there will always be people in transition or not in the labour force. is it 5%? that is extraordinarily low. is it 5.5%? is it 6%? there is a big debate about that. the federal reserve has said its unemployment target is 6.5%. that is the number where it will say they will keep interest rates low until the economy had at least 6.5% unemployment. they may keep rights longer for lower than that but they will keep rates low until they had that number. until they get that level, you might start to see some sort of self sustaining virtuous cycle of recovery host: here is eight -- a tweet. let's go back to the phones in st. petersburg, fla., on our unemployed line. caller: good morning, how are you? host: tell us about your situation. caller: first of all, let me say that what the last caller said about people being terrified. i resent that. i get medicaid. it is not enough. i am an american citizen. i grew up in st. petersburg all my life. back to what i really want to say is everybody who votes or wants to vote knows all that government has to do is lower their own s

better off next year than under the labour. under this government as of next april almost three million people on low pay will be taken without paying income tax altogether. how about that? >> harriet harman. >> those tax cuts for millionaires next time they come around consent to britain, years internet addiction, everyone knows the country is facing big problems. what do we have? of prime minister who is not just indecisive, not just a week but fast becoming a laughingstock. >> she mentions as members of the labor party did the operators income-tax. and their 45 -- hang on -- he is a great -- what was the rate under labor for 13 years? 63? 45? no. the labor rate was 43. they met the richest and let the country off the hook, we didn't. >> the european union referendum, would my right hon. friend see fit to facilitate government time for private members'. should that become available? >> mr. speaker, as he knows my party believes there should be a referendum. when the rules change, when new thing that's being asked of the unite

better off next year than under the labour. under this government as of next april almost three million people on low pay will be taken without paying income tax altogether. how about that? >> harriet harman. >> those tax cuts for millionaires next time they come around consent to britain, years internet addiction, everyone knows the country is facing big proble. what do we have? of prime minister who is not just indecisive, not just a week but fast becoming a laughingstock. >> she mentions as members of the labor party did the operators income-tax. and their 45 -- hang on -- he is a great -- what was the rate under labor for 13 years? 63? 45? no. the labor rate was 43. they met the richest and let the country off the hook, we didn't. >> the european union referendum, would my right hon. friend see fit to facilitate government time for private members'. should that become ailable? >> mr. speaker, as he knows my party believes there should be a referendum. when the rules change, when new thing that's being asked of the united ki

the irony is that was the same view the labour party had in 2006. then, labour said such a move would be a stain on the national character. >> in south africa, they are preparing for a protest over plans to send them back to angola. the south african government -- >> he wants a normal childhood for his twin daughters, something he never had growing up. his parents escaped to the democratic republic of congo. he went back to be a teacher, but fled to south africa during the civil war. the civil war ended in 2002, but he says it is still not safe for his family to go back to angola. one reason why he does not want us to use his real name -- >> there is no freedom of expression. you cannot protest, you cannot do a march freely. you will be silenced to death. how do you expect me and my family to go to a country like that? >> the south african government disagrees, classifying angola as a democratic country. its economy is recovering, largely thanks to oil, and there is apparent political stability. they want people to volunteer to go back home, promisi

guest: sometimes their stereotypes, just like with any other group, a protected class under labour.he amount of people while tragic that have post-traumatic stress disorder, it is not reflective of the larger veteran population. is afolks understand ptsd natural reaction to stress, a disorder comes when you cannot work through it. there are employers who say that could be a stigma, just like employer so we don't hire veterans who were in the national guard or reserve because they're going to deploy. stating that is against the law but we know in reality it is a challenge that happens. host: texas, republican line. caller: hi, how are you. let me turn down the tv. i just got a little comment committee one or two questions. -- i just got a little comment and maybe one or two questions. the guys and gals that get out of prison, they have jobs for them. why aren't us veterans able to get a job yet, i think walmart is hiring and i think all of these stores ought to hire. these guys and gals are protecting us here in the united states. if it wasn't for them, just like us to tell my big lo

for more we go back to charlie kernaghan in pittsburgh, director of the institute for global labour andn rights. welcome to democracy now! before this building collapsed, the workers left work the day before because they saw a massive cracks in the building. there were told if they did not return the next day they would lose their jobs. you are on with this talking about the bank on the first floor. they closed rid of their workers did not come in because of this crack. they all came in in the building fell. 400 people dead, more than 1000 wounded. what is the latest, charlie? >> don't forget the workers were forced to go into work because there were gang members there from rana plaza who are ready to beat them with clubs if they did not go and read it was not just that they would not receive their april wages, but they would be beaten if they did not go and read the factory collapse at 9:00 after they entered at 8:00. saying 421re confirmed dead. the police are still saying and so are the university saying there are as many as 1000 people missing. the stench -- that cordoned off about

there will always be people in transition or not in the labour force. is it 5%?hat is extraordinarily low. is it 5.5%? is it 6%? there is a big debate about that. the federal reserve has said its unemployment target is 6.5%. that is the number where it will say they will keep interest rates low until the economy had at least 6.5% unemployment. they may keep rights longer for lower than that but they will keep rates low until they had that number. until they get that level, you might start to see some sort of self sustaining virtuous cycle of recovery host: here is eight tweet -- phones inack to the st. petersburg, fla., on our unemployed line. caller: good morning, how are you? host: tell us about your situation. caller: first of all, let me say that what the last caller said about people being terrified. i resent that. i get medicaid. it is not enough. i am an american citizen. i grew up in st. petersburg all my life. back to what i really want to or is everybody who votes wants to vote knows all but government has to do is lower their own salaries. take cuts in

a lot of things which have received free support from the business community as well as from the labour community in manufacturing which is rare, and you see in a program of innovation institutes that are designed to get the new technology into the factories which i think will be very helpful, using the program to train 2 million new workers to go into the skilled professions like manufacturing. we have to rebuild the vocational education system in this country which was torn apart as we saw manufacturing down slide. so i think those are very positive things. i do want to talk about kind of honesty and that because i think this is missing a bit from the discussion. and in washington, d.c.. you hear a lot politicians just talk about exports and how great they are and that's true, they are fabulous. but anybody knows when you are balancing a checkbook, you have to look at the deposits as well as debt and we do not looking of the imports. the impact that they are having on the communities in this country. and i do think that we have a way to go to have a little more honesty about the trade

there will always be people in transition or not in the labour force. is it 5%?hat is extraordinarily low. is it 5.5%? is it 6%? there is a big debate about that. the federal reserve has said its unemployment target is 6.5%. that is the number where it will say they will keep interest rates low until the economy had at least 6.5% unemployment. they may keep rights longer for lower than that but they will keep rates low until they had that number. until they get that level, you might start to see some sort of self sustaining virtuous cycle of recovery host: here is eight tweet -- phones inack to the st. petersburg, fla., on our unemployed line. caller: good morning, how are you? host: tell us about your situation. caller: first of all, let me say that what the last caller said about people being terrified. i resent that. i get medicaid. it is not enough. i am an american citizen. i grew up in st. petersburg all my life. back to what i really want to or is everybody who votes wants to vote knows all but government has to do is lower their own salaries. take cuts in

>> after the break, i want to talk about the u.s., but, david stuckler, he said he looked at the labourcies of places like sweden and finland in times of recession. >> it is remarkable case study. sweden faced large banking crisis, and employment jumped more than 10% -- 10 percentage points, yet suicides fell steadily. when politicians managed well, there were able to prevent a mental health crisis they had specific programs called active labour market programs that help the newly unemployed link to caseworkers to develop an action plan and returned to jobs. they treat and a, like the pandemic is, not only save us money on health care bills, but it pays for itself by helping to spur economic recovery. >> we will talk about what choices the u.s. is making with david stuckler and dr. sanjay basu, whose body is called, "the body economic: why austerity kills. recessions, budget battles and the politics of life and death." stay with us. ♪ [music break] >> this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. disease control revealedntion recently the suicide r

german labour minister regard the youth unemployment as one of europe's biggest problems. together with her spanish colleagues, she signed a deal in madrid aiming at promoting the mobility of young people. >> we have vacant training positions in germany have a moment. we're very glad we have young spanish people were training in germany. >> at the madrid brunch, at the two vocational programs have long been a part of the company's philosophy. during the apprenticeships, they also attend vocational college in this approach could prove to be one way out of a hardship for spain's young job-seekers. >> we will be getting a sneak peek at preparations for the all-german champions league final in london this weekend. >> iran has announced former president cannot be a candidate in the elections next month. he was known as a moderate and a reformer when he was in office. the iranian interior ministry did not give a reason for the decision. >> the human-rights watch has criticized afghanistan for its failure to address the violence against women. they also said more and more women a

german labour minister regard the youth unemployment as one of europe's biggest problems. together with her spanish colleagues, she signed a deal in madrid aiming at promoting the mobility of young people. >> we have vacant training positions in germany have a moment. we're very glad we have young spanish people were training in germany. >> at the madrid brunch, at the two vocational programs have long been a part of the company's philosophy. during the apprenticeships, they also attend vocational college in this approach could prove to be one way out of a hardship for spain's young job-seekers. >> we will be getting a sneak peek at preparations for the all-german champions league final in london this weekend. >> iran has announced former president cannot be a candidate in the elections next month. he was known as a moderate and a reformer when he was in office. the iranian interior ministry did not give a reason for the decision. >> the human-rights watch has criticized afghanistan for its failure to address the violence against women. they also said more and more women a

amendments over high skill immigrant visas sought by silicon valley and high-tech industry but opposed by labour unions and disagreement over whether americans should be able to sponsor their same sex pans for green cards. democrats have the vote to ensure committee passage of the legislation but the outcome is uncertain on the senate floor. >> parents are told to vaccinate their children against whooping cough and now new questions of a vaccine used by doctors and the long-term damage that is possible. >> change to telegraph avenue in berkeley and a day or week you will not be ab >> good morning, the embarcardero in san francisco, the downtown buildings and ferry building and the bay bridge, it is looking clear out there with no precipitation to speak of. our meteorologist is tracking a cooling trend. is there a higher fire danger? we will talk about that coming up. >> british columbia towns telegraph avenue into a traffic free zone in an effort to boost business with students gone berkeley can look like a ghost town. to keep money coming in, next motel graph define dwight way and durant avenue

>> lord allen west, security minister under the previous governor -- government, the labour government of gordon brown, was talking about this yesterday and he referred to 2000. but the figure is arbitrary. there is a euphemism where people talk about striking the crocodile nearest to the canoe -- meaning they have to prioritize. they are not like east germany, cannot monitor everybody. but there will be accusations that this was an intelligence failure. >> and there will be a series of questions about in the future whether the british authorities have to be quicker to turn to, for example, electronic surveillance of these people of interest. >> that is the trouble. when you have something like this, there is always the risk the pendulum will swing the other way and people who want to actually gather as much possible data and information will then have the upper hand and say, come on, we have to do away with all of these checks and balances. there is always that risk some people will try to sweep it away and be over draconian. what you don't want is a whole communities where everybody

classical economists sort of created all you in place there in the nineteenth century a major element in labour's budget was food and so they would take information read as and rain as a proxy for wage levels but around one thousand nine hundred. you begin to have a democratization of property and you begin to have instead of a land owning aristocracy in europe people began to buy their own property so no two thirds of the population in america england us scandinavia and most of europe two thirds to eighty percent owner and property but nobody has enough money to buy a property for all cash so they have to buy their homes which absorb maybe forty percent twenty five to forty percent of their outlay they buy their homes on credit and that's where the interest rate comes in so you can say that out of the interest charge and that debt charge if i hear ohms but no in america they have to go deeply into debt to pay for their education so if you're going to become a viable family in today's world you have to go into maybe forty percent a year in office to buy a home which is what the neighborhood you l

new college graduates face a down the labour market.d rate for workers under age 25 with at least a bachelor's degree has averaged 8.2%, compared to 5.4% in 2007. in the study found that nearly 2 million private sector employes paid with taxpayer dollars our way is too low to support a family. >> apple stock is hot again, thanks in part to the tech companies buyback program. shares of apple are up about 20% from last month. the rally comes after apple said it planned to return $100 billion to shareholders over the next three years mainly by buying back its own stock. apple sold a record $17 billion worth of bonds to help finance the initiative. will be back right here on the kron 4 morning news. >> we're tracking all we had a lot of cloud cover to talk about. in the 6:00 hour it is relatively widespread indicated by the white on your screen. putting the clock into motion by lunchtime the cloud cover starts to peel back. expected sunshine along the delta, livermore valley. partly cloudy conditions inside the bay. we will hold on to a lot

coming up today is made a workers and activists from all over the world gathered to celebrate labour's achievements and social justice with the wealth gap widening and union membership here in the united states at its lowest in decades may day is as important now as ever after the break i'll talk to tonight's bigger picture panelists about the future of the labor movement and what workers are doing right now to fight back against the one percent. wealthy british style. that's no time to write it. down. markets why not kendall. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike's concert for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into kinds a report on our. download the official publication to yourself choose your language stream quality and enjoy your favorites from alzheimer's if you're away from your television just doesn't work so now with your mobile device you can watch on t.v. anytime anywhere. it's. today is mayday also known as international workers day celebration of the international labor movement all across the world from tokyo to visit

coming up today is made a workers and activists from all over the world gathered to celebrate labour's achievements and demand social justice with the wealth gap widening and union membership here in the united states at its lowest in decades may day is as important now as ever after the break i'll talk to tonight's bigger picture panelists about the future of the labor movement and what workers are doing right now to fight. bad it's the one percent. of potentially deadly blizzard taking aim for the northeast it's expected to hit stunning in a few hours from new york to maine we have team coverage of the storm. but we're watching is the very heavy snow moving into boston proper earlier today it was very sticky you can see it start to become much more cattery down to the bottom line there is still a lot of snow out here a good place for snowball fight. d.c. it is going to pretty incredible day there and even record snowfall throughout much of it might still be a slog through drug listens to the urgency here except. a little worse if you're going to. the white house or the. radio guy for

. >> host: given your politics, how do you see the difference between the labour party in england and the congress servetive party and liberal democrats? >> guest: i think the difference is primarily not in the ideas that they defend and argue anymore, but more in the social basis that i have. the party's still very much a part of the trade union leadership, and it still gets votes mainly from working class people, across mainly, you know, england, scott land, and it still has some sort of lineage with the parties of the socialist international to which it belongs. the conservative party, you know, it's always been a party of business, never concealed this, but in the last, i would say, 20 years, they've learned harsh lessons, which is that whereas they would once have defended outright, you know, hard core cop servetive ideas, the ideas of mrs. thatcher, and would have been elected on that basis, they can no longer do so and moved to the center to get command and electable plurality, and so both parties huddle in the sent i have ground at the moment. i think there are tendencies with

communicate that th purchases will depend upon the committee's continued assessmen of the outlook for the labourarket and inflation. and in testimony today in congress the fed chairman also took both sides. >> if we see continued improvement and have confidence that that is going to be sustained, then in the next few meetings we could take a step down in our peso purchases. >> here is the other side. a premature tightening of monetary policy could leave interest rates to rise temporarily, but could also carry a substantial risk of slowing or ending the economic recovery and causing inflation to fall further. i leave it to you and all of th big brains of their to try to figure this out with your gas. liz: why did people look at it as a bad thing? if the economy sours to look better and have to taper back medication. you know who looks at it poorly? the financial names. it let's get to that traders. they might be showing as with neck braces thanks to the 200-point swing in the dow. we get to the floor show. i want to start at the nyse. how much importance are you putting into the fact that toda we

values, he actually believed in america and the leaves in america's promise and the department of labour would be part of the opportunity ladder to help people be middle-class, to either stay there or do better. second it is not what barbara mikulski says about how he stood up to predatory lenders or functions in terms of insuring failed labor practices. i would conclude my remarks by thearyland chamberf commerce. and typical -- chamber of commerce, absolutely 100% chamber of commerce and they said this. mr. perez proved himself a pragmatic public official who was going to bring different voices together. the maryland chamber had the opportunity to work on and a ray of issues of importance to employers and the business community in maryland from unemployment housing and foreclosure crisis, regulation of financial institutions, worker safety and professional licensing. despite differences of opinion mr. perez was always willing to allow all parties to be heard. we found him to be fair and collaborative. we believe our experience in maryland would bode well for the nation. i hope we move t

today we have a conflict about the national labour relations board.n ideological conflict. the last thing we need here in washington and across the country is more rinker, more divisions, more ideology at a time when need this board fully functioning. we need five people to get confirmed here and any senator who's standing on the way of getting five people confirmed in having a functioning board certainly in light of that history but also in light of sea urchins be which is to have the free flow of commerce in the jobs that come from that. so we have a lot to cover and i know my time is just about over. i will submit some questions for the record, but i do want to first of all thank mr. miscimarra for your mentioning of various parts of pennsylvania, but more importantly in pittsburgh and have an education in philadelphia. 20 thank you especially for the words in your statement about common ground, being an open in having an open mind. i ask you in the context of that i know we are short on time, a specific question about the board itself. do you supp

the reason why i stated headline unemployment rate has fallen as it has is because of a fall and labour. so fewer people are part of the work force, to your point about people on disability or extended emergency benefits to people leaving the work force and therefore there not being counted in the unemployment rate falls. lou: we have a market thatt is n fire. we have got to an economy that is still growing at two and a half%. giver take. and we have an extraordinary number of people who are unemployed. job creation just isn't taking place. until the last two to three months. if we can believe the revisions. what does the future of? are we going to see these markets continue? we going to see this economy pick up? and other prospects for job creation? >> we have seen many bubbles in our lifetime. people talk about bold versus bear. i think that paradigm is somewhat broken every delegate the market as a bull. that sees nothing but bread with the fed as the matador. that is it. fairly irrational. fund afloat. they're driving stocks. fundamentals are not any more. it is really anybody's gue

the current pay is not enough for my daily spending grid also, the factory owner and ministry of labour agreed to increase the pay 14 u.s. dollars per month. the factor promised increase our pay by nine u.s. dollars per month, but we want all of the u.s. $14. >> an acura worker in cambodia. fast food workers in seattle, washington have become the latest to walk off the job as part of a growing nationwide push for $15 an hour wage and the right to unionize without harassment. the strike by workers from taco bell, subway, burger king and other chains began wednesday night and shut down several stores. it was the seventh such action in eight weeks. a u.s. bankruptcy court has ruled the mining company patriot coal can break its agreements with unions and slash worker pension and health-care benefits in a bid to cut costs after it filed for bankruptcy last year. the united mine workers of america union has vowed to appeal the union, which would see thousands of active and retired mine workers lose their benefits. in chicago sun-times newspaper has fired its entire photography staff. 28 emplo

it was one of tony blair's associates that said the members of the labour party says that we are all thaterites now. what is the opposite is the of coherent alternative. what is the current alternative to the market consensus? i don't think it is being now list because the chinese have abandoned a long time ago. i don't think it is being a marxist leninist. there are still a few out there in the world. >> host: but basically everyone is a pragmatic marketeer in the ones that are religious leaders. >> guest: we know there are big problems of the system that we haven't figured out in the ideology alternative to the end >> host: your book is a history of ideas as well as the defense that have been shaped by those ideas and that is part of what makes this such an unusual look. is it relevant still to the time that we are living and. the jurors have already passed since then. if you think about like this in 1979 they were as close to world war ii as they are to us today. and in a way what you are seeing in 1979 is the end of that post world war ii era of both ideology and politics and sor

the members of the late labour party party say we are all thatcher eyes now. what i think is still missing is the opposite of being thatcher eyes. what is the coherent alternative to market consensus? the chinese have abandoned that a long time ago. i don't think it's being marxist-leninist. the russians have abandoned that but -- >> host: basically it's a pragmatic marketeer except for the people that are religious maybe. >> guest: exactly. we all know that there are big problems in the system but we haven't figured out an ideological alternative. >> host: your book in many ways is a history of ideas as well as how it shaped by those ideas and that's part of what makes it such an unusual book. but then it does go back to this question of you know is it relevant to the time we are living we are living in or have you captured a moment in time. you said earlier something that 30 years has already passed since really if you think about it, in 1979 they were close to world war ii as they are for us today. in a way what we are saying in 1979, that and a post-world

individuals to enter the united states after an employer files a labor attestation with the department of labour. the bill would allow 10,500 new the says to be available each year for two years. the visa would be good for two years although it indefinitely renewable. the allocation of 10,500 would be divided into three categories of workers. 3500 for specialty occupations or those who would specialize or a bachelor's or higher degree. 3500 for aliens who have at least a high-school education or its equivalent, and 3504 aliens who, within five years of the date of application for a visa under this subsection, have at least three years of work experience in occupations for which the aliens are applying. years of wor experience and on passi occupations for which aliens are applying. both principal alien and each dependent would be required to pay a fee of $300. the bill would prohibit individuals here on the irish visa to be eligible for any means tested public benefit, finally the bill includes a provision that triggers implementation of the irish visa program when, quote, the secretary of state

there needs to be some form -- some form of uniform labour law across the continental united states.he minimum wage, i would have to agree, i would like to see my local congressman pay a mortgage and 10 cents per hour. own gas.ump their i find it utterly insulting that our representatives get a two year term and their health care and attention is locked in for life. i am a former marine who has been unemployed for over a year. i cannot even find a job as a waiter. host: why is that? what jobs are you applying for? why are you not qualified? honest with you? i think i am overqualified. i literally have to dumb down my resonate -- resume. host: are you married? caller: yes. host: is your wife working? caller: yes. host: is she supporting the family right now? caller: yes. host: what did she do? caller: she works for a bank, $60,000 per year. it is difficult, but at the end of the day we count our nickels. guest: what part of pennsylvania? host: harrisburg. guest: i am from the western eerie, i amburgh, her glad that he is keeping on trying, because we have got to get through this. but

i think it is very easy to of thete the importance new labour saving devices and how many when it wentnto the workforce. women in workforce already have to work. the women who really entered the workforce by their own volition and interest really are the generation after her. when she comes to the white house, only five percent of women who work are working in what we would consider today white-collar jobs like stenographers and secretaries and professors and educators. she is on the cusp of that. to me, the thing that is really interesting about her is how she is stuck in the middle in a way that does not make her stop. i know that sounds weird. movement is totally divided along the lines of race. lucy hayes is the first college educated first lady. stood with surgeons during the civil war. , mores seen more battles scars, more amputees, more suffering, than probably any first lady other than mail he -- mary todd lincoln. she is not an admin guard performer. she is trying to find her own pigeonhole. >> on twitter, how did look upon lucy especially after julia grant's? >> that is trick

members of the labour party thing we're all that you rights now. and what i think is it's still missing is the opposition of being that. was the coherent alternative which was the coherent alternative is market consensus. i don't think it's being a maoist because the chinese have abandoned that a long time ago. i don't think it's being a marxist leninist. the russians have abandoned the. but there still a few out there in the woods. >> host: but basically everyone is a pragmatic marketeer except the people who are religious. >> guest: right, exactly. so we all know there's some big problems with the system but we haven't figured out, and ideological alternative. >> host: and that's right, your book in many ways is really a history of ideas as well as the events have been shaped. i think that's part of what makes this such an unusual book, but then it does go back to the question of, is it relevant to the time we're living in our have you captured a moment in time that is lost. he said something early that a striking the 30 years has our past sins a

looking -- trying to make an assessment whether or not we have seen real and sustainable process in the labourd this is a judgment the committee will have to make, if you see continued improvement and have confidence that that is going to be sustained, in the next few meetings we could take a step down in our pace of purchases. again if we do that it will not mean we are automatically aiming towards complete wind down, rather we would be looking beyond that, raise or lower the purchase is going forward. that is dependent on the data. if we have the outlook for the labor market improves and we are convinced that is sustainable we will respond to that. the recovery were to falter if inflation were to fall over -- stuart: this is ben bernanke answering some very key questions from a friend of this program, kevin brady, republican from texas. he was asked are you going to keep on printing money? reading between the lines his answer was essentially yes. mr. brady then said our you going to get out of this money printing operation? ben's response we can do it in an orderly fashion. the third questio

over the world, but never -- nowhere is bad this year, labor has gone from 34 and a half% of the labour force as members of unions in the peak year, 1953. has now gone down to a 113 in the private sector. and something in the range of seven and a half percent in the private sector. the labor organizations, unions, money and muscle for elections and progressive liberal politics like gaylord nelson, the senator from the state, that whole system that kept the system in balance is became the fourth rise. now, obviously this book, what then was to me to -- "what then must we do?," goes into much more detail than i guess that's briefly, but the argument that we face is a systemic crisis is that the old way of trying to us and the trance don't work in more. so, now you have a problem. is there may be no way for. that is a logical option. but if they're is a way forward probably it would have to get at the underlying issue in all systems which is, who gets on the wealth? and probably it would have to alter in some way the benefit of the vast majority the wealth. somehow that would probably have

for example, the social democrats in tunisia have training from the labour party come in, labour party in england come in to help them with messaging, branding and organization and similarly in egypt, sort of talked to ahmed about how one can study or interact with movements here. whether something like move-on or even the tea party actually to learn how you can be a pressure group or a lobby group. so, there are more people to people exchanges. whether it is between jurists or people in the legislature or people in the legislature and students. >> what about political messaging? should the u.s. being sending different messages to the president of egypt, to president morsi? >> me? >> and what would those messages be? >> i don't know exactly what the message is about. i think the messages that must come from the u.s. to the president and the government in egypt is that, it's, a process of democracy and the u.s. will not stop supporting the dictatorship because they supported mubarak, the scaf. and now the message that it will be very hard for the u.s., if the u.s. supports a new dictato

few people understand or realize the workers themselves cannot enforce the national labour relations act. the board is the only place workers can go if they have been treated unfairly and denied their basic protections that the law provides. thus the board plays a critical role in vindicating workers rights. for the past 10 years that an alert bee has secured opportunities to reinstate 22,544 employees who were unfairly fired. it is also recovered more than $1 billion on behalf of workers whose rights were violated. the board is just as essential for nation's employers. if an employer for example is the victim of a wildcat strike or is in negotiation with the union and can't get the union to bargain in good faith, the board is their only recourse. andhe andlpedumerous businesses resolve disputes efficiently. because this agency is absolutely critical to our economy and our country and our middle-class, it's deeply disappointing to see what has happened to the board in recent years including the relentless political attacks by the dedicated public service who work on the lord. to put

so is the labour mp interior department.orkforce. people throughout our area started an at the roads for memorial day weekend. the number of d.c. area holiday travelers will be down 2% compared with last year. that does not mean it will be smooth sailing on the roads. expect the highways to be just as crowded. news channel 8 will have an in- depth report in a few moments. to see how the roads aren't this hour, we check in with amanda meadows. still expect a very busy weekend. a lot of people having monday off. 66 eastbound, there's a crash. route 28, so expect delays into the beltway. the right side is closed through centreville. disabled vehicle on the 11th on thebridge in mount ramp to the southeast southwest freeway. >> a few sprinkles outside. cloudy. throughf showers late this morning. then sunshine on the way for the weekend. grab a jacket. 56 at dullesn d.c., airport. temperatures will stay steady in the '60s this afternoon. >> bring on the sunshine for the weekend. thanks for watching. another ne ♪ ♪ doo doo ♪ doo do

gina faces of the environmental protection agency and that tom perez fees' is at the department of labour. this is about complete because ofa minority of senatot like the agency's and they don't like the work that these agencies do. in my view this kind of obstructionism is a violation of the senate's fundamental constitutional role to advise and consent and nomination. senators can vote against nominees with whom they disagree that they deserve a vote, and i hope that they get a vote. these individuals will be voted on as a package. i don't agree with the views of all five individuals. i find it very troubling for example, of the nominees was hired by the chamber of commerce specifically to curb the nlrb's regulatory authority. it's not about whether i agree or we disagree on the individual views of the ideology of each nominee. this isn't about whether the nlrb can function at all. it is about giving both workers and employers a fair chance to have their voices heard and their disputes resolved. that is what we are here today to move forward and i will support a package of five nominees

they have not quite seen enough improvement in the labour marke yet to pull the trigger. lay the groundwork for what probably will happen this fall to make sure that the market reaction i not too large and that the markets are well prepared for what they're going to do the. ashley: if we get better than expected job reports of a the next couple of months, that could push the timetable of the market did not? >> it could. the next meeting is and made june, and after that in august and after that in september. so i think it is very unlikely that they will be tapering by june because they will only get a chance to see on report between now and then, an that probably won't be evident, even if it is a good report. august i think, a little less likely because there is no pres conference for the chairman after the august meeting, and i think he would prefer to do the tapering at a meeting where he has a press conference and an opportunity to explain that the have been immediately. ashley: obviously thinking that the qe will be affected. always advised looking ahead to the economy

immigration system more responsive to economic conditions and labour market needs. the very importantly, to make the u.s. more competitive. i want to emphasize one thing, that is, immigration reform will create more jobs for american citizens, and i will repeat that. immigration reform will create more jobs for american citizens. president obama has returned from a meeting with presidents of mexico and costa rica in which he and his counterparts emphasize the enormous economic and human interconnectedness of the region. the agreed to move forward with a number of educational initiatives that are also in our report. we believe there is a lot more to do in the future. first of all, we have 52 million individuals of hispanic heritage living in new s. 36% were born in another country. of those hispanics born in other countries, 14 million were born what too, el salvador, mollah, or honduras. that means three out of four come from those countries. persons born in these countries become more than 35% of total population. some of the recommendations that we make in our rep

really don't have a list, it was destroyed in the mccarthy period and anyone who believes we have a labourzed. not that people don't exist in our society you can't talk to them because they might be completely irrational calling names they insist they come from the right. the left has no power, we have one senator in vermont, really a socialist. if you are writing a book, experiencing it in the united states you might have a different take on who you cannot talk to. currently the people you can't talk to are the tea party people and the political spectrum in the united states has moved completely to the right. we don't have all left. we have a center which is what the democrats are and you have the extreme right which is what the republicans have become and as a consequence of the pressure of the ty. >> host: where are you on the political spectrum? >> caller: i am one of those who would consider myself -- labels are a problem. i agree is so we should respect one another and listen to one another. my concerns are as a consequence of the economic situation and the foreign policy situation,

he is labour, not in power. nick klegg is in a very weird coalition with david cameron and has been neutralized. i would suggest to you any signal coming out of london is probably mixed, and because of that and can be played on by the white house, the white house will play in the direction it wants to play in. with regard to yemen, it is the same issue. it is the issue with guantanamo and this president in general, and that is they do not want their hands tied and they do not want to do anything, and so the best way to do that is to avoid dealing with anyone who might potentially tie their hands. and that in my view makes me question my vote for this president. >> and the question about a hundred strikes and you might be to blame for the changes and what can be done other than transfer -- start with conditions, the parties you were mentioning. >> i do not know behind the scenes what was going on. the camp administration is its own entity, and our senior people in the department of defense and the white house. th

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i think it is very easy to overstate the importance of the new labour saving devices and how many whent went into the workforce. women in workforce already have to work. the women who really entered the workforce by their own volition and interest really are the generation after her. when she comes to the white house, only five percent of women who work are working in what we would consider today white-collar jobs like stenographers and secretaries and professors and educators. she is on the cusp of that. to me, the thing that is really interesting about her is how she is stuck in the middle in a way that does not make her stop. i know that sounds weird. the suffrage movement is totally divided along the lines of race. lucy hayes is the first college educated first lady. she stood with surgeons during the civil war. she has seen more battles, more scars, more amputees, more suffering, than probably any first lady other than mail he -- mary todd lincol she is not an admin guard performer. she is trying to find her own voice. it is hard to put her in a pigeonhole. >> on twitter, how did

the labour participation rate, people looking for work, we are at 11.3% in comparison. >> a lot of its demographics. >> it does not account for the lowest labor participation rate since 1979, when jimmy carter was president. there is a huge skills gap here. one thing the federal government could do is to take the worker retraining programs that the federal level, because we have between $15-$18 billion we spend and have it work much better to close that gap. they are spread over nine agencies and they say there are all kinds of duplications, waste, inefficiency. i worked on some legislation with this from a democrat from caught -- colorado. >> tests, ensure that the test people are getting -- the skills people are getting are needed in that region. this is one of four or five things this country needs to do right now to avoid us from continuing to fall behind. ?> where should this be housed apartment of labor with the work force investment pact and trade imports would assistant -- tade import assistance. there are opportunities for us to get people to work right away. >> two out quest