe it or not, very active. >> i thought you were going to ask me what the bunny ranch is. >> trivia time. we asked you who was the last sitting member of the house of representatives to win a pr presidential primary caucus? >> dick gephardt. >> good answer. he also won the crucial missouri primary. it's listen 48 years since a republican me

warmest of the year so far -- 78, almost 80 degrees in morgan hilda. 75 in evergreen. 72 in danville. degrees in walnut creek staying nice and mild right at the coast. 66 degrees at half moon bay. you could hit the beach today. you could wear a tank top in the middle of winter. 76 degrees by tomorrow. staying just about as warm. we'll get plenty of sunshine but start to drop off on friday. take a look at the drop-off between thursday and saturday, almost a 15-degree difference. you will notice the clang so enjoy the sunshine while it lasts and the warmth because things cool down as of this weekend. we get a few showers late sunday, into monday. that will mostly be up in the north bay but i think everywhere will get a little bit of a sprinkle as we wake up monday morning. >> we'll zip right back to the city. heading into or through the city -- just off the central freeway we still have issues for power and for signals along the area. duboce is closed from elgin over to mission. that's just from 101 basically and duboce all the way up to market. use van ness. just avoid duboce at missio

in addition, by the way, i just want to acknowledge that we also have our secretary of labor here, hildao is doing an outstanding job. but the main reason i keep on coming back is i think this institution is an example of what's best about america. some of you may have your eye on a four-year college, some of you may be trying to learn new skills that can lead to a new job, like mike, or a job that pays more, gives you more opportunity. but all of you are here because you believe in yourselves, you believe in your ability, you believe in the future of this country. and that's something that inspires me, and you guys should take great pride in. now, the truth is, the skills and training you get here will be the best tools you have to achieve the american promise, the promise that if you work hard, you can do well enough to raise a family, own a home, send your kids to college and put a little away for retirement. and the defining issue of our time is how to keep this promise alive today, for everybody. because we've got a choice. we can settle for a country where a few people do really, r

[laughter] i want to acknowledge that we have our secretary of labor here, hilda solis, who is doingoutstanding job. [applause] the main reason i keep on coming back is i think this institution is an example of what is best about america. some of you may have your eye on a four-year college and some of you may be trying to learn new skills that can lead to a new job like mike, or a job that pays more and gives a more opportunity but all of you are here because you believe in ourselves, you believe in your ability, you believe in the future of this country. that is something that inspires me and you guys should take great pride in that. the truth is, the skills and training you get here will be the best tools you have to achieve the american promise. the promise that if you work hard, you can do well enough to raise a family, all may home, send your kids to college and put a little away for retirement. the defining issue of our time is how to keep this promise alive today. for everybody. grade we canhoice settle for a country where a few people do really, really well and everybody els

in addition, by the way, i just want to acknowledge that we also have our secretary of labor here, hilda solis, who is doing an outstanding job. [applause] but the main reason i keep oncoming back, is i think this institution is an example of what is best about america. and some of you may have your eye on a four-year college, some of you may be trying to learn new skills that could lead to a new job, like mike, or a job that pays more, gives you more opportunity, but all of you are here because you believe in yourselves, you believe in your ability, you believe in the future of this country. and that's something that inspires me. and you guys should take great pride in that. the truth is the skills and training you get here will be the best tools you have to achieve the american promise. the promise that if you work hard you can do well enough to raise a family, own a home, send your kids to college, and put a little away for retirement. and the defining issue of our time is how to keep this promise alive today, for everybody, because we've got a choice. we can settle for a country wher

in addition, by the way, i want to acknowledge we also have our secretary of labor here, hilda solicean outstanding job. but the main reason i keep coming back, i think this institution is an example of what's best about america. as some of you may have your eye on a four-year college, some of you may be trying to learn new skills that can lead to a new job like mike or a job that pays more, gives you more opportunity, but all of you are here because you believe in yourselves, you believe in your ability, you believe in the future of this country. and that's something that inspires me. and you guys should take great pride in it. now, the truth is the skills and training you get here will be the best tools you have to achieve the american promise. the promise that if you work hard, you can do well enough to raise a family, own a home, send your kids to college and put a little away for retirement. and the defining issue of our time is how to keep this promise alive today for everybody. because we have a choice. we can settle for a country where a few people do really, really well and e

temperatures today are going to climb into record teitory. 78 degrees, just two degrees shy of 80 in morgan hildaeen. 72 in pleasanton an even san francisco right on the water, 72 degrees. as we head throughout your thursday, staying nice and mild. dropping off friday into saturday, more clouds and a few showers sunday into monday. >>> don't forget. get your weather any time you need it. go to weather channel on cable, weather.com online. carl? >> al, thanks. up next, how clean are the surgical instruments in operating rooms? "today" investigates after this. ♪ [ female announcer ] kleenex® brand tissues are america's softest. no wonder people want to share them on and on. ♪ start your own chain of sharing. ♪ now when you send a free kleenex® brand share package, you'll get a sample of new kleenex cool touch™ tissues. just go to kleenex.com. kleenex®. softness worth sharing. i'm good. alright. [ male announcer ] every time you say no to a cigarette, you celebrate a little win. nicorette mini helps relieve cravings in minutes. so you can quit one cigarette at a time. until you reach your goal. nico