office when president kennedy signed the equal pay act and when president obama signed the lite ledbetter act and roberta is the chair of public policy and the fight is an on going one and a major priority of our national organization and they have encouraged us a thousand branches strong across the united states to acknowledge the day that is tomorrow, the equal payday and bring that voak stroke to our communities. we are delighted to be here as part of this event this evening and roberta will share more comments about equal pay and some susassistantance for you after a long evening. >> thank you kathy. this meeting is serendipitous and tomorrow is equal payday and tomorrow is the day that women caught up with what men earned last year so women on average 70 cents per dollar a man makes and here in california it's a little better and it's 85 cents and up to a lifetime that is a lot of lost earnings and affects families and childrens and the small businesses in the city but if you believe it's due to choices that women make and there has been a lot of chart cheart about that in the commun

he made in two thousand and eight and the first thing he did after the lilly ledbetter act in two thousand and nine when he took office was sign the order to close guantanamo but at the time the democrats controlled the house and the senate now certainly the right wingers the wing nuts have made it hard for him to close guantanamo now but he had kind of that sweet heart period where he really been committed he could have done it he let the opportunity yet obama talk is cheap you had a chance and you blew it because you chose to cater to the most extreme members of the g.o.p. instead of keeping the promise that you campaigned on one that valued human rights and justice and the rule of law so just remember if these prisoners die blood is on your hands. you can get the full story and much more on breaking the set on r.t. in just under an hour and a half or you can watch the latest edition on line any time you like and r.t. dot com. now in a few hours' time a sun petersburg's world renowned ballet and or prevent you will get a modern high tech twin well here's a quick peek at what will be the

this is he made in two thousand and eight in the first thing he did after the lilly ledbetter act in two thousand and nine when he took office was signed the order to close guantanamo it at the time the democrats controlled the house and the senate now certainly the right wingers the women have made it hard for him to close guantanamo down but he had kind of that sweet heart period where had he really been committed he could have done it and let the opportunity yes obama talk is cheap and you had a chance and you blew it because you chose to cater to the most extreme members of the g.o.p. instead of keeping the promise that you campaigned on one that valued human rights justice and the rule of law so just remember if these prisoners die the blood is on your hands. or feet anything like. today is may first better known to most people as may day to day commemorated by celebrations and protests by millions of people around the world demanding better workers' rights but unfortunately it's seldom recognized by americans health cook began right here in the u.s. that's because those in powe

he made in two thousand and eight in the first thing he did after the lilly ledbetter act in two thousand and nine when he took office was signed the order to close guantanamo but at the time the democrats controlled the house and the senate now certainly the right wingers the wing nuts have made it hard for him to close guantanamo down but he had kind of a sweetheart period where had he really been committed he could have done it he let the opportunity yet obama talk is cheap and you had a chance and you blew it because you chose to cater to the most extreme members of the g.o.p. instead of keeping the promise that you campaigned on one that valued human rights and justice and the rule of law so just remember if these prisoners die the blood is on your hands. or. your ever seen anything like. today's may first better known to most people as may day to day commemorated by celebrations and protests by millions of people around the world demanding better workers' rights but unfortunately it's seldom recognized by americans began right here in the u.s. that's because those in power have done

. >> the fact is the first bill the president signed was the lilly ledbetter act.ou cover washington thoroughly. how big a priority is women's rights to this president? >> it's a big priority and at the office of women and girls they are working on a whole manner of problems. the president talks about issues that resonate with women whether it's raising minimum wage or early childhood education and so far republicans haven't had very practical solutions for these issues that are important to women's lives and men's lives. they still tend to talk about people rather than they talk about them as symbols in a culture war. i think in that way they have failed to connect. sp polls show that people still look at the republican party as stuck in the 1950s. i think all of this could be remedied if they are able to nominate a figure on the national level that can talk about these issues not only in a different way rhetorically but in terms of policy they could see a turn around. >> thank you both for your time tonight. >> thank you. >>> ahead, new reaction to my interview w

. >> lilly ledbetter -- what is paycheck fairness? >> the teeth we needed behind the equal pay act.to discuss their wages, a lot of time women don't know if they are being paid equal to their male counterparts and puts it on par with racial discrimination and other types of discrimination. >> between the two parties, we debated and voted down in the appropriations committee the other day an amendment by my colleague who simply tried to say that federal sub contractors couldn't have policies in place to prohibit employees from discussing play so that women -- voted down on a party line vote. >> wait, wait, wait, take me through that. if you have a contract with the federal government, you could not have a policy that prohibited employees discussing pay for precisely the reason of just allowing people to discuss it so they could figure out. >> exactly. we had a debate on that, the amendment was offered, all the democrats voted yes, all the republicans voted no. >> jennifer ruben had this reaction, which i thought was interesting to the study today, conservative and extremely republica

a woman who helped her out, jean ledbetter, had lost her husband in vietnam about six months later. the two of them met and were again support for each other. but jean soon learned that her husband had been lost and that she'd be moving off post. so another support for alyce was gone. jim thompson, soon after his capture, was tortured for a statement. he didn't write the statement; he signed the statement. he then read the statement. a lot of prisoners of war had been tortured and had to sign statements eventually. but unlike them, jim thompson didn't have somebody to rely on that he could bounce off what he had just been through. he was kept in isolation, which i'll get into, i hope, a little bit later. but from the--that statement that jim had made was broadcast on hanoi radio several months later. by the time that--that was in november of 1964, so it was six months after jim was lost. alyce heard news reports of this, but the--she said that the army couldn't provide the tape for her. she could never verify whether it was actually her husband. the army had a problem finding the ta

have not thrown away the key that's important there are times when congress can respond the lilly ledbetter fair pay act there are times when the people can can respond to the court great steven david common cause or move to amend or. thank you both again thank you tom but you. like to take this opportunity to invite all of our viewers in the washington d.c. area to a public memorial service for bob edgar a minister former member of congress in common cause as president and c.e.o. bob passed away unexpectedly on april twenty third the service is scheduled for one pm on wednesday may eighth at the foundry united methodist church fifteen hundred sixteenth street northwest in washington d.c. was a regular guest on this program a genuinely decent coming up to many americans to many americans los angeles to skid row neighborhood is a symbol of suffering and poverty all life isn't easy for the residents of the of these forests square miles stretch of downtown l.a. it's certainly not opals park to one filmmaker about his groundbreaking portrayal of skid row and that community after the birth. of p