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hilda solis is coming in the studio next hour to talk about jobs.ve the latest report on friday. 120,000 jobs in the month of march. not as much as people were expecting. what's it all mean? >> well, obviously it is disappointing to us. we wanted to see more jobs. part of the problem is what's going on in this country today is if you look at the major companies, right now, they're hoarding up a lot of money and they're not adding any jobs in the united states. many of those jobs are going overseas. i was just looking at some numbers yesterday. it looks like with wages being down and over the past -- since 2007, during that period, we've -- went through the recession, of the s&p 500 companies, profits are up 23% but they're keeping the money rather than creating jobs. that's one of the things that's slowing down the economy. >> bill: i keep hearing that. why are they sitting on this money? have they just realized they can make more money without spending any money or without hiring? they can pocket more by spending less or what? >> well, you know, un

economist and president of bennett college; suze orman, a leading authority on personal finance; hilda solis 25th u.s. secretary of labor; cecilia firethunder, former president of the oglala sioux tribe; faye wattleton, former national president of planned parenthood; randi weingarten, president of the american federation of teachers; and sheryl wudunn, pulitzer prizewinning writer and co-author of "half the sky." we are glad you joined us. irv it's the cornerstone we all know. it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where walmart stands together with your community to make every day better. >> aft, making a difference every day. pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [applause] tavis: i have done these symposiums for years, and this is the first time in my 20-year career i have been blessed to moderate a panel of all women, and i will tell you this is the most difficult symposium my people have helped me produce. trying to get focused on this, trying to get media attention about this. when you put together a panel of experts, i have a few friends and industry. it is not so d

bless our sisters, secretary of labor, hilda solis, protector and guide her as we gathered daily affairs from her and the nation. was the leader of the california labor movement'. bless president obama, protect him as he leads the nation through these harsh economic times, and defend the historic health reform law that brought the quality to the uninsured. lord, hear the cry of the farm workers that are dying in the fields from sun heat, from poisonous pesticides, from injuries, from lack of health insurance, unemployment insurance, from a pension, from legalization in citizenship. bless the leadership of the united farmer is led by our brother, arturo rodriguez. give your embrace in the nonviolent struggle of the farm worker movement. plus the union that has won reforms of the agricultural labor relations act of 1935 in california, that brought an end to the use of a poison that -- poisonous pesticides. plus the farmworkers' children that are being exploited in the fields and who are not being educated by our schools. help us to liberate them from this burden, and bless the prophetic vo

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treasury secretary tim geithner, health and human services secretary kathleen is a beale yas and hilda solis. they release the report at 1:45 eastern with live coverage here on c-span3. the irs says that more than $300 billion in federal taxes go unpaid each year. and there is a growing problem of identity thieves filing fraudulent returns and collecting other people's refunds. several top irs officials testified before a house subcommittee last week for an hour and 45 minutes. >> that the tax code is extremely complex. this complexity makes it hard for taxpayers who honestly want to pay their taxes, to figure out what they actually owe. and as a result they can accidentally overpay or underpay. we must do more to understand the sources of the tax gap and compliance burdens so we can make progress and new solutions. we cannot close the tax gap by enforcement against the average american who is doing their best to comply with the tax laws. we all have to share the burden and do more and let us work to reform our tax code in a way that will help us collect more of the taxes that are owed but n

hilda solis. [applause] >> thank you. and good morning. bien venidos to all of you and especially to my brothers and sisters who have joined the convention. and i want to thank the rev. for that great introduction, and i also want to thank him for keeping it real. that is right, keep it real, reverend. [applause] i want to thank him for leaving the network in the spirit of the civil rights movement. but before i begin, i want to recognize every single person in this room and in attendance at this convention. that includes business leaders, community leaders, allies, advocates, and yes, my union brothers and sisters. and what i want to know is, is later in the house? [applause] and i want to thank you deeply for working alongside president barack obama and his administration. and i want to thank you for being the change agents you are, helping our communities day in and day out. i cannot tell you what a pleasure and honor it is to be with you this morning. the last time, as you know, i saw the rev. al, we were out marching. and i was proud

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. >> the announcement earlier today your heard from gene sperling and hilda solis. the program modeled in part but not completely on the georgia program allows those people who are out of network re-enter the workforce, take temporary jobs while still collecting unemployment benefits throws try out new jobs, see if they have the skill sets required and necessary for that job as a way to transition those people especially long term unemployed. ten states likely to take up this pilot program it was announced today, by the white house. this is "washington today" on c-span radio heard on the webb at c-span.org and heard coast to coast on channel 119. >> in some other news today speaking of unemployment the number of people seeking benefits suggesting that hiring is slowing. weekly applications dipped last week by 2,000 to a seasonally adjusted to 836,000 but loin after the department revised up the previous week's data. applications have started to tick up in recent weeks after months of steady declines. when applications fall below 375,000 suggests hiring is strong eno

i want to thank two key members of my cabinet who were here today, labor secretary hilda solis is inouse -- [applause] and u.s. trade representative ron kirk because the work really hard to make this happen. [applause] one way we have helped american business sell their products around the world is by calling out our competitors, making sure they are playing by the same rules. for example, we have brought trade cases against china at nearly twice the rate as the last administration. we just brought a new case last month. we set up a trade enforcement unit that is designed to investigate any questionable trade practices taking place anywhere in the world. we will take action whenever other countries are skirting the rules, breaking the rules, and putting our workers and businesses at an unfair position we will also make sure you have access to more customers. 95% of the world's consumers live outside our borders. we want them buying our products. i am willing to go anywhere in the world to open up new markets for american businesses. that is what i will be doing right after this visit

but first, we will hear from the labor secretary, hilda solis, who is here with us. [applause] >> i'm not secretary solis. [laughter] let's thank the panel and give them a hand. [applause] let me say it is probably no more important to us that the state where labor in this country is, and clearly, it's built -- its alliance with the right to movement in general and in particular. these saunders has a real commitment to reigniting -- leigh saunders has a real commitment to reuniting labor. so goes labor and so goes our community. everyone talks about the 1960's, but very few people realize that the 1960's would not have happened had we not had this alliance of labor and civil rights. this is why it is very important that we reestablished and realign that. also, i think the present administration under president obama has been very committed to that. i think that one of the first things we saw as a result of the 2010 election is that the right wing went after labor rights. the week ended in wisconsin and ohio and indiana, and when after public workers. they went after -

this may be an official white house event kicked off by valerie jarrett with kathleen sebelius and hilda solis. fits nicely into the obama's m campaign to use the white house to take advantage of a republican problem with women. team obama plans to jump on a chance to drive a wedge into republicans and women voters. rnc chairman reince priebus to a question on the gender gap -- >> the democrats, of course, say you're waging a -- the gop's waging a war on women. you don't agree with that. looking at the polls you have a gender gap problem. how big a problem is it? how do you close it? >> well, for one thing, you know, if the democrats said we had a war on caterpillars and every mainstream media outlet talked about the fact we have a war on caterpillars we'd have problems with caterpillars. the fact is it's a fiction. >> the obama campaign immediately shot back saying, quote, prince priebus' comparisons to limit women's access to mammograms and a war on caterpillars show how little regard including mitt romney have for women's health. that's not what reince priebus was equating to women's health

you have business leaders and a couple of cabinet secretaries and hilda solis, and attorney general eric holder. this will be really great. >> big deal. >> it is a big deal, but van, having been inside you know the spin for a lot of people will say this is the timing. it is so political. let's talk about women now. >> come on, if nothing else this white house has been consistent of throughout the entire three years of trying to fight for this crazy principle of liberty and justice for all. you know, i don't know why they're still out there, but there they are and once again, sticking up for liberty and justice for all. what are we going do with this crazy white house? this is not the first time they've done something for women and it won't be the last time and for veterans and every other part of the quilt that makes up america. >> you know, as we talk about women, the lack thereof at augusta national. that's been very interesting, krystal. as you know, it's going right now. the club does not admit women as we have the masters tournament being played here. both sides weighing in on that

and i want to thank two key members of my cabinet who are today, labor secretary hilda solis is in the house. and u.s. trade representative ron kirk because they worked really hard to make this happen. now, one of the ways that we've helped american business sell their products around the world is bill calling out our competitors making assure they're playing by the same rules. for example, we've brought trade cases against china at nearly twice the rate as the last administration. we just brought a new case last month and we've set up a trade enforcement unit that's designed to investigate any questionable trade practices taking place anywhere in the world. see, we're going to take action whenever other countries are skirting the rules, breaking the rules, and putting our workersen an our businesses at an unfair position. and we're also going to make sure that you've got access 0 more customers. 95% of the world's consumers live outside our borders. we want them buying our products. and i'mal to go anywhere in the world to open up new markets for american businesses. in fact, that's w

one of those was labor secretary hilda solis who she wanted to talk to about child farm workers. so a real mix here. all kinds of people that we got a chance to speak with, including our own piers morgan, who brought goldie hawn as a guest. let's listen to what they had to say. >> this is a big night. a special night. and a very kind of perky night. a weird mix of people. what do you think makes the -- >> wait a minute. there's nothing weird about this mix. this is hollywood glamour at its very best. and me. >> quirky too. i'll give you quirky. we're an unlikely couple, aren't we? >> i don't think quirky is the right word. i think disparate souls thrown together by hollywood glamour. >> so what are you guys most looking forward to tonight? what do you think makes it special? >> goldie? >> wow. what makes it special? well, first of all, personally, i'm home. this is where i was born and raised. secondly, i'm interested tonight to see what the writing's going to be in terms of the comedy. this is a fun night. it's a funny night. it's a time when everyone becomes human and there's r

it's my honor to present to you now the honorable hilda solis. [applause] >> thank you.hank you reverend. thank you. and good morning. especially to my brothers and sisters here in the labor movement, as all of you for joining us here at the national action network convention. and i want to thank the reverend for that great introduction and want to thank them especially for keeping it real. because that is right, keeping it real, reverend, keeping it real. [applause] i want to thank you for getting the network in the spirit of the civil rights movement, but before i began i also want to recognize every single person in the room that is here in attendance at this convention. that includes business leaders, community leaders, allies, advocates, and yes, my union brothers and sisters. and i want to know is labor in the house? is labor in the house? [applause] and i want to thank you all so deeply for working alongside president barack obama, and his administration. and i want to thank you -- [applause] yes, thank you. thank you for being the change agents that you are helpi

we have been joined so far by kathleen sebelius as well as hilda solis. we have been joined by the education secretary arne duncan. we were joined on wednesday by the family of trayvon martin as the news was broken. >> good morning. thank you. i would ask that as they come, they come in quietly. many of you around the country, we thank you for your meetings. we wanted to start on time. we're very happy that all of us have the time from the schedule. let me introduce the panel as they are seated. of what is to be clear. i am a firm moderator. i am not going to let you go from the subjects. this is a very serious subject for all of us. that is how we deal with the issue of race during this year where we deal with the issues but not in a way that would polarize the country in an eerie parable way. we do not want to explain it to the point where there is a disrepair in the country that we all have to live with. i want to see many of you particularly our southwest d.c. people involved in the early days of the trayvon movement. and into the kind of polarizing i

hilda solis. [applause] >> thank you. and good morning. bien venidos to all of you and especially to my brothers and sisters who have joined the action that workmen -- convention. and i want to thank the rev. for that great introduction, and i also want to thank him for keeping it real. that is right, keep it real, reverend. [applause] i want to thank him for leaving the network in the spirit of the civil rights movement. but before i begin, i want to recognize every single person at this room -- in this room and in attendance at this convention. that includes business leaders, community leaders, allies, advocates, and yes, my union brothers and sisters. and what i want to know is, is later in the house? [applause] and i want to thank you deeply for working alongside president barack obama and his administration. and i want to thank you for being the change agents you are, helping our communities day in and day out. i cannot tell you what a pleasure and honor it is to be with you this morning. the last time, as you know, i saw the rev. al,

i want to recognize my outstanding secretary of labor held us a -- hilda solis. [applause] and think of you for coming. i came here for a simple reason. in an economy that is so recover from the worst financial crisis and the worst economic crisis of our lifetimes, the work that's going on here couldn't be more important. i need to business owners all the time who want to higher in the united states but they can't always find the workers with the right skills. you've got a growing industries in science and technology and twice as many openings as we have workers that can do the job. that makes no sense. opening a time there still lot of americans including some on the stage for looking for work. so, we've got to do a better job training more people for the skills for the business they are looking for. what i met with manufacturers a while back, they said it's starting to make economic sense to bring jobs back to ohio, back to michigan, bring jobs back to bill inouye and ali alatas and indiana because even if labor costs are lower, the workers are better here and

please welcome our labor secretary, hilda solis. >> one of the things that the president did was help provide funding to provide support and a safety net for all of these possibilities. the emphasis here. education and training is what the key is here. it is about jobs. let's make sure that young people have opportunities. what we have seen is more participation on the part of one man because they have fallen out of the work force. they have been stagnated and part of their wages. they still have the 80 cents on the dollar. it gets harder when it is a minority women. our efforts have been tried to pick more people back into new kinds of jobs. it is also stretching our imagination. it is fitting funding and did things that did not exist. i have to give that to the folks who gave funding. now is that the time to put away that safety net. there folks in washington that like to see us go back. . 50 million more women are taking a advantage of our work forces. that tells me that we have a long way to go. when the to make sure be incentivize tax breaks so we can create jobs and allow for in

please welcome our labor secretary, hilda solis. [applause] >> thank you.'d like to begin by saying that one of the things that the president did can, president barack obama as soon as he got into office was help provide funding to help provide support, a safety net for all these vulnerable populations, particularly women of color and children. and the emphasis there was to try to provide a network of services through department of labor, work force investment training because education and training is really what the key is here. it's about jobs, j-o-b, get a job. let's help people get a job. let's make sure that young people have opportunities. and in this recovery what we've seen is more participation on the part of women because they've fallen out of the work force. they have been stagnant in terms of their wages. there's still that gap. we still have the 80 cents on the daughter per male -- dollar per male, and it gets harder when it's minority women. for latinas it's 60, and for native americans probably a lot wider. but i would say that our efforts h

which labor secretary hilda solis addressed the fact that some americans are still leaving the labor force shows we can not rest on our laurels that the u.s. must invest in community colleges and job training programs. that news from the associated press. you can find a link to the employment report on our website, c-span.org. with the u.s. senate on break this week and next we're featuring "book tv" in prime time here on c-span2. the book festival starting at 8:00 eastern. the story of the u.s. army's first blind active duty officer. then at 8:50, this burning land. lessons from the front lines of the transformed israeli-palestinian conflict. at 9:40, empire of the summer moon. the rise and fall of the comanchees, the most powerful indian tribe in american history. "book tv" in prime time all this week and next here on c-span2. >> i've always said that some of these guys, i don't know you but you may be the same type have a little bit of a reverse personality. when things are really, really good they can be unmanageable. [laughter] and when things are really, really bad, they're cal

please welcome our labor secretary, hilda solis. >> one of the things that the president did was help provide funding to provide support and a safety net for all of these possibilities. the emphasis here. education and training is what the key is here. it is about jobs. let's make sure that young people have opportunities. what we have seen is more participation on the part of one man because they have fallen out of the work force. they have been stagnated and part of their wages. they still have the 80 cents on the dollar. it gets harder when it is a minority women. our efforts have been tried to pick more people back into new kinds of jobs. it is also stretching our imagination. it is fitting funding and did things that did not exist. i have to give that to the folks who gave funding. now is that the time to put away that safety net. there folks in washington that like to see us go back. . 50 million more women are taking a advantage of our work forces. that tells me that we have a long way to go. when the to make sure be incentivize tax breaks so we can create jobs and allow for in

you know, secretary of labor hilda solis often tells the story she's in nicaragua mexican and also first-generation of her family to ever reach high school and go on to college. and when she was in high school, her final year of high school, she went to see an adviser, you know, a counselor and said i have dreams of going on to college and universities and maybe postgrad coming and the advisor, the counselor of the high school said listen, you are a young latino, focus on being a secretary. i always tell her at least she listened to the counselor because she is the secretary. [laughter] but, i say that story because a lot of things we talk about, federal, state, local, if in the schools and in the school system there are people that have the sensitivity about issues of fighting stereotypes the student's challenge their challenged independent of their intelligence, if there is even a sensitivity, you know, maybe the person or 90%, who knows what percentage of the kids are told be a secretary lose faith in the future and to indian drop. so all of these structures lsat scores and organizations of chan

[applause] secretary hilda solis. [applause] randi weingarten. sheryl wudunn and dr. julianne malveaux. [applause] let me ask you to thanked wpi for chairing this life in new york. is thanked wpi please. and c-span. [applause] and pbs. and me. a with a senate out of session this week its booktv in prime-time here on c-span2 with a look at u.s. senators. tonight starting at 8:30 p.m. eastern former pennsylvania senator arlen specter on his autobiography, life among the cannibals. >> the aclu has believed for some time that police departments around the country are tracking people cell phones on a routine basis, often without getting a warrant based on probable cause. >> four years ago i was a washington outsider. four years later, i am at this dinner. [laughter] four years ago i looked like this. today i look like this. [laughter] and four years from now, i will look like this. [laughter] [applause] that is not even funny. >> mr. president do you remember when the country rallied around you in hopes of a better tomorrow? that was hilarious. [laughter] that was your bes

. >> we have been joined thus far by kathleen sebelius, the health and human secretary as was hilda solis the secretary of labor. and we will be joined today by the secretary of housing, shaun donovan. and we been joined by the education secretary, arne duncan. and certainly, we were joined on wednesday by the family of trayvon martin, as the news was broken that george zimmerman was behind bars for. [applause] we do not have much time today, so we're going to get right into it. and without further ado i'd like to bring forth the president and founder of national action network, reverend doctor al sharpton. [applause] >> all right, good morning, and again, thank you. we are pulling people from the practices, but i would ask as they came and they come in quietly. many of you, we thank you, because we want to start on time and we must end on time. we are very happy that all of our panelists took time from their scheduled to be with us this morning. let me introduce the panel, as they are seated. let me first say that this, and i want is to be real clear, i'm moderating this so you all know

i want to thank two key members of my cabinet who were here today, labor secretary hilda solis is inse -- [applause] and u.s. trade representative ron kirk because the work really hard to make this happen. [applause] one way we have helped american business sell their products around the world is by calling out our competitors, making sure they are playing by the same rules. for example, we have brought trade cases against china at nearly twice the rate as the last administration. we just brought a new case last month. we set up a trade enforcement unit that is designed to investigate any questionable trade practices taking place anywhere in the world. we will take action whenever other countries are skirting the rules, breaking the rules, and putting our workers and businesses at an unfair position we will also make sure you have access to more customers. 95% of the world's consumers live outside our borders. we want them buying our products. i am willing to go anywhere in the world to open up new markets for american businesses. that is what i will be doing right after this visit t

you know, secretary of labor hilda solis off tells the story, she's -- often tells the story, she's the first generation in her family to ever reach high school and go on to college. and when she was in high school, her final year in high school she went to see an adviser, you know? counselor. and said i have treatments of going on -- i have dreams of going on to college and university and maybe postbrad, and the adviser, the counselor at the high school said, listen, you're a young latina, focus on being a secretary. i always tell her at least she listened to the counselor because she's secretary -- [laughter] but, but i say that story because a lot of the things we talk about federal, state, local if in the schools and in the school systems there aren't people that have the sensitivity about issues of fighting stereotypes and some of the vicissitudes that our students challenge -- face that are challenges independent of their intelligence, if there isn't a sensitivity, you know, maybe 80% or 90 have been % or who knows what percentage of the kids that are told be a secretary lose fait