i was at my favorite chicago restaurant, tank noodle. any of you been there at tank noodle? good, good food. corner of argyle and broadway. so i'm going to put my bill on the credit card and was going to put the tip there. i turned to the waitress and i say, if i put my tip on the credit card will you get it? no. well, she will get it and neither will lots of other workers. in fact, my friends at the department of labor advice me just put your tip in cash because the workers are more likely to get it, and you know those lookups at starbucks and duncan donuts? don't assume they will get it either because there are major lawsuits out against both of those companies for taking some of those workers gets. and then there are the day laborers who work all day and don't get paid at all. so these are the major ways, but i have to tell you that every time i think i've heard it all in terms of workers not getting paid, i hear a new story. i heard the story not just a couple months ago about henries turkey service in abilene texas that recruited folks up for a work in a turkey plant in

. >> he had the most appropriate name for a journalist >> we call that the chicken noodle network in days. of all people thought that when bill left one of the networks to go to work for this newfangled deal that nobody thought was going to go very far, we all wondered if he had something along with him. he saw something that the rest of us did not see. he did a great job. >> tony left nearly a year ago, but the sorrow is still fresh. remember his spirit and cheerful presence. washington will never be the same and without tony snow. god bless the snow family and may god bless you all. calling out the name i cherish god bless this no family, and may god bless you all. >> from nbc news, this is "meet the press" with tim russert. >> today, a subject that concerns each and everyone of us. your pocketbook. >> i never knew anyone who enjoyed news, who was more curious or had more enthusiasm about news than candid. that was his great secret. great reporters had this curiosity about them. the greatest curiosity i have ever known. the guy that came closest to>> every sunday, we invite the ame

we call that the chicken noodle network in those days. a lot of people thought that when bill left one of the networks to go to work for this newfangled deal that nobody thought was going to go very far, we all wondered if he had something wrong with him. the fact was, he saw something the rest of us did not see. it did a great job for him. >> tony left us nearly a year ago. pissarro is still fresh. so are the memories. we remember tony's to a full spirit and cheerful presence. >> shirley waldo want talk about this. no. with the funky music white girl. >> there was never a doubt which ones mattered most. >> i have the best gift imaginable. why walk to the door after work, three youngsters raised my way calling out the name i cherish most, daddy. >> washington will never be the same without tony snow. it is a better city because of his legacy. god bless this no family, and may god bless you all. >> from nbc news, this is "meet the press" with tim russert. >> today, a subject that concerns each and everyone of us. your pocketbook. >> i neve

stick me with noodles and both arms -- with needles. host: do you ever see the bill? caller: then they did and ekgn t the hospital -- the nurse told the doctor that i had a murmur. he decided not to do surgery and told me that i had to go to a heart specialist to get an okay. they charged on medicare over $1,100 and send me a bill for $130. i went to the heart surgeon -- i mean to the heart specialist, cardiologists, and he said there is nothing wrong with your heart. what the you do? so, i went to another surgeon instead of the first. last week i had the carotid artery done and everything went fine. except that the first surgeon was going to do it on the right side and the surgeon said no, it is the left side. so, there you go. you are shooting crap the matter which will you go. -- no matter which way you go. but if you do not have universal health care, then you are in trouble. no matter what. even if you are a millionaire. host: thanks for calling in. we will be able to continue this discussion later jared bernstein, an economic policy advisor to vice president joe

it seems in my memory that every night we had tuna fish and noodles, with stale potato chips crumbled on top, and we would groan at the sight of another tuna fish. and my mother would say, "think of the poor, starving children in europe." i'm not bragging on her. there were millions of american women doing that. one of the features of d-day is, we were all involved. i was making the contribution that a 10-year-old could make; my mother was making the contribution she could make. women all over this country were working night shifts in the factories, turning out munitions or boots or binoculars or any of the other myriad items that troops need to go into battle. and then they were working days, volunteers at the red cross rolling bandages. when the news came to this country on the morning of june 6 that the invasion had started, there was an overwhelming impulse to go to church or synagogue and pray, and what these people prayed was, "god, i hope i did it right. the bandages that i rolled, the bullets that i made are going into battle, even as i am here praying. please, god, let me hav