assistance that costs taxpayers seven billion dollars a year--a point illinois congresswoman jan schakowski commented on, last week. "it means that the walmarts and such as riverside county calfornia are finally getting drenched! trader todd horwitz of average joe options joins us now. he's also watching the situation in the ukraine and russia. will it have and effect on the stock market or perhaps the oil market. > >i think when you take a look at the ukraine situation as far as the stock market is concerned, i think it will have no effect. it may effect their market but i think our market it won't bother. however the price of oil has been telling us for 4 weeks that there was issues to be dealt with and this situation in the ukraine could keep prices artificially pumped up here. > >what do you think about some of these retail stocks? target had a great day yesterday. abercrombie and fitch did too. would you be a buyer? > >i think you have to be a seller basically across the board but especially in retail. as we continue to fight for jobs and we continue to see higher prices at the pump an

joining me now is congress woman jan schakowsky, democrat of illinois.or being here tonight, congress woman. >> thank you. >> congress woman, you only need 20 republicans to sign on to force a vote on the minimum wage. what do you expect? >> we feel confident if the vote were called that we would have those 20 republicans to pass a raise of $10.10 an hour which isn't going to make anybody rich but certainly would give 25 million americans a raise right now. but john boehner so far is unwilling to give us a vote. so now as of this minute over 150 members of the democratic caucus have signed this discharge petition to force john boehner into giving us a vote. now we will have to put pressure when we get all the democrats to just get the 20 republicans to say yes, just give us a vote. let democracy work. >> you know, when i look at this, there is no question, none, that the american people want to raise the minimum wage. here is one, democrats, independents, republicans, whites, blacks, hispanics, college grads, non-college grads, those who make more and le

chairman i don't have any information to that effect excuse me later in the hearing congresswoman jan schakowsky asked for evidence of a snowed in russia connection she was told that was best discussed in a classified hearing also during the hearing chairman rogers suggested that journalists who are handling the snowden documents are breaking the law though he was unable to get the director of the f.b.i. james komi to agree with that assertion so if i'm a newspaper reporter for fill in the blank and i sell stolen material is that legal because i'm a newspaper reporter. right if you're a newspaper reporter and you're hocking stolen jewelry it's still a crime and if i'm a hocking stolen classified material that i'm not legally in possession of for personal gain and profit is that not a crime. i think that's a harder question because it involves a news gathering function could have first amendment implications that's something that probably you better answered by the department of justice the issue of targeted drone killings came up as well with representative adam schiff calling for an annual repo

jan schakowsky from his own state is firmly opposed to the change. >> one out of three social security beneficiaries rely on it for 90% or more of their income. it really means about 14 weeks of food for a person 75 years old. this is real money. >> white house press secretary jay carney said the offer is still on the table if republicans match it with some tax revenue. >> this was a give as part of a give and take. >> carney blames republicans, particularly john boehner, for not accepting what mr. obama calls a grand bargain. and he said mr. obama has done a lot without the bargain. >> under this president the deficit has come down faster than at any time since world war ii. the deficit is meeting the target of being cut by half and then some. >> much of the savings were forced by republicans and congressman price said the real problem is continued borrowing. >> american people know you can't reduce the deficits and debt until you balance the budget. >> mr. obama's decision is seen as an effort to help democrats preserve control of the senate and perhaps gain seats in the house, but s

thank you, now recognize the ranking member, jan schakowsky from eleanor. >> thank you. just a quick question to mr. russo. i think you do good work but you aren't suggesting that we shouldn't act as a congress, are you, in order to set some standards to? know. i think the are plenty things that can be done, not the least of which is law enforcement and information sharing. >> i understand the i'm asking really a yes or no question. are you suggesting that it is inappropriate or unnecessary for congress to act on standards, et cetera? >> not at all. i have no opinion in that area. >> i want to ask you, mr. kingston, you discovered the breach in turn? >> -- >> we live the rest of the string to go live to the pentagon for a press briefing with defense secretary chuck hagel. you can see the rest of this briefing, this hearing on line at c-span.org. this began just a couple of minutes ago. >> national recognized strategic thinker, practitioner on national security. as well as budgeting, technology, military affairs. retired marine corps officer, he's an admired and tested le

jan schakowsky is the vice chair of the steering and policy committee and a champion on women's issues as you know from the state of illinois. joyce beatty a new member of congress who has championed this issue with the administration and in her own state of ohio. you'll be hearing some singing from michelle lujan from new mexico freshman member who will be dominant in our film and judy chu of california's here of the asian-pacific caucus of the house and a strong advocate for when women succeed america succeeds. with that i thank you again for being here. at lunch we presented what we are going to present to you two are members. it was not only advocacy for what we are doing, it's a case study on how on an issue that this popularity we are using traditional press. rosa will talk about 16,000 person teleconference as well as social media. so with that show we play it again? >> you have something extraordinary. >> this valentine's day instead of being treated special let's be treated equal. asked was christina aguilera says what a girl wants, what a real needs is equal pay for equal wor