some of the features speakers will include housing secretary shaun donovan, a former utah governor, and west virginia senator. that will be live at 1:30 p.m. eastern. coming up next, newsmakers, with the chronic senator, -- with democratic senator tom harkin from iowa. then, an event looking at u.s. intelligence capabilities and challenges. >>? we are joined by tom harkin. welcome. we are joined by tom harkin. welcome. thank you for being here. two reporters to help us with questions. lisa mascaro who covers the tribune newspapers and fawn johnson, a correspondent with "national journal." >> let's start with the minimum wage increase. this is a big deal for the democrats. expected to be a big deal in the campaign. right from the beginning, you have drawn a hard-line, thank you do not want to negotiate the rate that you have proposed over three years, $10.10 per hour. can you tell us why? >> it is not just a big deal for democrats. it is a big deal for millions of people. 80% of the people we are talking about that will get a raise our adults. 54% are parents of kids. over half of them b

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