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towson university economics professor thomas rhoads studies makrest and how they react to change. 21:04:06 "labor typically is somewhere around sixty to seventy percent of a business's cost" and his take, an artficial wage floor imposed by the government could have unintended consequences. 21:01:52 "there are trade-offs, so if you're a small business or a big business you have to pay your unskilled workers or just anybody ten bucks an hour, you're forced to do things to make-up the difference." one of those consequences higher prices for basic goods and services that could impact low wage workers the most. 21:03:58 "one of the responses businesses can make they are forced to pay higher minimum wage is to raise prices of the goods they are selling and try to make up the costs of labor." in fact, research suggests key prices did indeed rise after the most recent increase in the minimum wage went into effect. this paper from the economic policy research council published in 2013 food cited a study which concluded food prices rose roughly four percent the last time federal mimunm was rais
towson university economics professor thomas rhoads studies makrest and how they react to change. 21:04:06 "labor typically is somewhere around sixty to seventy percent of a business's cost" and his take, an artficial wage floor imposed by the government could have unintended consequences. 21:01:52 "there are trade-offs, so if you're a small business or a big business you have to pay your unskilled workers or just anybody ten bucks an hour, you're forced to do things to make-up...
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even senator john mccain was saying the ncaa should allow steven rhoads to play.hing would have changed if it weren't for one of the marine's biggest fans. sydney mcafee is president of the school and happens to be a former ncaa executive committee member. >> i picked up the phone. called a few folks. i said you really want to take a second hard look at this issue. >> reporter: they allowed him to play. it turns out that men and women in the military are normally excused from the rule. over time that exemption was forgotten. at the season opener in western carolina, rhoads put his first tackle in the record books. in the end, the blue raiders won. >> i made the sacrifice. do what i need to do. that's what i wanted to do. i was in the marine corps. i was determined to finish out my dream. kept my faith. kept praying. kept believing. here i am. >> steve osunsami, abc news, murfreesboro, tennessee >> go ahead. >> going to say good thing about the story. he didn't give up. kept fighting. it came his way. >> yeah, he had somebody at the school to look out for him. i fe
even senator john mccain was saying the ncaa should allow steven rhoads to play.hing would have changed if it weren't for one of the marine's biggest fans. sydney mcafee is president of the school and happens to be a former ncaa executive committee member. >> i picked up the phone. called a few folks. i said you really want to take a second hard look at this issue. >> reporter: they allowed him to play. it turns out that men and women in the military are normally excused from the...
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towson university economics professor thomas rhoads studies makrest and how they react to change. 21:04:06 "labor typically is somewhere around sixty to seventy percent of a business's cost" and his take, an artficial wage floor imposed by the government could have unintended consequences. 21:01:52 "there are trade-offs, so if youe a small business or a big business you have to pay your unskilled workers or just anybody ten bucks an hour, you're forced to do things to make-up the difference." one of those consequences higher prices for basic goods and services that could impact low wage workers the most. 21:03:58 "one of the responses businesses can make they are forced to pay higher minimum wage is to raise prices of the goods they are selling and try to make up the costs of labor." in fact, research suggests key prices did indeed rise after the most recent increase in the minimum wage went into effect. this paper from the economic policy research council published in 2013 food cited a study which concluded food prices rose roughly four percent the last time federal mimunm was raised
towson university economics professor thomas rhoads studies makrest and how they react to change. 21:04:06 "labor typically is somewhere around sixty to seventy percent of a business's cost" and his take, an artficial wage floor imposed by the government could have unintended consequences. 21:01:52 "there are trade-offs, so if youe a small business or a big business you have to pay your unskilled workers or just anybody ten bucks an hour, you're forced to do things to make-up the...
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it's interesting that ben rhoades saying they're still checking into that. >> a tense situation at theshopping mall where terrorists took hostages and killed dozens of people over the weekend. >>> our own zain verjee and her crew had to take cover while preparing to report. we were about to go there on cnn international. at least 62 have been killed, 170 wounded. let's bring in zain live from the scene. things changing fast, moment by moment. update us on the situation right now. >> reporter: right now everything appears calm and quiet. the smoke doesn't seem to be as thick as it was. there's been no gunfire. the helicopters have stopped. the kenyan officials have said repeatedly to me privately and publicly, it's going to be over soon. tonight we're going to wrap it up, it will be over and we're fully in control. they continue to insist that's the case and that they have removed the pockets of resistance and the shabaab and al qaeda militants that were still inside west gate mall. one interesting development michael over the last five minutes or so, i'm standing in position at the com
it's interesting that ben rhoades saying they're still checking into that. >> a tense situation at theshopping mall where terrorists took hostages and killed dozens of people over the weekend. >>> our own zain verjee and her crew had to take cover while preparing to report. we were about to go there on cnn international. at least 62 have been killed, 170 wounded. let's bring in zain live from the scene. things changing fast, moment by moment. update us on the situation right now....
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my conversation with rhoades scholar and west moore.r west moore is a book. around the same time i received a rhoades scholarship, be baltimore sun paper was writing a peace about my life. the same time they were writing a series of articles who robbed a jewelry store and in the process they shot and killed a very decorated off duty police officer. around the same time i found out that one of the people that the police were looking for that was captured and triy eied and convd what as guy's whose name was west moore. the more i learned about him the more i realized we had in common than our names. we were from the same area, we grew up in single parent households. i knew there were questions i wanted to ask and west was the only one to answer them. shefed life in prison without the possibility of parole. that one letter turned into dozens of letters. dozens turns into dozens of visits. it's about this journey of these two kids and what ends up happening that causes this split amongst these two kids. this change in destiny. >> what does
my conversation with rhoades scholar and west moore.r west moore is a book. around the same time i received a rhoades scholarship, be baltimore sun paper was writing a peace about my life. the same time they were writing a series of articles who robbed a jewelry store and in the process they shot and killed a very decorated off duty police officer. around the same time i found out that one of the people that the police were looking for that was captured and triy eied and convd what as guy's...
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. >> and the national security adviser and ben rhoads tweeting out clinton's remarks this evening, gettingout there. very interesting. it's important for them to get her out there. >> get to have a word on administration officials tweeting so much. >> even tweeting policy statements. is this the new thing? is it appropriate? >> it is what it is as john mccain would say. >> susan rice and samantha power at the beginning of this whole crisis were tweeting about it before we heard from the president. >> but can they tweet a link to a statement from a website so it's more official. >> we were talking earlier in the show about how much of this was planned, secretary kerry talking about this plan "b" and the administration embracing it and one of my staff reminded me of this moment when vice president biden got over his skis on the issue of gay marriage. >> i am vice president of the united states of america. the president sets the policy. i am absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marrying men, women marrying women and heterosexual men and women are entitled to all the same civil libert
. >> and the national security adviser and ben rhoads tweeting out clinton's remarks this evening, gettingout there. very interesting. it's important for them to get her out there. >> get to have a word on administration officials tweeting so much. >> even tweeting policy statements. is this the new thing? is it appropriate? >> it is what it is as john mccain would say. >> susan rice and samantha power at the beginning of this whole crisis were tweeting about it...
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on new day this morning, the deputy national security advisor for president obama ben rhoades was askedond to what assad said and here's that clip. >> i think bashar al assad has no credibility. you're talking about a dictator who has already killed tens of thousands of people and used chemical weapons. people see in the videos the horrific consequences of what he's done. and frankly, it's not surprising someone who would use those weapons would then lie about it. >> now, after our report on saturday, the senate intelligence committee posted you the 13 video clips so members of the public can go either to the cnn website or to the senate intelligence committee website to see these videos for themselves. we should warn people that they are very graphic and in some cases very, very upsetting showing children and others reacting to what intelligence officials claim very specifically was not just a chemical weapons attack but specifically a sarin gas attack. >> yeah, and it's about that sort of control and command linking, isn't it? they've got to be able to show the american bilk as well a
on new day this morning, the deputy national security advisor for president obama ben rhoades was askedond to what assad said and here's that clip. >> i think bashar al assad has no credibility. you're talking about a dictator who has already killed tens of thousands of people and used chemical weapons. people see in the videos the horrific consequences of what he's done. and frankly, it's not surprising someone who would use those weapons would then lie about it. >> now, after our...
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>>> rhoades scholar west moore tells me about another man sitting in prison with his name. and important twists overseas this hour on syria. is john kerry convincing any other countries to join the u.s. in a military strike. >>> making his case. president own with a new message today on syria. it comes just days before he makes a national appeal. will the public buy it? >>> in florida, it's a coastlining crisis. a new report on how beaches may be disappearing as the sands of time slip away. >>> the number one selling car
>>> rhoades scholar west moore tells me about another man sitting in prison with his name. and important twists overseas this hour on syria. is john kerry convincing any other countries to join the u.s. in a military strike. >>> making his case. president own with a new message today on syria. it comes just days before he makes a national appeal. will the public buy it? >>> in florida, it's a coastlining crisis. a new report on how beaches may be disappearing as the...