my conversation with hilda solis. >> where is the innovation. >> the answer may surprise you, where young people are headed to look for jobs. "the wall street journal report" begins right now. >>> this is america's mber one financial news program. "the wall street journal report." now, maria bartiromo. >>> first, though, let's get to bill griffith with a look at the stories making headlines th week, bill? >>> thanks maria, here are stories making news as we head into a new week on wall street of the it is summertime, but will the living be easy? central bankers from arnd the world are meeting in jackson hole, wyoming, they're waiting %o hear whether or not federal during his speech, he said he would not rule out fed would act to predict growth as needed. it was a slow week for the markets, untiltly up, showing a annualized growth rate of 7.1%'s not enough to meaningfully lower the unemployment rate the case price index shows that prices rose in june from the artly link of more than 90% of the oil production in the gulf was shut down because of hurricane isaac. and of course,e are in the p

my discussion on the work and the work force with labor secretary, hilda solis.uilding better jobs with better wages. how the office, benefits and careers of future may come from reinventing our oldest neighbors. let's take a look at how the stock market ended the week. back in a moment. two years ago, the people of bp made a commitment to the gulf. and every day since, we've worked hard to keep it. bp has paid over twenty-three billion dollars to help people and businesses who were affected, and to cover cleanup costs. today, the beaches and gulf are open for everyone to enjoy -- and many areas are reporting their best tourism seasons in years. we've shared what we've learned with governments and across the industry so we can all produce energy more safely. i want you to know, there's another commitment bp takes just as seriously: our commitment to america. bp supports nearly two-hundred-fifty thousand jobs in communities across the country. we hired three thousand people just last year. bp invests more in america than in any other country. in fact, over the las

hablar en un foro sobre soluciones, alternativas y proyectos que ya se han venido implementando hilda solísecretaria de trabajo "todos los jóvenes también a los de mayor edad si quieren buscar un trabajo o buscar un trabajo" y es que la comunidad latina tiene un gran poder represent ativo en la fuerza laboral mark hugo lópez director asoc. centro pew "los latinos representan el 16 por ciento de toda la población estadounidense en el mercado laboral es mas de 15 por ciento" el departamento de trabajo, apoyado por la administracio Ón del presidente obama, ha implementado varios programas enfocados en los jÓvenes por ejemplo con un soporte de 2 billones de dÓlares para implementar capacitaciÓn entre centros estudiantiles conocidos como college y los pequeÑos empresarios hilda solís secretaria de trabajo "pueden ir a nuestras oficinas tenemos computadoras donde ellos pueden usar esto saber a donde quedan estos trabajos a donde se pueden preparar y también para obtener entrenamiento muchas veces son gratis pagados por el gobierno federal" el seÑor francisco es un ejemplo de esto, al verse sin em

hilda solis, secretaria del trabajo el presidente esta muy claro que quiere apoyar los derechos de lalmente en esas decisiones de su cuerpo, pero mucho mas en su salud. que ella tenga acceso a los examenes de todo, para que ella se pueda cuidar y para su familia tambien. la postura de ambos partidos sobre que hacer sobre los indocumentados es otro de los temas en que ambos partidos difieren en sus plataformas electorales. esta concejal y delegada de philadelphia dice a pesar de todo eso no hay mas opcion que el presidente. maria quinones sanchez, delegada de pennsylvania para mi seria muy importante que el presodmete obama confirme el exito que ha tenido y mas importante porque los latinos, para nosotros es la unica opcion. los republicanos por su lado indicaron que el discurso del presidente sera muy bueno en oratoria pero que dejara muchas sin mencionar.ted cruz, n o al senado en texas no vamos a ver al presidente hablar del hecho que desde que asumio la deuda nacional era de 10 millones de millones de dolares y ahora es de 16. como en 3 anos la deuda nacional aumento 60%. standup:

then, labor secretary hilda solis defends the administration with a labor day interview on women and jobs. hello, i'm bonnie erbe. welcome to "to the contrary," a discussion of news and social trends from diverse perspectives. up first, battling for the women's vote. president obama and the democrats soon have their week in the spotlight. among other things it's their chance to respond to this week's charges by republican presidential candidate mitt romney and gop convention speakers. one prominent goal at the gop convention was to narrow the looming gender gap. >> when my mom ran for the senate my dad was there for her every step of the way. i can still see her say in her beautiful voice "why should women have any less say than men about the great decisions facing our nation?" [ cheers and applause ] >> toward that end an array of female gop luminaries took turns promoting the romney/ryan ticket as good for women, especially mothers. they want to change the campaign focus from women's right back to the economy and push back against the so-called republican war on women. >> it's a my

we are honored to be joined after monday after the friday jobs report by our labor secretary hilda solisi'm doing good. so you must have been disappointed with the 96,000 number. >> well, you can view it as we're still healing. we still have a need to target more investments and one of which you know the american jobs act the president keeps talking about passing the proposal to create infrastructure projects and putting firefighters and teachers back to work and also cutting taxes for the middle class. >> bill: there were jobs gained in one sector and lost in another sector right? >> yes, and we continue to see growth, for example, in the professions and business category. and for a 12-month period we already added 576,000. 34,000,000 added in leadership and hospitality. and health care and leisure and hospitality they added about 22,000 jobs together. we are on the right track, but we need to have cooperation. but this year alone we have added over 1.2 million jobs and on an average each month we have added about 300,000 jobs. >> bill: absolutely the private sector continues to add job

joining me now is hilda solis, secretary of labor.or coming on the show tonight. >> how are you? and happy former labor day. and it's great to come off the convention. wasn't it great, reverend? >> i thought it was a great convention. let me get to this point about jobs. it's been one year since the president presented the american jobs act. the unemployment report today proved that we still are in a tough climate. but where would we have been had the gop passed that bill? >> it would have been a million jobs added. obviously right now with the rate of unemployment ticked down, we could have had it lower if we could put a million people back to work in infrastructure jobs, construction, but also putting teachers back to work, firefighters, and also modernize our schools and highways in our infrastructure. it's a proposal that republicans have previously supported. so what we would like to say is we want the public to notify members of congress. the gridlocking has been the members of congress. we need to say, look, it's not about what

we have my friend and your friend, our secretary of labor, hilda solis in the crowd. we have your outstanding usw president in the house. and the president of the national association of education. we have some working people in the house here. to everybody who is working hard each and every day, happy labor day. happy labor day. now -- >> [inaudible] >> t hank you. fell free to take a seat. i have some things to say. for those of you who do not have a seat, make sure to bend your knees a little bit. we do not want you thinking. if folks stand too long a drop off. -- t hey drop off. we are on our way to our convention in charlotte this week. i wanted to stop here to spend this day with you. a day that a lot to the working men and women of america. teachers and factory workers, construction workers and students and families and small business owners. i know we have some proud auto workers in the house. after all, it is working folks like you who bought for jobs and opportunity for generations. it is working people like you who helped delay the cornerstone of middle-cla