and even in one case on a 9-0 decision said he violated the constitution by appointing people to the nlrb. so you have the checks of the court and i think the president needs to be cautious the same way that obama was not cautious. but if he is doing everything that if obama could do it legally, this president can do it legally. >> there were a lot of questions over the last two days about immigration. you emphasize the need to remove dangerous criminals from the country. but from what i have read, the administration's plans might go a lot further than that. is there a line or something that you would take in terms of when an activity might go too far or when the president might be enforcing those laws too robustly? sen. grassley: if you expect this to be a law, a nation based on the rule of law, you can't hardly make any exception to it. if you start making one exception, you are going to have to justify why other people have to obey a certain law. so that is the principle of our country and constitution and society and everyone respects it. if you did not respect it, we would have a cha

and even in one case on a 9-0 decision said he violated the constitution to appointing people to the nlrb. you have the checks of the court and i think the president needs to be cautious the same way that obama was not cautious. but if he is doing everything if obama could do it legally, , this president can do it legally. >> there were a lot of questions over the last two days about immigration. you emphasize the need to remove dangerous criminals from the country. but from what i have read, the administration's plans might go a lot further than that. is there a line or something that you would take in terms of when an activity might go too far or when the president might be enforcing those laws too robustly? sen. grassley: if you expect this to be a law, a nation based on the rule of law, you can't hardly make any exception to it. if you start making one exception, you are going to have to justify why other people have to obey a certain law. that is the principle of our country and constitution and our society and everyone respects it. if you did not respected, we would have a chaotic s

i think the nlrb was enforcing the statute. enforcing the law, trying to keep the law current with a very dynamic and changing economy. the law really hasn't been changed since 1947. needless to say, a lot has happened in the world since then. i think it was a dynamic board. i wouldn't say it was radical by any means. there's no way that an nlrb can be radical under this statute because the statute has been unchanged for so long. >> if you don't give one side enough time to even respond to a unionization and suddenly they only have like two weeks and it's sprung upon them -- i mean, there are a lot of people that would take great issue with what you just said about whether it was activist or not. >> i realize that. the labor law has always been a subject of deep divisions, deeply held views. >> at least the country is much more united now. >> oh, yeah. right. >> chair liebman, thank you for your time. >>> quick headlines out of unilever. they released a statement saying it's a $50 a share offer. the deal is worth $143 billion.

when we worked for collective bargaining, osha, nlrb, completely anathema to the republicans. and didn't convey that message. you named barriers, priorities that people think we have over these priorities. it's not over. they're part of our values. not going to give up commitment to nondiscrimination in our country, just are not. commitment to what we believe about respecting the judgment a woman has about the size and timing of her family. but it is also important that we have clarity and kwhuz side we're on with america's worker. i grew up in little italy in baltimore, maryland, only democrats and republicans, we're for working families. they're not. they're for trickle down economics. give tax breaks to the wealthy, trickles down, somebody gets a job, they don't, so be it. it's free market system. we're talking about trickle up. increase the paychecks and purchasing power of the american families. but stagnation in wages that is part of the heartache of families all over the country but also in the areas that you mentioned, i worked closely with steel workers. named me woma

federal communications commission need hundreds of billions of dollars in freeing up markets ftc, fcc, nlrb, and that's before you get to the tax cut policy that he's put forward and abolishing the 20 taxes in obamacare. so we were adding in one direction. we're now heading in another direction. the markets like that. charles: markets love it, brian. and it's pretty clear. it's pretty obvious. and you don't have to be an economist to know this. average people, regular folks on the street say, hey, you know what? they feel it. they do. sometimes it's anecdotal. sometimes it's just a pick up, even in their own small business. >> well, that's -- in the first 30 days what you do is you set the tone. you make clear your priorities, and you tell people here's what i want to do, but we have to remember this is like being against the first batter in the first inning of a game, we have a long way to go here. and the president's job is not only when we do 30 days well, we can do 60, we can do 90, we can do four years well, and here's how we're going to do it. charles: how are we going to get? grover,

you don't really want the president targeting you if you're like some nlrb person.ean, it's the president of the united states, still a president. >> yeah, he still is. and will be for a lot longer. >> you're fired. you're fired. >> no. >> especially when he thinks schwarzenegger doesn't know how to fire. >> what's interesting is you still think he's got this juice even though gallup 20 days in -- >> i think he has regulation juice. i think regulators right now are really trying to figure out, wow, we can't stay with this labor department. we got to leave. we got to get out of here. this is not like any change in administration we've ever seen. this guy is saying we don't want you regulators. and he's like de-fanging the compliance people. i feel that he has made it so if you're a regulator he's saying, listen, why don't you go do something else. i don't know, go enjoy your hobbies. maybe enjoy some hobbies. >> activism is part of the landscape again in our conversations. >> okay. >> you've been doing a lot of work of course on arconic and elliott there and the back

far as the labor movement is concerned, nothing less is at stake but collective bargaining, osha, nlrb, national labor relations board, any of the kinds of things -- raising minimum wage. imagine if somebody at the head of the labor department did not support raising minimum wage in our country. let me tell you something, if we did one thing, and that is from the chairman of the san francisco labor council here, thank you -- there are a few one things we could do, but if we could just pay people a living wage, a living wage, it would do more to lift up our economy, instead of putting billionaires in office. epa so many times, in denial about climate. a woman over the department of education who does not believe in public education. these are not people who share our values, plain and simple. but there are a very specific things they have in mind to do, and we have some specific things we would like to see. if you want to grow the economy, trickle-down is a proven failed system. tax breaks to the rich, it trickles down, maybe creates jobs. if it does, good. if it doesn't, so be it. that

harvard law degree, service on the third circuit, deanship of the law school and brief term on the nlrb. that's quite a break from puzder, who was previous nominee who withdrew because of a significant amount of challenges, who had a record of facing a difficult allegations as a business leader of sexual harassment and assault amongst his employees and some very challenging allegations related to a previous divorce that he had gone through. so, i think president trump is choosing someone more likely to be confirmed because he's previously been confirmed. look, have i voted for several of president trump's nominees. secretary mattis, for example, and for the sba administrator, linda mcmahon, folks who i met with and after their confirmation hearings i viewed as qualified and competent but i haven't hesitated to do my job and vote against those who were unqualified or had significant challenges, clearing ethics background or policy position i think are outside the mainstream. i'm glad that he's moved quickly to nominate someone for secretary of labor but i don't apologize for one minute f

, and questioned the benefits of some of the overreach of the obama administration, nlrb like the jointployer rule. it's unfortunate puzder would have been a good choice, but-- >>, but do you think they're going to overcome republican, you know, republican opposition? because there is some opposition. can they overcome this? >> yeah, certainly they can. unfortunately, you know, big labor thinks they own the labor department and they're going to do everything they can to keep out someone like puzder who is from the business community and republicans need to have, you know, a better spine and push through, you know, good nominees. stuart: i like that. better have a better spine. trey, thank you for joining us. >> thank you. stuart: a doubling story for you, a double murder in chicago, a two-year-old boy and a 25-year-old man shot and killed, the whole thing was streamed live on facebook. it's a full story, we've got it for you after this. now on the next page you'll see a breakdown of costs. what? it's just... we were going to ask about it but we weren't sure when. so thanks. being upfron

. >>> gnc is down 7.5% on track for its lowest close since its nlrb public offering in 2011. if you look at a year-to-date chart shares of the supplement seller down as much as 25%. this comes, of course, after gnc launched its rebranding effort to win back some more customers, but under significant pressure here as we head to the close. back to you. >>> while the dow continues to stay above 20,000, retail investors are beginning to get more bearish. the latest aaii investor sentiment survey shows pessimism is above 30% for third consecutive week. first time that has happened since the election. >> aameritrade clients are adding stocks. so what are they buying? >> they start with the financials. jpmorgan, bank of america, two of the big ones and we talked in the past about jpmorgan. or bank of america. i apologize. i feel bank is sort of a synthetic play for the entire financial industry for retail because the trades basically inexpensively than real dollar terms at $23. so it doesn't take up a huge amount of people's accounts to get involved with that type of stock. then, of

cleveland attorney and former nlrb member peter kirsanow a leading contender on the short list.deputy secretary chris lu. despite scrutiny puzder was under there were people in business looking forward to the way he would revamp the agency. is that an opportunity lost? lanny? >> you know, i do think in particular -- you know, i was very supportive of andy puzder. i thought he would have been a terrific labor secretary. i've worked closely with him. i think his sort of ideological disposition in terms of looking how to use the agency as a lever point, a point to help create more jobs, to create a more business friendly environment, i think those were absolutely the right approaches. so i'm hopeful that the president will pick someone with a similar orientation. my guess is that going into this process he's going to be looking for somebody who maybe has been a little less high profile, somebody who can make it through the confirmation process more easily. so we'll have to see. ideally the person he picks will have the same disposition and the same ideas about leading the departmen

if workers want yet the nominee for labor wanted to do away with the nlrb. in fact, when we look at the total case history, it's like putting the fox in charge of the hen house. unless of course you own the hen house, and then it's ok. so i just, again, want to finish up by saying to mark and brendan how appreciative i am of keeping this focus on the forefront of what we do here in congress. i created a building trades caucus along with a colleague, mckinley, out of west virginia. so we could try to move this forward. create an infrastructure package that puts america back to work and keep ours roads, our bridges, an our grid safe. so let's remember one thing. fair day's pay for a fair day's work and the dignity of a job. we appreciate what you've done and i yield back. mr. veasey: thank you. i want to thank the gentleman from new jersey, appreciate your heart felt words and thank you for telling us about your journey and employment and how much electricians mean to this country and other people who work with their hands. i think it's sad that in a lot of pu

he has a record of enforcing the laws that he has been put in charge of, whether the nlrb or elsewi.e think he deserves absolute serious consideration, yes. neil: we're told, always hard to preview these things, richard. that is number of democrats going to protest. some not going tonight. none like the numbers at the inauguration when 70 opted not to, what do you think of people who react that way? >> look, we have problems in the country. i think everybody ought to just step back a little bit and say, let's fix the problems. we may disagree on how we get them but we can't disagree that we do have problems in this country. i'm all for trying to fix them. and as i said, we're going to call balls and strikes. if he does something that is good for economy and workers, we'll behind him. if he does something that weakens workers, bad for the economy, then we're going to oppose him an we'll not let the thing get personal as far as we're concerned. neil: all right. comes at a time when the president, you and i gotten into this before with your counterpart has been mentioning the from the a