but i think neera is exactly right. there's a positive feedback loop between federal action and calls for movement on the minimum wage and state and city campaigns, both what the house is doing is helping local campaigns and local campaigns create momentum for federal action. i think we've seen -- anibal lot initiatives we've seen real illustrations in the past few weeks of their power. the increased flagged in massachusetts, the nation's highest minimum wage was leveraged because there was a threat the public would go to the ballot instead to raise the minimum wage. the same in michigan where tea party republicans raised the minimum wage. in seattle, the highest waged in the country, $15, was again the threat of people taking it into their own hands and going to the ballot that allowed them to win these very significant increases. >> theresa, the argument that conservatives tend to make on the minimum wage is if you raise it too high -- in their opinion if you raise it at all, it's going to have negative employment eff

. >> neera, do you want to get in on this? you were there, too. >> i was. >> you were also there. >> i think what's hysterical talking about these things from 20 years ago. >> i find it funny myself. can't she go away? >> here's the bottom line, you know, the american people have made a judgment about this. 60% of the american people, despite everything you've done throughout your career, the one man himself, actually, the army of assaulters, hillary clinton -- >> that was about bill clinton, so we're clear. that was about bill clinton, and he beat us. i have no problem saying that. >> just in "the washington post" poll over the weekend, are you honest and trustworthy and 60% of the american people have said -- >> let me ask you this, as an example of hillary's claims, because the book, she claims her greatest achievement in the state department was restoring america's image around the world. now, let's look at what happened during the years she was secretary of state. basically, world approval of u.s. leadership peaked at 49%

and thank you, neera, if for that kind introduction.eryone here knows the challenges facing working families. i myself can vividly recall teaching full-time, getting a haaser's degree -- master's degree and raising three young children. even though i had a lot of support and resources, it was still a lot at once. and those kinds of challenges have only increased for today's working family. today in three-quarters of families, all parents work whether it's a single-parent family or both parents working. women are nearly half of our work force, but too many women still earn less than men and often face barriers. and on top of an already complicated childcare schedules and community obligations, many working families are also caregivers for aging parents. more and more companies know that they need to find ways to address those challenges so that they can attract and retain talent. they also know that people now choose one job over another because it is in the best interests of their families. last month i was in seattle for a discussion w

perez, and the president of the center for american progress, neera tanden. [cheers and applause] >> well, good morning. good morning, everybody. good morning. let us hear from you. wow, i can't believe you all showed up. i am delighted to be here with my cohosts tom and neera, who you'll hear from shortly to welcome you to the first ever white house summit on working families. [applause] >> so the president's goals are simple. he wants to make sure that every hard-working american gets a chance to get ahead. and he also wants to make sure that our 21st century workplace reflects the needs of those 21st century families. and as we know, the demographics have changed over the decades. now we know that women make up know the half of the workforce. 40 -- yes, indeed. you can clap whenever you want. [applause] 40% of moms are either single bread makers or the sole primary bread earner for the family. so that's a major change in her demographics. the majority of our children live in families where both parents work. so what we need to do is to make sure that our w

need to do right now, neera tande?, the greatest threat to america great ability was going into iraq in the first place. wrong information, if not lies. that was the greatest hit to american credibility over the last 10 years. build a coalition together to stop support for isi shia militiae step back so that we can have changes in the government. and we have to ensure that there is military stops to what is happening to isis' advances. it does seem that they are getting to baghdad and that is an important thing. >> i want to ask you about hillary clinton. you were a policy adviser to her and whoever becomes president will need to take on this iraq issue as well. she was clear in her book "hard choices" that her vote for the iraq war was a mistake. does that leave for more options as result of that admission? >> i think that she was secretary of state for 4 years, she knows the region extremely well. if she runs for president, i imagine iraq will be different than it is today. we don't have years to act on these issues.

and thank you, neera, for that kind introduction.veryone here knows the challenges facing working families. i, myself, can vividly recall teaching full-time, getting a master's degree, and raising three young children. even though i had a lot of support and resources, it was still a lot at once. and those kinds of challenges have only increased for today's working families. today, in three-quarters of families, all parents work, whether it's a single-parent family or both parents working. women are nearly half of our work force, but too many women still earn less than men and often face advancement barriers. and on top of an already complicated child care schedules and community obligations, many working families are also caregivers for aging parents. more and more companies know that they need to find ways to address those challenges so that they can attract and retain talent. they also know that people now choose one job over another because it is in the best interest of their families. last month i was in seattle for a discussion

[applause] it matters a great, great, great deal and and neera, you do an incredible job at cap but you do an incredittable job of everything you touch and it's a pleasure to work with you. look, let me begin by stating the obvious. sometimes it's not, not always so obvious. every, every single circumstance is different. everyone of you in this audience has a different circumstance. different opportunity, different problems. how many of you have children out there, raise your hand? okay. in everyone of your cases there are different pressures. they're not all the same, they're not all the same and the fact is that, the fact that you're here, the vast majority of you, you're among the lucky ones. like jill and i, you're among those who are educated. you're among those who have, have options mostly. you're the ones who generally make enough money that you can get some help in caring for your children or your parents. even if you don't have the salary to do that, you're the ones that know your way around. you know the existence of programs to help your elderly parents. or your children. yo

thank you, neera, for that kind introduction. everyone here knows the challenges facing working families. recallf can visibly teaching full time, getting a master's degree, and raising three young children. even though i had a lot of support and resources, it was still a lot at once. and those kinds of challenges have only increased for today's working families. today, in 3/4 of families, all parents work, whether it is a single-parent family or both parents working. women are nearly half of our workforce, but too many women still earn less than men and often face barriers. on top of an already complicated childcare schedules and community obligations, many working families are also caregivers for aging parents. more and more companies know that they need to find ways to address those challenges so that they can attract and retain talent. they also know that people now choose one job over another because it is in the best interests of their families. last month i was in seattle for a discussion with business leaders and employees

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here to talk about it, neera tan den the president of the center for american progress and former directorary clinton's campaign and margaret, cnn political commentator. foreign affairs, health care, economy, terrorism. hillary clinton outpacing president obama. huge gap on some of these numbers. let's dig into these numbers. look at this foreign policy question. hillary clinton, 63% of people think she'd do a good job. president obama's, a 23-point gap. >> i think it's a little harder when you're in office. >> a little grass is greener. >> the truth is, people have a good sense of hillary. she's been in public life a long time. she has a established relationship with voters. great numbers for her. >> aren't those issues close to where the president is when we're talking about foreign policy? >> absolutely. when you look at her book, you'll see it's really a partnership there. it is the case that when you're in office, you take a lot of the blame as well as the good side. right now it seems the president is taking a lot of the blame for a lot of issues. >> i think hillary clinton has benef