the lilly ledbetter fair pay act is the same law actually we had previous to the ruling in the ledbetterse. it made it possible for people like myself to follow discrimination charge if they knew that they were being discriminated against, whether they're paid based on sex or nationality or whatever the case is. the law was put back so that people can file a charge and it's necessary, because so many people was getting denied the right, because in my case, my employer said if i discuss my pay, i wouldn't have a job. i had no way to find out how much i was paid until someone let me know anonymously what he was paid, and carly fiorina is wrong. it's not a myth. this is fact. women are unequally paid. sure, we have these laws. i had the law, but the problem is, laws must be enforced, and the company i work for have government contracts, and i just felt sure that they would have to be audited and checked in order to get these government contracts, but what i learned, they did not. now today, they would, because in 2014, president obama signed another bill that requires anyone who gets govern

most people remember one of barack obama's first pieces of legislation was the lilly ledbetter act. the idea she went after hillary clinton and barack obama as being anti-women is unusual. what was ted cruz talking about? >> it was unusual, ali. we should point out that hillary clinton was secretary of state in that administration. you know, carly fiorina picking up on those comments from ted cruz about the poverty level, she has also said something mentioned in the 2012 campaign. she said that 92% of the jobs lost during president obama's first term belonged to women. if you may remember, mitt romney made that same claim in 2012. at the time political fact looked at it saying it was mostly false. in the early part of the recession, men lost jocks first, mosting construction and manufacturing and there was a wave of women losing jobs, and that partly explains why there was such a large number of women when president obama took office. also, carly fiorina mentioned the poverty rate among women saying that it's 14.7% according to the national women's law center. the national women's l

we put into place and passed our own lilly ledbetter act to protect women from workplace discriminationet, met, and exceeded, actually, in a recession, one of the most ambitious goals and the country for a women-owned minority business procurement and we exceeded it in a recession. and get this. as a result of all of these choices, we made maryland forrding to the center american progress, the best state in the nation for women's opportunity and economic security. state also has not only the highest concentration of women-owned businesses of any state in the nation, but we also have the lowest gender pay gap in the country. these things actually work. news about the future we face is this. we don't have to put on our false hopes. to our have to return true selves. we must recognize the powerful american truths that our economy is not money. it is people. it is all of our people. and therefore, just as our weents and grandparents did, must always raise the minimum wage to keep it above the poverty line and raise it to $15 an hour, however we can, wherever we can. at and we should make it

obama was elected right from the start, right from the start we had -- the first bill he signed, lilly ledbetter. ollowing that schip. state children's health insurance program. the recovery package i stated. saved or created 4 1/2 million jobs. i'm proudest of the affordable care act. right from the start we tried to end discrimination for women in the workplace. and he signed the repeal of don't-ask, don't-tell to end discrimination in the military. dodd-frank to address the concerns that we had about excesses in the financial community. we had a very successful agenda. we didn't have unanimity on every vote. that's not what we strived for. we're striving for consensus. that's what we got and we succeeded on the floor of the house. we consider it a sign of our success. like a collide scope. sometimes people are all together -- together on one issue who might not be there on the next issue but they all know we are a resource to each other and we don't do harm to each other. so i'm very, very proud of the dynamic of the democrats that we can accommodate our diversity that's in our caucus. but at

even more conservative arguably when the paid maternity leave, or lilly ledbetter equal pay act cameenate. all of the senate republican women supported it. carly fiorina opposes it. her gender may not be as much of an issue as some in the gop think it might be in terms of it being an advantage. in terms of overall where she is, she's clearly enjoying her boomlet right now. >> a bounce. >> we saw it in 2008 and 2012 that the gop field really are the electorate likes to flirt with a lot of different candidates. that's why we don't have a president herman cain or newt gingrich. not that i'm likening her to their odds of getting the nomination, but i think we're very early in the process and i think we're going to see this carousel continue to go around and a number of different candidates enjoy their time as well on top. >> i think you're right, heidi. thanks so much from "usa today." we'll see you again. >>> let's go back to the record-breaking rain storm hitting the east coast. joining me is mike seidel. sure windy out there last hour. doesn't seem like it's let up. >> it hasn't. we'v

had to make a calculated decision, assigned legislation that has changed americans' lives from lilly ledbetterhe economy. and that is an unique perspective that no other person on that stage, whether they were in the administration or not, whether in the senate or not, he's the only person that brings that perspective. >> when you hear him saying "but we have to make it work" did that tell you that he's going to get in? >> well, i hope so. he's going across the country. doing what he was doing before he was first elected. he's talking to american families and finding about the issues they're most concerned with. he's the most viable candidate at this point. >> let me put up the latest poll for you to show where democrats are. clinton in the latest poll, october 10th through 12th. hillary clinton gets 54%. well, i don't know if this is actually the number that i have. 45%. sanders gets 25. . and biden gets 19%. and it doesn't look there as if the american electorate is clamoring for him to get in. >> he's not running yesterday. people have signed a pledge saying they want joe bide ton run for p