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. >> the mayor ron emanuel pushed through the increase because there was talk of a law being passed to stop chicago acting alone. he wanted to beat them to the punch. >> you can't have a thriving small business with a workforce living on subsistence wages. >> it's chicago, when the mayor wants to push something through, it happens. >> if there's one thing that supporters and attractors agree on chicago mayors tend to get what they want. >> major emanuel says the bottom line is cost of living in chicago is 20% higher than the rest of illinois and his now ordnance will give about 210,000 minimum workers a raise. >> to talk about the minimum wage let's bring in ian tuttle a buckley fellow and thomas an author and labour lawyer joining us from chicago. great to have you with us. let's start with you mr tuttle. let's say everyone makes $10 an hour, $15 if you are optimistic. what does it mean for the economy? >> it's a basic principal that when you put a price floor on it demand will drop. you are doing that so you expect demand for labour to drop from employers. in simply terms, the higher
. >> the mayor ron emanuel pushed through the increase because there was talk of a law being passed to stop chicago acting alone. he wanted to beat them to the punch. >> you can't have a thriving small business with a workforce living on subsistence wages. >> it's chicago, when the mayor wants to push something through, it happens. >> if there's one thing that supporters and attractors agree on chicago mayors tend to get what they want. >> major emanuel says the...
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ron emanuel was arguing what chuck shooum acre was -- schumacher was arguing. he was arguing against reform. others said hey, you have political capital. if you go big, let's try to move on all three fronts and see what happened. >> one thing you woke that struck me, is he's neither the belittle. you say that he doesn't see himself as a leftist or a liberal. it seems incongruous to me. he doesn't. he believes he's in the main stream. most do. he'd argue that the health care law was something republicans were in favour of in the '90s. he pushed through tax cuts na in the '90s, that version of the republican party support. that's where he sits and says hey, i'm not pushing an ultra liberal agenda. what is interesting, and i compare president obama and client. president obama is more to the left on the ideological spectrum, but they'll end up in the center if it's necessary. president obama is more of a trag mattist -- pragmatist. he would take half a loaf. some of his colleagues are nervous about that. but the republican party don't want to do that. >> look after
ron emanuel was arguing what chuck shooum acre was -- schumacher was arguing. he was arguing against reform. others said hey, you have political capital. if you go big, let's try to move on all three fronts and see what happened. >> one thing you woke that struck me, is he's neither the belittle. you say that he doesn't see himself as a leftist or a liberal. it seems incongruous to me. he doesn't. he believes he's in the main stream. most do. he'd argue that the health care law was...
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. >> the mayor ron emanuel embraced the museum. bold structures complicate, including the building made for the 1993 world fair. nearly all of chicago is happy that lucas is bringing his museum here. some are just not quite sure this is the museum they are looking for. >>> all right, time for sport now, here is joe. >> thank you. n.f.l. start adrian peterson says he's considering league at ages against the league, after an appeal was denied. the minnesota running back was banned after hitting his 4-year-old son with a tree branch. he apologised but felt the punishment was too harsh. he's considered one of the best running backs but is thinking about quitting football together and pursuing a career as a sprinter. other players are working the personal conduct policy, which you see independent investigators deal with cases of player domestic violence. >> it's good for the players and us as individuals, it's proplayer, and some of the situations we are a little guilty until proven innocent. there's a couple of different roads and aven
. >> the mayor ron emanuel embraced the museum. bold structures complicate, including the building made for the 1993 world fair. nearly all of chicago is happy that lucas is bringing his museum here. some are just not quite sure this is the museum they are looking for. >>> all right, time for sport now, here is joe. >> thank you. n.f.l. start adrian peterson says he's considering league at ages against the league, after an appeal was denied. the minnesota running back was...
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some say mayor ron emanuel acted too soon in passing the pay hike >>> welcome to al jazeera america,'m madored. -- morgan radford. >>> a powerful typhoon hagupit hit the shores of philippines. winds up to 150 miles per hour at its peak. this is the same area battered a year ago by a powerful tropical storm. that was typhoon hagupit. and this hour dozens of cities are in the dark, and roads blocked by land slides, floods and debris. kevin corriveau has been tracking the typhoon. what are you seeing? >> we are seeing the storm increasing in intensity. it's equivalent to a category 2 hurricane. it is a big deal. it is monday night in the philippines. i want to show you what the store looked like. this was, at one point, a strong storm. it made landfall in the area as a kat gree three equivalent. i'll show you the old track of haiyan and how close it was. let's go close and see what the storm is doing. if you looking at the colours, we are losing some oranges. it was 125 miles per hour when it made landfall. the sustained winds were 95 miles per hour. we think it will continue to decreas
some say mayor ron emanuel acted too soon in passing the pay hike >>> welcome to al jazeera america,'m madored. -- morgan radford. >>> a powerful typhoon hagupit hit the shores of philippines. winds up to 150 miles per hour at its peak. this is the same area battered a year ago by a powerful tropical storm. that was typhoon hagupit. and this hour dozens of cities are in the dark, and roads blocked by land slides, floods and debris. kevin corriveau has been tracking the...
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violence in chicago - now touching family members of mayor ron emanuel. two men robbed his 17-year-old of his cell phone, across the street from his house. police are searching for the suspects. and the chicago "sun times", assess the mayor is disillusioned >>> for years many in the united states lived in fear of being separated from their loved ones. we are introduced to a family struggling to stay together in time for the holidays. >> reporter: birthdays, babies, weddings, vacations. >> translation: that's me with the pinata. >> reporter: memories shared with children through photos. for more than a decade there were no photos of all five of them together. frank line came to the u.s. first in 2002. sandra followed. this was the last photo of her taken with her sons. the decision to bring the boys who lived with their grandparents illegally was difficult. >> translation: it's a country full of crime. my oldest son, who is 15, had people looking at him to be a body guard or a gang member. it was a decision to leave my sons live in danger or have them risk
violence in chicago - now touching family members of mayor ron emanuel. two men robbed his 17-year-old of his cell phone, across the street from his house. police are searching for the suspects. and the chicago "sun times", assess the mayor is disillusioned >>> for years many in the united states lived in fear of being separated from their loved ones. we are introduced to a family struggling to stay together in time for the holidays. >> reporter: birthdays, babies,...
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after the first meeting, ron came into my office and said, -- brought -- rahm emanuel commits my office and said the pentagon does not want you in those meetings. they do not want a political guy at meetings. ever been to the pentagon -- ? [laughter] i reached over my desk and picked up my id -- because the great thing about being present here is the secret service guys know you when you do not in your id -- and i said take this into me how it all works out. and he said what do you mean and i said if those guys think i am in there to give them political advice about afghanistan, then the idea that they do not know the president, that is the biggest understatement of the world. i said, if you think the president is going to going to weigh three ho -- go into a three hour meeting we are going to repeat a dozen times and i'm going to the walking up to someone who sat in that meeting and say, i'm about to go believe, the president -- go believe, the president has been in these meetings, can you give me the rundown so i can answer 30 minutes of questions about afghanistan? it is crazy. if so
after the first meeting, ron came into my office and said, -- brought -- rahm emanuel commits my office and said the pentagon does not want you in those meetings. they do not want a political guy at meetings. ever been to the pentagon -- ? [laughter] i reached over my desk and picked up my id -- because the great thing about being present here is the secret service guys know you when you do not in your id -- and i said take this into me how it all works out. and he said what do you mean and i...