viewers like mike ivy, he paid money up front but the work was never done. st october mike hired a home improvement company to build a patio cover. mike paid $1,000 down and waited five months. mike tells us no one from the contractor reached out during that time period. by march, mike's patience had run out and he request the a refund. mike says the company ignored him so he turned to us. the contractor did not return our messages about but a week after we got involved, mike says he got a full refund. so what can you do when a contractor doesn't keep up their end of the bargain? first, always do your homework. research contractors online and ask for personal references before hiring. be like mike, get everything in writing as well. mike's contract included detailed descriptions of pricing, work to be done and estimated start and finish dates. mike tells us he also did file a complaint with the contractor state licensing board. you can do that too if your contractor isn't keeping their promises. whether it's a dead beat contractor or any other business not gi

viewers like mike ivy. he paid money up front, but the work was never done. last october he hired a home improvement company to install a patio cover. he paid a down payment and no one reached out. nothing was done. by march mike's patience had simply run out. he requested a refund. the company ignored him. so he turned to us. the contractor did not return our calls but he got a full refund from that contracting company. what can you do when a contractor doesn't keep up their end of the bargain? always do your homework. research contractors online, then ask for personal references before hiring them. people who've actually done work with them or people they've done work for. ask them questions, and be like mike. get everything in writing. mike's contractor was a goody. it contained estimated start and finni finish dates. he did file a complaint with the contract state license board. you can, too. whether it's a deadbeat contractor or any other business not giving you a fair shake, give us a call at 1-888-996-tips. or online at nbcbayarea.com/responds. we have

viewers like mike ivy paid money up front but the work was never done. er mike hired a home improvement company to build a patio cover. mike paid $1,000 down and waited five months. mike tells us no one from the contractor reached out during that time period. by march his patience had run out and requested a refund. mike said the company ignored him. so he turned to us. the contractor did not return our messages, but about a week after we got involved, mike said he got a full refund. so what can you do when a contractor doesn't keep up their end of the bargain. first, always do your homework. research contractors online and ask for personal references before hiring. be like mike, get everything in writing as well. mike's contract included detailed descriptions of pricing, work to be done and estimated start and finish dates. mike tells us he also did file a complaint with the contractor state licensing board. you could do that too if your contractor isn't keeping their promises. whether it is a dead beat contractor or any other business not giving you a f

mike: let's take it to tonight's panel. democratic strata list and fox news political analyst joined me now. john lewis, cory booker, hillary clinton at ivyattern there? >> absolutely. but i came tonight with a solution, go to my twitter and i think we can clear this all up. seriously, we really can. you are what some colleges are teaching, there's no surprise that they despise and don't invite intellectual conservatives for their college commitment ceremonies. colleges are teaching courses such as study of women, gender and sexuality, friends with benefits. that sounds like an interesting course. there's another college teaching the art of walking. i guess you didn't learn it when you were growing up as a baby. that's new. there's another college teaching how to watch television, which is like wow, we are kind of doing it right now. and lastly, the university of pennsylvania has a course called the feminist critique of christianity, so now we are critiquing or attempting to criticize the men who saved the free world, jesus christ. what's going on here? i don't know. >> mike: i would have aced the art of walking. scott, if some of this is