and-- >> what union were you with. >>. >> my dad was-- >> air not. >> no. >> that's very different. >> you said you're a union man. >> i love labor, i have no problem-- >> you just said i'm a union man and you're not are are you're not. >> and you want to be a union. >> my dad was a union. >> i was in union and i hate it had. >> a >>. >> you're not a union guy. >> i am. i am a union guy. >> all right, and ben actually is. >> i am a member of screen actors guild, writer's guild of american west and american federation of radio television artists and the laws transferred to unions are he extremely bad. they're a fading portion of the u.s. and raise a hundred million for campaigns and when you think of what they were like in the 50's, 60's, early '70s, they're nothing, that's nothing. >> the public sector unions. >> then i would say that it's dangerous to now underestimate the power of the the unions which we're seeing with the governor john kasich going again, moving to rescind his efforts it restrict collective bargaining, again, with scott walker, the governor there and the recall ele

your costs are going to increase more in the long run >> i am active in my union. good i am also graduate student. i would love to tell you about the service me and my co-workers provide and how much of the impact of diminish of their quality hasn'. i would also like to talk about the creative sources of funding and may or may not be able to get what we need. i am going to make an appeal to the legacy of my active as parents who moved to san francisco from the midwest because san francisco was known as the city of the revolutionary ideas, compassion and known in disk -- unknown in this country. let me ask you a question. what is value? since the city has made the decision these services are of value every year with a budget restorations and budget cuts, but we are continuously funded. many services are no longer with us including a community nearest my heart. what i would like to say is there are still enough services around that they make a difference and will hopefully be funded into the future. i would like to have the board, and i thank you for your time, to loo

unions. are test scores are not well to. >> john: give me a break. they oppose charter schools. >> over my dead body. >>> unions are mad because some charters can fire teachers. >> what is wrong with that? >> this actor says teachers need tenure. >> why have tenure? most positions don't have ten ui >> but there is good news. where teachers can be fired, kids learn. >> give us the worst schools anywhere in america and we'll outperform the other schools in five years. >> how good are the test scores in his charter school? >> there isn't a word for it. >> john: but they avoid the problem kids. but sadly adult schools have made us stupid in america. >> john: school spending has tripled over the past 40 years. we spend much more than other countries but what do we get? fancier schools, more assistant principals but student longer, no improvement. look at it. for 40 years, scores have been flat. much more money, no improvement this is awful. but there is some good news. around america very cool things are starting to happen. >> but school is boring? >> no! >> john: yes, it is. i went to school.

i am honored and privileged to be with the great members of my union. you are correct, supervisors, and making a correlation between the problem of overtime and the as-needed problem you have heard us testify to. i don't want to use my timme in between and over use of overtime and an under-use of individuals. it is so unfair that these workers be stuck at step one, permanently. that they be eligible for health insurance with few exceptions, with no prospect of advancements despite years and years of hard work delivered to our service,

i am honored and privileged to be with the great members of my union. you are correct, supervisors, and making a correlation between the problem of overtime and the as-needed problem you have heard us testify to. i don't want to use my timme in between and over use of overtime and an under-use of individuals. it is so unfair that these workers be stuck at step one, permanently. that they be eligible for health insurance with few exceptions, with no prospect of advancements despite years and years of hard work delivered to our service, were we work three or four jobs because we don't know when they will be called back. some of them are leaving in june and they don't know if they'll be called back in six months, it is really an outrageous situation. i had breakfast with an as- needed employee last week and i will tell you that by the end of my breakfast, she and i were both in tears as i listened to her story. and that is why this is the priority at the bargaining table. this is not on either party, we have not yet discussed this issue. i hope you'll give

as a business agent for my union, i am obligated not only to support a project that is going to provide work to our members, but also to represent them. this is the way our opinion, it is one of the best times to start new construction on a project. this project, it is going to benefit not only our members, it is clear to benefit all of the unions involved in construction. i do not think there is not a single union that is going to get some kind of benefit by doing this project. you know, the -- one of the things that this project -- in our case, it is going to create problems -- i am sorry, create jobs for our members. at the same time, some of our members, i will say, out of my head, about 70% of our members, they use their services. it is something that we're looking forward for the community to approve. please vote yes on this project. thank you. president fong: thank you. next speaker, please. >> my she says good morning, but i will address you this afternoon. good evening. thank you, honorable president chiu and supervisors for hearing this item and allowing us to address you this

division, that his individual understanding is i have moved up, and i am now inside east of where my union is ienon forces at the church. therefore i have cut retreat to the river. it is very interesting. also, the maps show pittsburgh landing, almost shiloh church. not well north and east of shiloh church as it truly was and still is. but that is almost due east of shiloh church. and if johnson has moved to a point where he is now inside the church, east of it, he would have this perception that he has turned grant's left. it is clear to see that developing within his own mind frame and his subsequent actions illustrate that indeed that is how he's thinking. because this massive fight for presentis's camps starting on the line here, falls back to the camp front, which is defended for less than an hour, before the federals are pushed out of it and they are pushed out of it because they're unsupported. there are no additional union troops in nearby support. sherman is over at the church but the con fed rates have entered the gap or vacuum between the two divisions so there's no lateral comm

i just renewed my union deuce. dues. >>> and now we turn to something called celebing. that's when a young fan asks a celebrity go -- to go to prom on youtube. the hope is they will feel intense pressure that they will show up. a friend took off after mila-kunith and justin timberlake and the man who i edited out of the story. and now every hollywood hottie is on notice. the actual paper that exists, it profiled leon purvis who on youtube invited justin bieber, and it already has 139,000 views. but he claims they would only attend as bros. i say the same thing,ly n yo. anyway, explains -- leon. anyway, explains the professor, social networking platforms have a leveling affect. they are one link away from the celebrity. do you hear that? i am gunning for you and your cat. >> i don't even know why he went that way. tom, by saying yes, these other celebrities have they opened a can of on-line worms for everybody else? >> yes, they have. they have made it difficult for people -- people like myself. people come at me on twitter and you would be surprised. >> by the way, i co

my younger sisters went to college. and some of them even benefited from scholarships from the teamsters union. i'm proud of that because that is what is put our foot in the door to be in the middle class. we had fine schools that all of us pay taxes into. and my father and thus stood tall. we were one of the first in our neighborhood to own our own home. that gave us so much pride, having a piece of the american dream, the property, a house, the feeling that you somehow along. but as i got older, i saw things changing. and i heard so many negative things about unions, people talking bad about what unions were doing the wrong way. my life did not show me that. i saw good things happening. i saw that i could compete and go to good stores and good neighborhoods and be safe, because that is what the union provided us. and when my father went out on that picket line, we did not have to go out begging for food because my father got a supplemental help from the union and we were able to stay in our house, thank god. we did not have to put that up. i learned a lot growing up in a household that is very

to him for the international transfer white western union for instance this is becoming no never popular in syria for instance you have the transpose my western union off course the small amounts of money i mean a small about ten or fifteen thousand dollars so that it's not the suspicions and saying do you have the. coordination center also some people some group of people who got this all this money and then distribute this money so it's really hard to estimate can you get reach over. i'll tell you one thing in that they are returning back to syria again there was a man from my the governing party sparking. regular protests every week i mean and i'm to government and i'm to presidential purpose there in syria and i ask the what he's doing and why he's going to has worked well it's nothing personal just business but there was peace corps ski thank you very much it is interesting. issues that so much. needed to provide real. support to deny some. funny french politics with president nicolas sarkozy fighting for his political life what is the future. download the official ante up location to go on the phone on called touch from the choo

minute when for international transfer like western union for instance this is becoming no never popular in syria for instance we have a draft but it's my western union of course the small amounts of money i mean i'm small about to join or fifteen thousand dollars so that it's not suspicious and some do you have that in their cord nation central. some people some group of people who got this all this money and then distributed this money so it's really hard to estimate can you get rich of the revolution. i'll tell you of one thing in that and we're turning back to syria again and there are so many from my the governing party bus party. regular protests every week i mean and i'm to government and i do presidential protests there in syria and i asked what he's doing and why he's doing it and he has worked well it's nothing personal just business but there was peace corps ski thank you very much frank is interesting. if. russia would be so much brighter if you knew me all about someone from funniest impressions. please for instance on t.v. dot com. the world of the. sun its technology innovation all the latest developments from around russ

going from him to national transfer from western union for instance this is becoming now never popular in syria for instance we have a draft but it's my western union of course the small amounts of money i mean a small about ten or fifteen thousand dollars so that it's not the suspicions and some do you have the. cord nations center also some people some group of people who got this all this money and then distributed this money so it's really hard to estimate can get reach over. i'll tell you of one thing in that and returning back to syria again there were some men from my the governing party by sparking call guys regular protests every week i mean i'm to government and i'm to presidential protests there in syria and ask what he's doing and why he's going to a house where toilets and i think that's not just business but there was a thank you very much frank is interesting. sure is that so much but. he didn't like to have a real treat for it to deny something courtney's happening in french politics with president nicolas sarkozy fighting for his political life what is the future. more news today boylan says once again flared up. thes

because this is becoming no never a popular in syria for instance you have addressed what is my western union of course the small amounts of money i mean are small about trying to join or fifteen thousand dollars so that it's not the suspicions and sundra that you have the in the cord nation central for some people so a group of people who gather some of this money and distribute this money so it's really hard personally can get richer aleutian. i'll tell you one thing and i were turning back to syria again and there was a man from my the governing party a spark and organized regular protests every week i mean and i'm to government and i'm the person their support is there in syria i ask the world his link and write he's going to ask for a trial once and i think i said i was in the business but there was this question thank you very much frank is uncertain. they're actually innocent here allies they face of course and that's never answered . the song from those calls from me i think of it every day. i feel the slightest bites from the memories. so much so a long time ago the series trying to

to him for an international transfer like western union for instance this is becoming now never popular in syria for instance we have a draft but it's my western union of course the small amounts of money i mean i'm small about to join or fifteen thousand dollars so that it's not suspicious and son do you have the cord nation central. some people some group of people who got this all this money and then distributed this money so it's really hard to estimate cannot reach other. i'll tell you one thing in that and returning back to syria again there was a man from my the governing party bus party organizer regular protests every week i mean and i'm to government and i do presidential protests there in syria and i asked what he's doing and why he's doing it and he has worked well it's nothing that's not just business but there was peace corps ski thank you very much frank is intriguing. did i kill innocent kid allies across the face of course and that's never answered it. mom a song from the skull spoke to me i think of it every day. the flashbacks from the memories. so much so long time i'm just here trying to tell. i was ashamed. i was

cabs soon an my dad was a union electrician.etimes i'd tag along to a work site carrying his lunch or tools. it was good, honest work. i went to college with the help of a union scholarship, then started a maryland business, creating jobs by providing financing to small companies wall street ignored. today, congress is ignoring our need for jobs. my dad the electrician taught me, if something's broken, get in there and try to fix it. i'm john delaney and i approve this message. ♪ ♪ whoa. this is it. the avengers. is that? ♪ ♪ hey, what's this do? [ alarm blaring ] [ male announcer ] new baron's best from red baron. with a hand-tossed style crust delicious just got legendary. this is awesome. [ male announcer ] new baron's best from red baron. taste the legend. who wants seconds? see marvel's "the avengers." in theatres may 4th. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> you are watching abc 7 news at 5. >> panic buttons will now be going into all pc taxis. >> summary it will tie up the police with false

and when i was in the classroom, my union was my voice to get my voice to the policy makers. >> amen.the president of the national education association, their website is nea.org. he is our guest in the studio. i am sure he would be glad to, like any teacher take your calls at 866-55-press. we talked about resources and people say, well, it's just not enough money to go around. but you have been talking lately about a way where there is more money for schools without raising taxes on families. >> absolutely. you know april 15th, or this year, it's april 17th, all of us are preparing our taxes. corporations are, too. and so we started looking at the loopholes for corporations. and we found from one of the studies that if they closed seven corporate loopholes t would generate 1.5 trillion with a t, $1.5 trillion. now, what you could do with just a portion of that, let me give you one example. with just 24% of that just less than a fourth, you could provide every impoverished child preschool education. currently in america, only about 20% of kids in that category receive it now. what a d

i can use my own agency. i am unionized. we have an seiu contract and we're proud of it. one hour starting salary for a counselor who works in a kid diversion unit in the city, taking clients out of the emergency room of san francisco general hospital, saving the county tens of thousands of dollars, the starting salary is $38,000.50 years ago. it still is that amount. -- $38,000 five years ago. it is still that amount. i think that proportion of it -- you could basically say that if the costs numbers are applied, that is the amount we lost each year cumulatively to the ability for our workers to be able to keep pace, because there have been no raises during that time, and that is a similar reality process system. we have not had to cut salaries. we have a union contract, and we have other realities, but some agencies have had to go back to their workers and ask for our reduction to keep above the water, sir asking for keeping pace with the cost of living index is just keeping us even. what is not covered is five years of incremental falling behind. there should be a reque

learned about the city build program through my brother-in-law who is a former graduate of the program. this program looked like the ticket to get into a good union jobs. my family was already working in construction, thought to myself, heck, i can use this program as a way to redeem myself and to build a brighter future. city build has helped to build my self-confidence. instructors truly care for us. most importantly, they're honest about our personal growth, development, and the construction trade. i also met a lot of peers who without this program, society would have given them out. people in met in double the people i met in this program i feel that they're the real everyday heroes. they are willing to work, rain or shine, in the most dangerous and backbreaking fields and make something out of themselves. i had never seen another program similar to this. heck, i wish i knew programs like this when i graduated from high school, when i was a fumbling and declared in college. as much as people talk about the local hiring ordinance and how you have to hire that particular percentage of workers, city build should not be simply mandated in giving

. >> the summer humidity will my dad was a union electrician.imes i'd tag along to a work site carrying his lunch or tools. it was good, honest work. i went to college with the help ofni union scholarship, then started a maryland business, creating jobs by providing financing to small companies wall street ignored. today, congress is ignoring our need for jobs. my dad the electrician taught me, if something's broken, get in there and try to fix it. i'm john delaney and i approve this message.

my dad was a union electrician. sometimes i'd tag along to a work site carrying his lunch or tools. it was good, honest work. i went to college with the help of a union scholarship, then started a maryland business, creating jobs by providing financing to small companies wall street ignored. today, congress is ignoring our need for jobs. my dad the electrician taught me, if something's broken, get in there and try to fix it. i'm john delaney and i approve this message. what's your favorite facebook contest is back. >> once again, we are giving away a brand new ipad. just like our page. click on the box to win. if you share your entry, we will give you another chance to win. the winner will be announced friday. good luck. >> here is a look at the frosted miser and freeze warning from to o'clock-9:00 a.m. the darker blue is the frost advisory. the bright blue against the pennsylvania border matt has the freeze warning -- across the border has the freeze warning. >> we will see by carol 11. ♪ ♪ ♪ hit the road, jack ♪ ♪ and don't you come back no more ♪ ♪ no more, no more, no more ♪ ♪ h

after that, all my younger sisters went to college, and some of them even benefited from scholarships from the unionand i'm proud of that. that's what put our foot in the door to be in the middle class. we had find schools that all of us pay taxes into. my father and us, we stood toe. we won the first and her neighbors to own our own home. gave us so much pride, having a piece of the american dream, property, a house, defeated is somehow you belong. but as i got older i saw things changing. and i heard so many negative things about unions. people talking bad about what unions were doing the wrong way. well, my life did not show me that. i saw good things happen. i saw that i could compete. i saw that i could go to good stores and good neighborhoods and be safe, because that's what the union provided us. when my father went out on the picket line we didn't have to go out baking for food. because my father got supplemental help from the union. and yes, we were fed and we were able to stay in the house, thank god. we didn't have to put that up. but i have learned a lot but i've learned a lot growing up

. >> how cold will it be in my dad was a union electrician. sometimes i'd tag along to a work site carrying his lunch or tools. it was good, honest work. i went to college with the help of a union scholarship, then started a maryland business, creating jobs by providing financing to small companies wall street igred. today, congress is ignoring our need for jobs. my dad the electrician taught me, if something's broken, get in there and try to fix it. i'm john delaney and i approve this message. >> you can't go to las vegas or go to the super bowl on the taxpayers' dime. >> president obama blasted a big business for lavish trips to las vegas. some high-ranking members of the obama administration are out of the job for doing the same thing. it is the so-called spending scandal that centers around an expensive trip to nevada or your tax dollars were used to pay for a mind reader and commemorative coins that among other things. >> in basic function of the general services administration is to create policies and practices that save the government

my union brother. thank you for being here. keep up the good work.talk to you again soon. >> thank you for the opportunity. >> bill: we'll be back. i'll tell you what the president will be up to today and then karl frisch joining us in studio in the next hour. >> announcer: on your radio, on tv the "bill press show," new on current tv. really? yeah, i'd like that. who are you talking to? uh, it's jake from state farm. sounds like a really good deal. jake from state farm at three in the morning. who is this? it's jake from state farm. what are you wearing jake from state farm? [ jake ] uh... khakis. she sounds hideous. well she's a guy, so... [ male announcer ] another reason more people stay with state farm. get to a better state. ♪ ♪ v1c1cccm00724

and i heard so many negative things about unions, people talking bad about what unions were doing the wrong way. my life did not show me that. i saw good things happening. i saw that i could compete and go to good stores and good neighborhoods and be safe, because that is what the union provided us. and when my father went out on that picket line, we did not have to go out begging for food because our father ... supplemental health -- help because my father got a supplemental help from the union and we were able to stay in our house, thank god. we did not have to put that up. i learned a lot growing up in a household that is very close and knows that nothing is going to be given to you, but much is always expected of you. that is something that is with me now even at the department of labour. i will tell you, one of the things that we need to remember is that we cannot forget our young people. our young people need us more than ever. they need role models. they need to see that all of us are working together and that we can stand up tall and say that they can also have that piece of the american dr

it is an investment in the future of my country on its way into the european union. is my small, personal contribution. >> the serbs and kosovars are spending three days together in belgrade and then three days in kosovo. it is a completely new experience for both sides. these posters in belgrade say a step towards europe would benefit everyone. this 24-year-old agrees and is convinced that peaceful coexistence in the balkans is a key condition for serbia's entry into the eu. bamako's of all has long been independent and sovereign. i do not agree with the outdated idea of a greater serbia. i think everyone in serbia will at some point have a similarly been in position toward kosovo. >> but reality in the balkans is often grim. these scenes from last august show ethnic serb nationalists attacking its border posts. the violence was triggered by a dispute over kosovo customs stance, which serbia refused to accept. it quickly escalated into a violent standoff. the majority of ethnic serbs in the border region do not recognize kosovan independence. nato-led force had to i

i volunteer with the police and the sheriff and i paid three times for my -- to help my -- husband pays union dues and he still has no check. it keeps bouncing around from here to sacramento and back. we never get the money. he has yet to be paid. there is so many boarded up buildings that we walk by, where the jobs? i am willing to serve and weight tables with two college degrees because i want to work. thank you. -- wait tables with two college degrees because i want to work. thank you. president fong: thank you. >> good afternoon. i am -- that is my wife. i wanted to make a small comet. i am a resident of san francisco and i have been working at fedex for a month and a half. i sleep on the streets and go to work every single day. i have no where to stay. my wife is in the shelter. hard every night, loading trucks every night. i am sleeping on concrete. to support my wife and dog. i want to say that this -- there is money to house the homeless. there is money year. i read, i am very smart. -- there is money here. i went to the air force, did my time, and i am in the streets? it does not mak

unions hate charters. this protest occurred outside of a charter. >> i hope it's not personal but it may be. >> over my dead body. >> does he get the stop them? >> when we return i'll confront unions about that and other strange things union bosses said like we shouldn't judge teachers but how well students do on tests. >> how do you know if they're learning anything? >> i know my kids are learning when i look in their eyes. >> what? more stupid in america when we return. [ male announcer ] away... is as much about getting there... ♪ ...as it is being there. ♪ [ birds chirping ] away is where the days are packed with wonder... ♪ [ wind whistles ] ...and the evenings are filled with familiar comforts. find your away. for a dealer and the rv that's right for you, visit gorving.com. take the privileged investing tools of wall street and make them simple, intuitive, and available to all. distill all that data. make information instinctual, visual. introducing trade architect, td ameritrade's empowering web-based trading platform. take control of your portfolio today. trade commission-free for 60 days, and we'll

my dad was a union electrician. sometimes i'd tag along to a work site, carrying his lunch or tools. it was good, honest work. i went to college with the help of a union scholarship, then started a maryland business, creating jobs by providing financing to small companies wall street ignored. today, congress is ignoring our need for jobs. my dad the electrician taught me, if something's broken, get in there and try to fix it. i'm john delaney, and i approve this message. >>> with all due respect to steven strasburg ryan zimmerman is the face of the nationals franchise. in february the team signed the seven-year veteran to a six-year, $100 million extension. >> yeah. a little mini megamillions ticket. but before he even walked into the room of the news conference 16 of his teammates were there for support. he's that kind of guy. and he's on the hot seat with dan hellie for another installment of "batter up." >>> you're better at than people imagine and worse at than people imagine. >> i'm good at words with friends.