because ofrecisely the grassroots efforts through our campaign that fast food workers movement in the seatac an hour hashat $15 become a buzzword. we did it, not the corporate politicians. >> we will speak with the newly elected seattle city counselor kshama sawant. all of that and more coming up. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. iraq's prime minister is urging residents of falluja to rise up against al qaeda-linked militants after the government lost control of the city. swaths of falluja are now reportedly in the hands of militants with the islamic state . shifting loyalties among tribal militias fighting alongside the government are complicating the picture. militants are also holding parts of the nearby provincial capital ramadi. it is the first time militants have so overtly claimed key cities since the peak of fighting after the 2003 u.s. invasion. on sunday, secretary of state john kerry ruled out any possibility of sending in u.s. troops. >> we are going to do everything ,hat is possible to help them and i will not go into the detai

at seatac, a lot of 49ers fans flew up or drove up and were waiting for the same thing as they got to their hotel tonight. >> i love that. the 49ers are here. we are ready to beat the seahawks, we are ready! who has it better than us? nobody! woo! >> reporter: yeah last night, wilson walker and i trying to go around town and find seahawks fans that were enthusiastic, we couldn't find anybody in the clubs, bars, hotels. this morning, however, things got really crazy. people started coming out and so did the 49er fans. they showed up too. some of them coming all the way from san francisco. andria borba spoke to some of those. >> reporter: well you know, i'm in friendly territory among 49er fans in full on mania at this point. with the hours ticking down toward the battle in seattle, for many niners fans it was time to check out some new gear. at the 49ers store in palo alto, the color of the day was red and gold. and time to start some new pregame superstitions. >> this is my good luck beard. >> reporter: like others, the team this afternoon, it was time to check into a flight. bound fo

see the real life impacts of the highest minimum wage increases in the country, in an area called seatacwashington. >> reporter: as the new year comes in for a landing, all economists' eyes will be focused on seatac, an area 20 miles south of seattle, seeing an increase in the minimum wage. starting january 1st, hospital and transportation workers will see their pay jump to $15 an hour. while employees welcome the increase, many business owners will be looking at letting them go. >> we'll look at very serious cuts, looking at reducing employee hours and benefits and eliminating some positions. >> reporter: an airport parking employee says there will be customer self way. the washington lobby association says one hotel will close its restaurant, eliminating 200 jobs. >> the pie is only so big, so if you give that to labor, somebody has to go. i love my employees so i don't know what to do. >> reporter: car rental employees are also looking for ways to save money. the owner of dollar says she is looking to change schedules and out-source some functions. and experts estimate 5% of the low w

you have seen recently that municipalities, like seatback, -- like seatac in washington has had a chance to raise the minimum wage locally. if on the federal level we are all ready, we can take that fight to the state and local level, and we will. how do the elections weigh in? they are a chance for us to hold our elected officials accountable. they are a choice moment for the country. what kind of country are we going to be? what kinds of values are we going to reflect? certainly we are looking to this election cycle as a time where we will make our values reflected in the leadership that we have. if you look already at this election cycle and the endorsement of two candidates, in hawaii the candidate for senate, as well as mike honda, for senate in california, they have both stood up and been champions for social security, one piece of the broader puzzle. again, we do want to see social security strengthened and expanded. politicians who speak to that, who helped to create an economy that is fair and provides a measure of economic security for all americans who are working hard, and al

if you look at the activity around the country and minimum wage, this airport workers in seatac in seattlend the raising of the minimum wage statewide in california and a lot of the other things that jerry brown is doing along with the legislature there, so i think that is very, very important. however, all of that can't get us to where we have to go. i think those things will help support better national policies and a better national politic, but there are plenty of states, unfortunately, that don't have the same kind of commitment that new york or california or other places in the country have. we need to have a better and stronger set of national policies in a balanced way. not just public policy. we need to have people at the local level who are going to work in a civic way to improve our schools and build the child care systems and help young people get into the labor market. >> we want to thank you, peter edelman, for joining us. faculty director at this address poverty, inequality, and public policy at georgetown university. his latest book is, "so rich, so poor: why it's so hard t

look at the wind reports we dealt with yesterday, up to 60 miles per hour, 56 miles per hour around seatacwinds at this hour not as strong. gusty winds to 36 miles per hour. high wind warnings in place, in addition to our winter storm warnings. anywhere up ward from eight inches of snow. we are watching more snow in colorado where there's a winter storm warning in place. >> egypt's army chief gave the clearest sign that he would be interested in taking the job of president. abdul fatah al-sisi announced he will run, but said if the people request him to enter the race and the army mandates it, he would consider the job. >> defence minister, leading member of the interim government and perhaps, soon, egypt's next president. general abdul fatah al-sisi has been a driving force in the military for many years. it was he who great mohamed morsi as his country's first democratically elected president in the summer of 2012. he, again who deposed mohamed morsi the following summer. >> there's no question that he is the most powerful individual in egypt. i think most egyptians realise although ther