hilda: [prolonged scream] hilda! it's all right! the nonnatans are coming. stop pushing. i can't stop! jenny: let me through, please! i'm a midwife. hilda: i need to go to the hospital! i had to have forceps with the last one! second stage, sister. sister julienne: don't distress yourself, hilda. all is well. [moaning] please, will everybody stand right back so we can assist mrs. levons? it might help if you were dispersed elsewhere. man: begging your pardon, this is a communal toilet, and i was in the queue. get yourself down the other bloody landing! hilda: i can't do this on my own! jenny: yes, you can. i want you to take nice, steady breaths in between each contraction. it will help you to feel a lot calmer. good. [alarm blaring outside] oh, thank god! thank god. [cries] who sent for an ambulance? it wasn't necessary at all. if you really want to be of help, you will boil a kettle, fill some hot water bottles, fetch clean, dry towels, a basin, and a blanket. hilda: i'm going to need forceps again! sister julienne: thank you, gentlemen, for your attendance. all is in o

secretary hilda solis in studio with us.s welcome with those encouraging job numbers on friday. when we come back madam secretary, i would like to get your take on what is happening in michigan where the governor and the legislature in one day, on friday, said we are going to turn michigan into a right-to-work state. this is the full court press on monday december 10th, we will be right back. >> chatting with you at current.com/billpress. this is ""the bill press show"" live on your radio and on current tv. museum sflooush >> nobody knows disasters like comedians. that's why for my upcoming benefit for victims of hurricane sandy, i booked the strongest, smartest comics i could find. my comedian friends and i will raise money to rebuild homes and lives one laugh at a time. so[ music ] sflooush tune in next friday for my all star comedy special. >> together we can get new yorkers back to yelling at strangers and ignoring our friends. cook what you love and save your money. joe doesn't know it yet, but he'll work his way up fro

i want to welcome hilda solis. she is the u.s. labor secretary. she was the first hispanic woman and a presidential cabinet. she was a member of congress from california. she has done -- this first woman to receive the john f. kennedy profile in courage award. we'll hear hilda was the first latina elected to the state senate from california. you have such a compelling personal story. your father ran the teamsters union and is from mexico and your mother is from nicaragua. i am also the daughter of immigrants. my parents came from ireland and i'm the third of seven children. i'm curious to hear how your personal story got you to the white house. [laughter] >> thank you for having me. this is a wonderful opportunity. i am reminded of what happened a few years ago. this is were the work was done. workers got together early in the morning on different shifts. those kinds of things are familiar to me. our parents were always attending to us and making sure we could be independent and responsible, and always very mindful of work and what that meant, no

that carrot was born on the seventh of may, her name is hilda. it can get exaggerated, too. >> rose: you use less butter? >> yes, much less. >> rose: and more olive oil? >> yes, more olive oil and even other type of oil. >> rose: is olive oil good for you? >> yes. >> rose: but butter is not. >> everything is good for you. it depends on the proportion. >> rose: and we should eat less, shouldn't we? >> i could lose a few pounds. >> rose: i could eat less news. i think that's the quito being able to say this is enough and americans especially. >> rose: i worked for howard johnson years ago for ten years and i remember at that time early 1960s i would see soda that was in the 12 ounce, the biggest one was 12 ounce i'd say this is crazy. now we get to 45 ounce soda and mammoth plates of food. it's too much. >> rose: i've never known why you went to work for howard johnsons because you had been, if i remember correctly, you'd been de gaulle's chef, wch i referenced. >> yes. >> rose: what was he like? >> well, i work under three governments under the ti

hilda solis.lcome held a sola she is the u.s. labor secretary . she was the first hispanic woman and a presidential cabinet. she was a member of congress from california. she has done -- this first woman to receive the john f. kennedy profile in courage award. hilda was the first latina elected to the state senate from california. you have such a compelling personal story. your father ran the teamsters union and is from mexico and your mother is from nicaragua. i am also the daughter of immigrants. my parents came from ireland and i'm the third of seven children. i'm curious to hear how your personal story got you to the white house. [laughter] >> thank you for having me. this is a wonderful opportunity. i am reminded of what happened a few years ago. this is were the work was done. workers got together early in the morning on different shifts. those kinds of things are familiar to me. our parents were always attending to us and making sure we could be independent and responsible, and always very mindful of work and what that meant, no matter what

house speaker john boehner returned to the hilda after meeting with president obama at the white house. the republican leader jump started talks with friday's proposal to boost taxes on income of more than $1 million. that's a significant departure from the g.o.p.'s no new taxes pledge. today is the second time in a week that boehner and the president have met face to face. proposed cuts to medicare are now the key to any fiscal cliff deal, but democrats in both the house and the senate say increasing medicare eligibility age is not an option. >>> what you got? >> good news. it was 63 today. other good news, only been below freezing once downtown. that was thursday night, friday morning. bad news we have some fog out there. let's start with a live look. it is our live michael & son weather camera. doesn't look that dense. that's national airport. but it is around and surrounding areas. please take it easy tonight. we'll give you tips in a second. a high of 52 after a high of 53. our average high is 46. i'm waiting the for the winds to kick and become southwesterly after midnight. i thi

we will hear from labor secretary,hilda solis.nd then an opera singer and online retailer. >> the morning, everyone. they grew up poor, not so poor, asian-american, african- american, hispanic and white. each of them have one thing in common. they're all phenomenally successful. each rose to the top of their field whether it was art, politics or sports. we're going to ask them with the drive was and what kind of advice they have for young people. we have a tv journalist, a physicist, the youngest woman serving in congress and that the most decorated figure skater in u.s. history. i want to welcome the people here in the auditorium we encourage the people in the room as well as those on the live upstream and we will try to incorporate them today. but little later, one of the ranking women and journalism will join us. i want to welcome hilda solis, head of the -- she was a member of congress and california and is well known there. she was the first person to receive the profile in courage award. you have such a compelling personal s

the department of labor, thrown by our good friend, secretary of labor hilda soliz but they didn't get work done on capitol hill as we just heard from david jackson from the white house. seems like things have come to a dead stop both at the white house and on the congress mainly because republicans still refuse to -- they're still insisting that the bush tax cuts for the wealthiest 2% of americans be extended permanently. come on, john boehner! you lost the election! the american people want to move forward. american people want the wealthiest of americans to pay their fair share. boehner, why are you representing the 2% and not just the 98%. lots and lots to talk about here this morning. and you'll want to get into the conversation, we know, and you can do so, give us a call at 1-866-55-press. follow us on twitter and talk to us on twitter at bpshow. or on facebook. facebook.com/billpressshow. our team here, entire team, phil backert has the phones. >> go ahead. >> bill: peter ogborn and dan henning. it was a tough lunch yesterday. >> still a little foggy. i've never seen you drink s

. >> thank you, you have a lot of energy, secretary hilda solis, we're glad you came. [applause] c-span3 c-span2 >> by the time i was 9 years old, was handing out leaflets for robert kennedy and then i broke with the democratic party. i went to work for john lindsay who is running for mayor of new york. i went down to the liberal party to work for him i was handed out leaflets on the street corner in new york. some woman thought this was cute, this little boy handing out leaflets and chest and why and i made the case for john lindsay and got an early start on my political consulting career and made the case against his opponent as well. she said that is so cute and she handed me a box of pastry, a white box with string, and it took a back to the liberal party headquarters and we opened it up and there was all these doughnuts and a wad of $10 bills. in one of my early lessons and politics, the district's lawyer grabbed the mom -- grab the money and said you can keep the donuts. [laughter] >> david axelrod to night on his life in politics. at 10:45, growing up in the whi

hilda sol ease is another one.what's sad about this is i think she deserved to be secretary of state. i think she would make a great secretary of state. and i hate to see her drummed out of there by john mccain and lindsey graham on false charges, number one. and number two, i know everybody says you just have to pick your battles, you know. a lot of people were telling the president, i'm sure, yeah, she would be great but you can't afford to make this your first fight of this -- the end of this year, the beginning of the next year. you've got -- you can't waste your political capital on this. i'm sorry the president decided not to do it. i think he should have fought right down to the finish line with susan rice. i would rather go down in flames fighting for susan rice than give in to john mccain and lindsey graham. >> jennifer: you know, i know you have to pick your battles. i've been in that situation before. i know he's battling over the cliff. we'll talk about that in a second. but it is an interesting series

hilda solis is the example there.n shut out of the chief economic decisions the country is making. did the president actually empower her to take a big role in the recovery? i don't think the answer to that is yes. >> at the same time, you had valerie jared. you can't really say the voices of women and minorities are shut out. >> they haven't been but there's not enough diversity. it's not just the obama administration. the reason you want more diversity is not soly because of optics it's because you get a variety of voices. you get new perspectives. you get new ideas. if you have someone who's in the cabinet, a latino or african-american or gay, there are other appointments within the cabinet. this is how new leaders get elected and experience. it is important across the board. with the demographic change that is are under way in the united states, it's only going to become ever more important. >> one interesting name is michelle who would become the first woman secretary of defense. with all the really disturbing ne

in michigan we will be ready in 2014 >> bill: secretary of labor hilda soliz was here last monday talking14078, 145, whatever it was thousand new jobs in november in the private sector, but jobs in the public sector because of cuts at the state and local level are still being hammered lee. aren't they? >> we are losing jobs. as a matter of fact, when you lose your job, that hurts, hurts your family and community. also, your sacrificing e semicial public services in connecticut, a man who was mentally ill walked into a school and killed those children, six and seven years old. we rely and depend upon those first responders to do everything they can to bring order back to a very very bad situation. wirespectpresent the police and the nurses, the dispatchers, 911 operators. every time there is a strat de, the people who step up to the plate first are the first responders. the people who provide and care about their communities. we have to get that word out because those public services are suffering because of the major cutbacks that have occurred across this country >> bill: the public serv

i am told he was considering up anyway.e's name host: hilda solis is the secretary of labor. indication she is thinking about going? guest: no, if she does go you can rest assured the nominee will be pro-union. host: she is a former congresswoman from california, 32nd district. i want to go to david on the republicans' line. caller: i have a couple of comments and maybe a question. i do not see many of the cabinet people worth what they are making. maybe that is just my perception of what i see and hear. a lot of them have not brought across the information to the public from what i see. the democrats voted in tarp and yet they complain about it. i do not see them lowering the debt. it has increased. fuel prices have gone up. there is stalemate in gridlock in the congress and house. a lot of things did get past that we cannot afford. the spending is going on and on. the president says this is the worst congress in history. then he gives them a raise. i do not understand the perception or the tone. i do not know why this is happening. a lot of people claim they are democrats,

these numbers areon healthcare, you know, labor secretary hilda solis.generous about coming in almost every month on the month after the jobs report comes out. good news or bad news she is here to tell us what it means. one of the things we discussed with her is the real growth sector in this country today in terms of jobs is the health industry, healthcare industry because obamacare. more people getting health insurance means more demand on clinics, more demands for physician assistants and nurse practitioners and health providers across the board. it's a growth industry today. >> yeah. we talked about some of the other job execute areas gu it's going to be a growth area both because of the change because of obama care and dem graphics. >> right. >>> as people get older, they demand a little bit more healthcare. >> right. >> they need it. the more you think about this, this is pretty good news over all. >> good news on the jobs front. we got it now. join the conversation. here with us. the budget guy. follow him online at capital gains and gamesgom. how

hilda is on the line for democrats.aller: we would not be having a fiscal cliff if we did not lead the tea party republicans slip in under the radar in 2010. in 2014 we are going to sweep them out of there. host: what do the tea party people have to do with the fiscal cliff? caller: we would not have if this -- we would have a fiscal cliff if not for the tea party republicans. the republicans will never agree with obama. they will never do it. they are undercover klansmen. they go up to washington and have been causing us trouble ever since. we're going to take our brains to the polls next time. host: from pennsylvania on the line for republicans. caller: a couple of points. one has to do with president obama saying we must have a balanced approach. the second one has to do with the term mandate. the third has to do with what the congress is. president obama says we must have a balanced approach to this. when i look at the term balance, i think, ok. the have revenue increases. you must also have at the same time expendi

i was listening to hilda's least talk about being told she was not college material.but i was told that colored girls should learn a trade, from one of the professors, from whom i got an eight. so i decided to learn a trade and that it would be physics. >> do you get angry? >> i have had my share. one runs into those things, but over time, one has to develop an even s, and what helped me was the following. and did volunteer work in boston city hospital in the pediatric ward. these were very young people who had ailments ranging from leukemia and orthopedic problems -- there was a little boy who was born without facial features. he had a hole for a nose, no real eyes and mouth. he looked frightening. his parents never came to see him. when i would go, i would visit him. i had time to think, and i began to understand that everyone has a cross to bear. >> does that help you with problems you have yourself? >> because if i am healthy, i cannot get so depressed. in the end, i am motivated by other people. that is why i love being the president of the university. >> what is

later, labor secretary hilda solis talks about her life and challenges facing women in the workplace. i enjoy that it is straight forward and comprehensive. you can really sense what is happening without someone else, without a pundit interjecting. that is what i really appreciate. definitely a great resource for anybody looking to become more familiar with how government works and thcapitol hill. >> julie watches c-span on verizon. treated by america's cable companies in 1979. brought to you as a public service by your publ television provider. >> a cornell university law professor has written a book examining corporations and the focus on increasing their stock prices. she spoke at the clinton school of public service in arkansas. she describes the corporate world were the efforts to maximize short-term profit has degraded the long-term value of many companies. this is 40 minutes. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, france, -- friends, -- her work focuses on the intersection of law, business, and morality. she has been a speaker and panelist for events and organizations around the w