the reality is, lots of labor unions have had an impact. working-class workers.eople below the 50%. >> i will jump in on that. -- yuval, jump in on that terrific >> both parties have been ignoring key realities of the 21st century. finding excuses to advance the agenda as they are used to. a lot of the economic debates have looked like that. the attempt -- they attempt to look at the america of the late 20th century and make that america work. one of the important things that has changed in the century, the last 15 or 20 years, the beginning of a change not just in the economy but also the culture and media. a change from large institutions running things together to smaller networks enabling people to succeed. it is a long-term trend in american life. when we have not grown accustomed to currently think of america in terms of large institutions. big government, big media, working together. success looks like navigating them successfully. that is not the america we live in now. when a young person comes out of college and thinks about a career trajectory, that pe

and i know myself, i've been involved in labor unions where over the course of -- they've had to try to determine in other context well how much money is attributable -- if take out $75 from your membership dues or let's say twice a month. the mailer that went out, that's $100,005 $10,000, and 5 thousand numbers. speaker: at one point or other, may because -- over the course of a year or a year and a half, reach up to that hundred dollar disclosure threshold. and so with the exception of political parties and their members, there's no jurisdiction at the federal and state level that requires this disclosure of membership donations from member communications. probably given sort of the -- i would imagine the right of association. and our experience, it's mostly labor unions so most of the time, you're going to know, maybe not the individual who reached that $100 threshold, but you're going to know sort of the people who are the players who are sending out the mail. so i hope that makes sense. speaker: yes, it does. thank you. speaker: thank you. should we open it up to public comment?

constantly protesting against them. >> let the protests happen now. >> the combo of the labor unions and the government this is all walmart's spin they weren't brought in to. the stock went down because of it. this is a dangerous president when government and unions work together, which they are, the yy are working very close. but when they have a company do this that's almost fascism. but i feel bad for walmart workers, but here's the compelling part of this. there's no -- we don't have a need for unskilled labor. they don't have to raise the minimum wage here. they were raising it for one reason and one reason only. the government. >> so you don't -- >> i believe their turnover -- >> i believe they are losing in this because being a walmart shopper, when you go in and they have problems with turnover people don't know where anything is in the store. >> i think if they can't train another guy to fold shirts, i mean think about this. >> ben stein? >> charles with all due respect, it is documented that walmart is having trouble finding skilled or semi-skilled workers. there is a short

, and workers that are not in labor unions varies city departments and operation and muni and bart as well as others from our taxi industry to the tnc with a intensify to improve late night transportation we were able to engage the city transportation authority we needed the expertise around transportation i want to thank liz from the ta for her terrific work and others as well on the important subject so the plan as you'll hear with the working group will make a presentation makes a number of recommendations i am excluding to expand the late night serve we're seeing progress with the bart transit and muni express transbay bus from oakland and beyond and also hear burglary muni i didn't see plan for the offer night service and the report also recommendations you'll hear requesting that bart and other studies for the operational constraint important the longer rail hours and the rail infrastructure needs to operate twenty-four hour service excluding the transbay dubious and creating a pilot for the improvements to improve the safety and comfortable of all night traefltz to install r

many labor unions know it. they say it is a lifeline for america's workers. of the overwhelming majority of the american people know it as well. do the right thing. sign this bill and help us create more jobs in america and create a healthier economy. >> on behalf of the 3 million people i represent, i want to thank you for your tenacity in not giving up on this. we are excited to be at this point. we urge the president of the united states to put our men and women back to work across the length of this pipeline as soon as possible. we urge the president to sign the bill. thank you. >> the new majority is getting congress back to work for the american people. the passing of bipartisan jobs and an infrastructure bill represents another step along that path. i would like to recognize a few members who made that possible. first is the bills namesake. he has literally been a warrior on this issue. he joined alliances across the aisle. no matter how long it took he never gave up. he never doubted that common sense would eventually prevail in the senate. then there

labor unions sued and on monday they won. his own law and was obligated to contribute to the system. it's remained to be seen how he will respond. this issue that helped christie to gain national prominence may hurt his viability as a presidential candidate. one issue, two governors, what does it mean for their political futures? joining me now is senator turner. and the executive director of u.s. action. fred it looks like mr. walker is doing well among republicans hopefuls. it's still early. does that strike fear in the heart of labor and of labor unions around the country? >> i u think you see both governors. they are so blinded by political ambition. they will do anything. chris christie is willing to break the law. scott walker is willing to enact policies that will bring down wages in his state. and what he said this week at cpac it really actually is worse than we thought. he really has disdain for workers in wisconsin. and he hasn't apologized. he hasn't retracted his statement, and i think he should. he should apolog

i've written three books about the rise and fall of the labor unions. just turned 57 and grew up in detroit. both my grandfathers worked for ford. i grandfather on my dad's side was one of the first union reps. my uncle was a teamster. my other uncle was in no right. -- a middle right. i look at the evolution of the labor unions and after world war ii, the guys that came back used the unions. it was a sweet fdr creating all these laws. you have a group of people that becomes the labor union. 35% of the workforce. that labor union was in place until the mid-70's. the vietnam war ends. all of the anger from the country goes away. then comes globalization. now you have 35% of the workforce, 1% of the population that controls nothing. we are number one in the world in education and health care infrastructure. labor unions collapsed because when the vietnam war ended, all of the anger left the country. that was a catalyst of keeping the link that labor unions together. 1% has 57% of the wealth. you have rogue states in this country stealing money from the res

labor. these are called the palmer raids. they physically go to union halls in 1919, the early 1920's and round up people on suspicion of labor radicalism and agitation and the end of the porting a number of them. the palmer raids. the palmer raids were led by this general intelligence division palmer created, led by this zealous young investigator j. edgar hoover. his endless career is just getting started. ok. so, when we look at the labor unrest of 1919, we have to remember -- where were the workers coming from? we know because we talked about this. the workers were african-americans at this time seeking to make real the promises woodrow wilson had set forward in bringing the united states into war. going to make the world safe for democracy. from the workers' perspective this meant more democracy in the workplace. in the context of 1919, the overriding fears have just become too much. too many other americans, race riots in the city, violent strikes, feminism, the fear of bolshevism, these all seem to indicate we have entered frightening times after

day, however there is in our school district a calendar committee that is come appraised off our labor unions and our calendar committee felt that because president's day falls on the same week as another holiday nevertheless of less interruption for students we'll combine them and celebrate them on thursday, february 19th and friday february 20th so although official presidents days is monday february 16th we'll be in school and observe thursday and friday of next week i want to remind the public there's posting on the website and everyone should be given that information through their school sites as well. >> commissioner murphy and commissioner mendoza-mcdonnell. >> so february 19th is the chinese new year i want to wish everyone a happy new year. >> commissioner mendoza-mcdonnell. >> thank you so i wanted to acknowledge a couple of things so google and the ymca filled a packed house at the theatre another showing of selling missouri ma with a group of folks that did a panel that included the naacp and it was we had a young person from the high school that was there representing shows a so

. >> that being said the communications and media labor union released a video today saying governornsion solution may hurt new jersey. >> it is not enough to live off of. >> after the gov.'s remarks at a moment moment to speak with the lieutenant-governor i want to no her thoughts and asked her if she thought she might inherit these problems if she becomes governor. >> were not running for governor right now. were trying to fix the problems today. >> for all my updates you can follow me on twitter @chasingronica. >> here at the 2015 budget address at the statehouse. i am joined by jim mcsweeney. we we will talk with a few of the assembly people. >> i'm not matching your attire. you are dressed for a glamorous occasion. this budget all you really arguing about is five pages. pages. the rest is mandated spending by law. this is what all the fury will be about for the next three or four months. >> well, well we we will see if we can get a little humor out of this. >> a very dark situation. the the state is broke. >> a lot of people here today said he would not be in the shape if we wer

prosecutions for five members of a military unit for hacking into companies and a labor union to many steal state secrets. >> today we know the real names beings behind the boards in shanghai. this is not something the global economic community should tolerate. >> the nickname dota is the same results. >> 1592993,. >> the chinese government has denied any involvement in such activity. but a 2011 documentary aired by chinese state television set showed how they could attack a website in the u.s. hosted by the f rarvetionlun-gong religion alunun-gong religious sect. tom ackerman, al jazeera washington. >> after decades collecting dust in a rural garage in france, 60 vintage cars will go under the hammer. collectors are eager to get their hands on aging beauties. >> auctioneers have described it as the discovery of tutenkhamen's tomb. now they're being sold for millions of dollars. >> the collectors are really looking for these kind of cars in this kind of state. people who are passionate about cars often in museum, people who are ready to take on a big restoration job. >> in the collect

so and we are also reaching out to the labor unions and the labor communities and the building trade and they are really concerned about union jobs, local jobs, california jobs, things like that. and this gets the heart of this is the not to exceed rate which we already know and the staff acknowledged in last week's or this week's sf puc hearing, we know what that rate is. it's the same and the pg & e brown power rate and it's essential that we set up the process in the not to exceed rate and ask the sf puc staff and sf puc to send it to the rate fairness board right now, not in may, but right now because then we have and then get the sf puc and board to adopt that as soon as possible because then we can take that to the community and say, this is it. it's on paper. this is the rate. right now we are only hearing it verbably in hearings and it's not good enough and for the jobs piece, we need this timeline and it's not in there and we need this is to start out sooner and we need another rate set. >> commissioners, jed holsman. i want to thank the sf puc staff. we were at the hearing o

labor council on behalf of director tim paul's on. he's not here. he's in minnesota. we represent over 1,000 workers and unions and we are in support of this project. this site is in its pivotal role and it's history. the club works with the labor community to honor this great rich history. our interest in this is to see the vibrant part of our community once again. we feel the current project does that. thank you for your time. >>supervisor london breed: thank you very much, next speaker, please. >> my name is robbie schwartz. i have a 46-year relationship with the ilw. a couple books on the union. i think it's a misconception that should be cleared up that the cl ub is against preserving the legacy of 1934, the legacy of the building in that triek t -- strike and the legacy of harry bridges. they consider this to be an asset and the club's purchasing. the building is an opportunity to get the unions history out there. the secretary of treasure of the international is also a member of the board of commissioners. he called me, he says, these people called us. they called us first. they want our input. we met w

that is important to me is the integrated pest management and we talked about -- i represent the labor union and we had 3 of them show up at that commission at that commission meeting and those chemicals are something that we really want people to apply well there's a lot of different state state state licensure and hopefully something will come fairly quickly and i'm open to discussing those items in greater detail. >> thank you. >> very good. >> thank you commissioner and president. >> okay. is there any other new business? seeing none this meeting is adjourned at 3: 29 p.m. >> >> >> all right. is this cyc? make some noise. cyc. [speaking foreign language] is cyc here? yeah. community love right here. [speaking foreign language] hey good job, good job. smile, smile. it's not that heavy. you make cyc proud, the community. oh yes. all right. i don't know if they're going to fit on stage. you know i wish your captain were here. oh there he is. captain. one of my old favorites. commander is here too. [speaking foreign language] >> okay. i think the mayor should go first so sisters and brothers

business groups and labor unions. even president bill clinton and president bush agree, this is something that needs to be done. news outlets from bloomberg to the "the washington post" to "u.s.a. today." they all say build it. "u.s.a. today" gets it right. they say, on the merits, the obama administration should long ago have said yes. but the white house seems to have been paralyzed by its fear of angering our ally, canada, or infuriating the democratic environmentalists if it says yes. it's way past time to say yes. president obama must say yes to new jobs, he must say yes to bipartisanship. he must say yes to good government. he must say yes to america. and he must say yes to the keystone x.l. pipeline. it's long past due, my friends. let's move america forward. let's become energy self-sustaining and let's be the leader in the world when it comes to energy. this debate is way past time and the thought that we shouldn't do it now because the oil market is down, my goodness. nothing could be further from the truth.

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back to work for california with a tentative deal between the labor union and management crews they are getting back up to speed. it took nine months to decide on the agreement. in that time of port scan to standstill. one expert said he was losing millions of dollars a day. tomorrow morning is the first day of full work at the ports but it could take months to clear the 30 port backlog. a major cross-country ski race canceled due to lack of snow. it is the third time that the event has been canceled. the 18 points and 6-mile ski race between tahoe city was scheduled for march /1 but it is nearly 40 years that the event has been canceled once prior to 2010 but now officials say it looks like it is becoming a trends. meanwhile seeing some son today the dry weather is persisting. we are here with the forecast tonight know that we need to hold our breath for rain. >> a couple of showers should get close but not quite in the same system could bring snow to this theory although it does not look like a lot of snow in the lake tahoe area. san francisco mostly clear and breezy and that storm sy

i have seen america from the sports box as a sportscaster, as an actor, an officer of my labor union, a soldier, and both as a democrat and republican. i've lived in an america where those who often had to little to eat outnumbered those who had enough. there have been four wars in my lifetime. i've also seen the great strength of this nation. as it pulled itself up from that ruined to become the dominant force in the world. to me, our country is a living, breathing presence. proud of its own success generous, and naive. sometimes wrong. never mean. always impatient to provide a better life for people in a framework of a sixth fairness and freedom. someone once said that difference between an american and any kind of person is that an american lives and into his vision of the future because he knows it will be a great place. other people fear the future, as just a reputation -- repetition of past failures. there's a lot of truth in that. and if there is one thing that we are sure of it is that history may not be re-lives. man is capable of improving his circumstances beyond what we ar

that is important to me is the integrated pest management and we talked about -- i represent the labor union and we had 3 of them show up at that commission at that commission meeting and those chemicals are something that we really want people to apply well there's a lot of different state state state licensure and hopefully something will come fairly quickly and i'm open to discussing those items in greater detail. >> thank you. >> very good. >> thank you commissioner and president. >> okay. is there any other new business? seeing none this meeting is adjourned at 3: 29 p.m. >> >> 3, 2, 1 (clapping). >> (clapping) good afternoon, everybody let's rise let's have a revolution. (clapping.) i'm here with many of our sisters that are going to welcome you to to and welcome to is revolution today not yesterday not tomorrow today. >> (clapping). >> in february we rise in country hundreds of countries around the world to show wasn't one boil women and girls looks like we want to shine a light we want to shine a light on the impunity and i think justice that survivors and offenders often face we're

it's one of the shocking stories of this whole thing, the degree to which the labor unions haven taped a constant pattern of resistance, of strikes, every effort to get the wartime economy geared up and straightened out. and knudsen knows this, from the very beginning, that this is going to be a challenge he's going to have to face. in the end he calculates that probably 25% of production was lost as a result of union resistance to changes in the workplace, changes in rules about union membership that flowed out of the shift. all the same, knudsen still believes that he can do the job that roosevelt has put in front of him. because knudsen understands that once you set american businesses off in a direction, give them a task to do, give them something that they need to produce here that they will be able to deliver under those sorts of conditions, that business can go and produce any number of different kinds of things, even things that they've never made before. and, also, too, that american engineers love a challenge. and so the idea of not only producing new kinds of fabulous weapon

since then it's appreciated -- they worked it out to get better concession from the labor unions. it's really coming home. sfla another big week for crude oil. crude on track for the second straight week of gains. right now west texas intermediate has traded up 3.5% and we have almost a 3% gain for ice brent crude. of course, that means that prices at the pump will rise as well. the average price of gasoline in the united states is $2.17. that's up 10 cents from last week. where do price goes from here? i know somebody that notices. jackie deangeles is at the nymex. >> we're seeing a rally in crude oil traders long buying the dip going into the weekend. it's having an impact. it's not the only piece to this story. a couple of other things to think about here. first of all when you look at the chartsz seasonally, february is the time of year that we always see a break in u.s. gas prices. refiner where is start to do maintenance. they're switching over to the blend of gasoline, and that's typically more expensive. at the same time traders start to anticipate that when it stops snowi

work for them want to go to cuba and pay $20 a month in an environment in which you do not have a labor union or the right to strike and humans do not know about freedom? -- cubans do not know about freedom? there have been thousands of political prisoners in cuba who want to stay in cuba and love cuba. whenever somebody says to you that all cubans, that is not true. >> can you finish up on that point? >> just a couple of points. it was mostly driven by south florida politics, we have seen is that cuba is no longer the third rail of south florida politics the way it used to be, we saw that with the 2012 campaign where obama won 50% of the cuban-american vote and in the most recent campaign or charlie crist one close to 50% -- where charlie crist won close to 50% of the cuban-american vote. what i want to go back to his a couple of the other points that have been mentioned. i will cry to be very brief. t --r try to be very brief. we call the castro government lawyers and crooks but why when they make a full throated demand for the lifting of the embargo do we think that is what they want? thin

and it remains to be seen whether the labor union will send workers to fulfill that request.e in oakland nbc bayé Ñ area news. >> of coursevho as you can see there behind nanette looking beautiful, blue skies.wb#-=ìáhp &hc& let's check ha o:#zñin. >> the skies are clearing out. oakland andc

members of the labor union at major bank tokyo mitsubishi ufj plan to ask for a base pay hike of 2%.hat means the employees of japan's three leading banks are expected to ask for a second straight annual hike in base pay. workers at tokyo mitts beechi ufj last year won an increase of 0.5%. union leaders say rising prices and the bank's solid business performance, especially overseas mean employees deserve another raise. but bank workers also want a 1% increase in the annual bonus payment. union leaders at major banks sumitomo mittsie and miz co. will also demand a base pay hike of 1.5% and they want an increase of 3% in their bonus payments. >>> that's the latest in business for this hour. here's another check on markets. ♪ ♪ >>> japan's government has made some progress in dealing with the growing amount of radioactive soil in fukushima. the governor and the mayors of two towns say they will approve shipments of contaminated soil to intermediate storage facilities to be built in the prefecture. >> translator: i decided to allow radioactive soil and other waste to be brought into the

but hyundai's labor union is one of the strongest in south koreal investment, job placement and crucially how many cars are made in korea. industry analysts developments at hyundai. he says the strong wan is a challenge but they're in control. >> hyundai motors global operations are working at full capacity. with demand exceeding supply in all countries. i think that shows that the company's management is doing a good job. the exchange rate has caused problems for operating profit. but the overall situation seems to be good. >> reporter: hyundai's response to falling profits is to go to the floor. the chairman last month unveiled a $74 billion investment plan. he says the four year spending spree will make the company more competitive. >> translator: now you can see how much improvement we need to make in our ability to develop innovative technology and products. >> reporter: the production target of 9 million cars being made in 2018. that includes affiliate kia group. hyundai will spend much of the money at home. three-quarters of the budget will be used to expand factories, improve i.t.

. >> it's important to note especially i come out of a labor union for the workers we were confrontedith one of the biggest recreations in 2008 when this project was getting jump started the numbers were more 60 percent of the half million dollars were performed by people in if the bay area and the apprenticeship hours were built by residents of san mateo county it's about doing the work but making sure the community gets an opportunity to perform those functions in our industry and get health care and pensions and everyone else this was a triple bottom line effort the next speaker is the chairwoman of i scombrietd spending time with her i think some of our board members are here i want to welcome ruben and marty and john weeds they're on nicole's board nicole please come up to the front. >> well commissioner courtney and timing hines and harlan cell thank you for inviting me here i'm happy and revved to see it water come through thirty this area 12 years ago we only mingled this this is a great day the 4.5 million residents and the corporations that my agency represents truly buildin

he suggested his experience in battling labor unions in wisconsin was the same to battle isis.is going to hurt his possible potential bid? >> here's the issue with governor walker's remarks. you're right. first of all, he since walked back on those comments but not able to articulate his policy. we're talking about the gaffe not about his policy which he hasn't laid out yet. he's got to find a way to stay on message and we noticed this especially with governor walker in particular over the past few weeks. folks, a lot of folks across the country he still has a little bit lower name recognition. he has to make sure when he's out there making these speeches he's talking about his policy. we saw just governor texas governor rick perry criticize him on that and i think he's really got to stay on message, deliver his policy especially when talking about something so serious like the isis terrorists. >> absolutely. that's definitely not a joking matter. thank you so much kevin. just ahead get ready to ride the hyperloop. technology that may rescue you from traffic forever. details co

work the night shift tonight which begins in less than an hour and remains to be seen whether the labor unions have fulfilled that request. nannette miranda, bay area news. >> watch the latest tonight at 11:00 and on-line, nbcbayarea.com. >> you saw that beautiful light there behind nannette. she was there at port. >> there's more. >> this is san jose. after 70 degree temperatures this weekend though a change is coming. meteorologist rob joining us. any rain drops? >> we saw a few today but the theme was the wind becoming strong. 64 degrees in san francisco. wind speeds at 30 miles per hour. up towards napa. you see santa rosa. notice the wind direction out of the north. we're not seeing any fog. no sea breeze pushing in the marine layer for us tonight. and gusty to tomorrow morning. increasing slightly after day break. briefly at 40 miles per hour. with that in mind, a wind advisory up now, extended beyond 6:00 tonight. and now through 10:00 tomorrow morning. a little bit in lower elevations, below 500 feet and much like we are seeing outside right now. we did have showers earlier around morg

and some of the letters from the national labor union not with standing because we're contesting those we did allow those to go forward there was an open and free vote and our staff voted against it. >> i actually think the record sort of speaks for itself and i think it's it's it's unfortunate because i i think this is an important and needed service but i don't believe we should go down the path of creating this kind of relationship with an entity that unfortunately the people who work there have very serious concerns about the way those workers are being treated and if you treat your workers that way you can only imagine how you interact with the families that are served. >> there are a minor group of folks at edgewood feel like we haven't moved along as quickly as we'd like to and again, the majority feel the same way. and i invite you to come out and tour the facility see what we're trying to do with the limited funds that we have and what we've been able to accomplish within those constraints. >> i take you up on that offer i certainly i look forward to that. >> i just wanted to

. >>> the city of san jose is making a new offer to try to end a bitter lengthy dispute with labor unions. it cuts in half the amount of future pension cuts. this offer is the first since the new city council and mayor sam lacardo took over in january. the union is saying the offer does not go far enough. the issue of pension reform has prompted hundreds of officers to leave san jose for jobs elsewhere. >> also in san jose tonight, city leaders are launching a new campaign against crime. the centerpiece of the plan involves ordinary people who want to help make their communities safer. >> it's a really great point that you made at a time when police resources are limits. the city is asking anyone who owns a security camera to be a part of a database of sorts that police can tap into, in the event they need help solving a crime. >> if you don't get the videotape right away, it's lost for all time. >> as a former district attorney, sam lacarto knows that video can play a crucial role in a case. >> the city just launched a new security camera registry, which allows people to go online and no

the labor union blames p. -- pma for delaying work. >> if they bring in the ships we will work them. >> the port of oakland reveals cargo volumes are way down. last month imports were down 39 percent from january of 2014. exports sank by 26 percent. >> that is a big deal. now near the coast today watch out for king tide. >> they are running again with high waves and strong surf to the shores. to look at how long that will last we will check with meteorologist mike nicco. >> the winter phenomenon is here again and it is creating some issues or could. look minutes ago on the embarcadero right along the embarcadero center we had some flooding minor, but that is what was going on. we will look at the grabs and show you what could happen minor tide ad overflow at high tide today through thursday and strong rip currents during slow tide. some were stung during low tide, and the low tide gets very slow and some areas may not have water. it has already happened so we will focus tomorrow at 10:38 at golden gate bridge and over in oakland, it will be at 11:25 with the biggest tide along the ea

. >> you may have problems getting conservatives, though, on your call for stronger labor unions. >> yes. >> i can see how that might be an issue but i think one of the things -- >> why is that important? >> because if you look at what other countries that have had economic growth, those economic growths and stronger prosperity for most americans, where median wages have moved up as they had higher productive at this, they do have, productivity they have higher participation in labor participation. >> they have helped people in the bottom rung of the economic scale move up. >> and loss of unions in the united states has had an impact particularly on low-income workers and working class workers people that are below the 50 percent of wages. >> i want to jump in on that but also what you believe to be the two or three most important -- >> well, i think that in a way, both parties have been ignoring some key realities in the 21st century in trying to find excuses to advance the agendas they are used to. and a lot of our economic debate ms. the last years have looked like that, to where

labor unions of major automakers and electronics firms have presented their demands to management. union representatives from toyota motor are asking for an average increase of around $50 in monthly base pay. that's up sharply from the rise of around $23 they secured in last year's negotiations. the union leaders also demanded an annual bonus equal to 6.8 months wages. the same level as last year. union leaders of other major automakers and electronics firms such as toshiba are also requesting a wage hike of around $50 a month. >> translator: i hope our employer passes on its profits to us. >> translator: i want the management to accept our demand of a $50 wage hike to make our lives easier. >> managers of these companies appear to be taking a positive stance to wage hike demands. that's due partly to better earnings. but they're cautious about giving away too much. they say labor costs may rise in the future and the outlook is uncertain, as domestic markets are shrinking. >>> well officials at japan's central bank are sticking with their assessment of the country's economy. they s

. >> new jersey governor chris christie is heading back to court after losing a battle to labor union, reversed a $1 billion cut for pension payments for the fiscal year. 2016 presidential hopeful in an attempt to stop the cut. once again liberal judicial act civil rears its head with the court trying to replace its own judgment for the judgment of the people who were elected to make these decisions. he is expected to appeal this decision. this afternoon governor christie will deliver a 2016 budget to the legislature. he's expected to announce other changes to the public pension system. >>> with tax season in full swing, you can put your worries aside about getting audited any time soon. usa "today" is reporting a decline and the rate is expected to keep dropping this year. the paper points out the decline coincides with recent drops in irs funding and a falloff in agents. >>> alaska is now the third state to legalize recreational marijuana. voters passed the ballot initiative in november. there are loopholes in the law including a vague public smoking ban. this comes as new research