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it's not hilda solis' voice. it's the voice of women. it's the voice of people wanting to see justice in the workplace, wanting to have equality of education opportunities, equal pay, and to see that we have more access for diverse communities. when i speak it isn't just hilda the latina cabinet member, it's hilda the person bringing these other experiences with her. >> join us every week at this time as we profile more latino firsts. next time we talk live with the author of mambo sings play songs of love and the physician hispanic to win a pulitzer prime. this is coverage you only see on cnn. >>> it was a fair tieing scene on a school bus in mississippi, but fast thinking by one of the students prevented a tragedy. then later, this picture pretty much says it all. we'll explain how this car ended up in this house. i'm pretty much the same as i am in a plastic bottle? except that you'll save, like, $600 bucks a year. but other than that, we're pretty much the same. pur. good, clean water. could save 'em hundreds on car just telinsurance

i'm mario solis. >> thank you, mario. >>> a picture is worth a thousand words. how about several hundred thousand dollars for one reality tv star's wedding pictures. your early morning enttainment adlinesre straight ahead. >>> plus, when some men in oregon take the phrase, walk a mile in her shoes, well, they take it quite literally. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back on this monday morning. some of the worst weather out there is rolling through ohio. cleveland, it's raining. some lightning strikes to the south of you. one cell near canton. from columbus to pittsburgh on 70, storms. be careful on that drive. other areas are dry. summer through georgia, florida, up through the atlantic. new england, a very warm full day. if you're watching nbc 6 in miami, study newton's law of motion from the fall of the apple to the dance of the planets at the world's in motion hibit at the miami science museum. that's your eastern event of the day, dan. go to the beach once you get sick of the sun, then the museum. >> and learn something. good idea. thank you, bill

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i'm mario solis. >>> we'll tell you which celebrity ran more than 1,000 miles for charity. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, stick around. you're not going to believe where this patch of green is located. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back on this thursday morning. rain in the forecast today. once again, you need the umbrella tennessee through alabama, mississippi, georgia. even up into the carolinas, especially around the charlotte area. a chance of showers. also columbus, south carolina. d.c. today a sprinkle or two. it's not going to downpour. just a little a annoying cool rain. look at the temperatures in the big cities from boston to new york city. you'll be lucky to be, you know, in the 60s. that's it. 60s. well, if you're watching wncn nbc 17 in raleigh, north carolina, emerse yourself in chocolate from the raw rain forest material to the luscious treats in a box at the north carolina museum of natural sciences. that's your eastern event of the day, christina. of course the cocoa bean. >> all right. thanks so much,

getting to know the labor secretary hilda solis. good in depth understanding of what she thinks of. join us every week, by the way, at this time as we profile more lat anna fists for you. we talk live with oscar, the author of mambo kings play songs of love. be there for that. coming in october an in depth look at what it's like to be latino many america. it's coverage you'll see only on cnn. >>> one williams sister is in and now one is out as of today. we're talking u.s. open tennis, and that guy there, the start of college football, with rick stretd. >> there you go. >> there you go. with copd, i was short of breath, so i couldn't always do what i wanted to do. but 5 minutes ago i took symbicort and symbicort is already helping significantly improve my lung function. so today, i've noticed a significant difference in my breathing. and i'm doing more of what i want to do. so we're clear, it doesn't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden symptoms. my doctor said symbicort is for copd, including chronic bronchitis and emphysema. it shou

en el capitolio, el senador harry reid, la secretaria de trabajo hilda solis junto a sindicatos y personalan por su aprobacion... "hay bastantes personas que no tienen su trabajo y al mismo tiempo muchos latinos ahorita no tienen cobertura medica. tenemos que reducir los costos, dar mas amplios servicios a las personas que no tienen y merecen un seguro medico" se estima que 46-millones de personas no tienen seguro de salud en todo el pais... "las personas continuan perdiendo sus empleos, sus casas, su cobertura medica y las ganancias de las compañias de seguro siguen aumentando" sectores que se oponen al plan del presidente obama, aseguran que la reforma no se concretara.... "esta claro que el plan del presidente no se convertira en ley y no porque las personas no quieran una reforma de salud, sino porque es una receta equivocada para america" "sin lugar a dudas, el plan para reformar el sistema de salud continua originando una serie de reacciones encontradas en todo el pais.

the secretary of labor, hilda solis, told me in an exclusive interview she believes the stimulus is only getting started. >> unemployment rate near double digits. how are you going to get people back to work? >> you'll see a lot of construction. you'll see a lot of rail projects, transportation. and you'll also see a release of monies -- capital monies going into the development of manufacturing. >> and while many screamed only 100 builds of the stimulus has been spent so far solis is asking for a little patience. >> well, i think we're beginning to see the implementation of the american recovery act that was signed into law in february -- first of all help rescue and then rebuild. the rescue part was a big portion of funds that went in to help those dislocated workers. we're only into six months of the recovery plan and it's a two-year process. we still have a ways to go. >> the key driver? the administration is setting more and more green on green jobs. not bad since this sector has a job growth rate 2 1/2 times faster than the economy as a whole in the last ten years. >> green job, re

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. >> bueno, tuvimos a la secretarÍa hilda solís, que como saben es la primera lo tenga en ocupar un cargo> obviamente. Éste asÍ dos gran aÑo para las latinas. no solamente tenemos una latina en la corte suprema de justicia sino que tenemos un nÚmero rÉcord de latinos buscando altos cargos en el gobierno. >> ¿por quÉ cree usted que hoy en dÍa se ha roto un rÉcord de participaciÓn de mujeres la razÓn principal para que ckp haya tanta alta participaciÓn? >> bueno, porque yo creo que nos ha llegado a la hora. h@som muy preparadas, no solamente por ser latinos estamos en estos cargos y no porque somos calificadas. asÍ que nos llegÓ la hora, la mujer latina estÁ participando polÍticante mÁs que nunca, estÁ creando negocios. las latinas crean negocios seis veces la tasa nacional. es el upo que mÁs negocios crea en este paÍs. tambiÉn despierta americah@thgu@ mantenido un poco. pero estamos rompiendo el techo y estamos llegando a los mÁs altos cargos. >> bueno, cristina lÓpez, presidente del instituto nacional de liderazgo para hispanas, h@despa amerh@muthguqr esa pÁgina de internet w.nhli paque s

that's your early look at sports on "early today," i'm mario sol solis. >>> who's number one on the charts right now? you wouldn't guess if i gave you a million tries. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, people are popped the question in countless ways, but one couple has no match when it comes to what happened after the proposal. you're watching "early today." morning. here's a look at your forecast. you need the umbrella today. much of ohio, up into northern kentucky, cincinnati, louisville, lexington, columbus, detroit to cleveland and to buffalo, bring your umbrella, d.c., light rain, on and off all day long. and the delmarva region, into ocean beach, maryland, delaware, you're going to get a lot of rain today. be prepared for maybe some possible flooding. >>> well, if you're watching us on whdh 7 nbc, gorgeous right on the water. enlighten yourself, learning about the world's largest energy resource. >>> and summer time's favorite, of course we're all talking about the sun. this is all at the sun power exhibit at the museum of science. that's your

officials are trying to solis private donations to pay for the festival. >> a maryland care giver so-called is arrested after police say he left three mentally challenged adults in a hot van, while he was eating dinner. it happened sunday at the mountain view diner in frederick. three blind and deaf men in the van for more than an hour. 47-year-old brian fleming is charged with neglect. diners even tried to get the men to unlock the doors. >> they noticed that, you know, some of them unresponsive. one appeared to be sleeping or slumped over. they could see they were sweating profusely. they could obviously they said they could tell from the appearance, you know, they were some sort of mental handicapped. and the fact they had not seen anybody. >> temperatures were soaring in the van at the time. fleming has been fired. >> four days since the watermain break in dundalk. and major repairs have yet to start. here is a look at where the main broke. that is not it. this is one of the homeowners there. very frustrated. material in a faulty pipe is to blame for friday's break. several flooded home

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hilda solis has been talking about the job market. she said things are looking more stable and that some sectors are actually improving. >> keep in mind, the recovery program is just in like its six months right now and it's a two-year project. so we still have more funding opportunities that will go creating and helping to build our infrastructure. so that will help in construction and manufacturing. we're also going to see these new hybrid technologies created. and i think the money alone that i am providing through our department for job training won't be fully effective until later this year, around october or november. so there are flickers of hope out there. i would just hope people, please, come by and visit our centers where people with get free information. >> the president said near the end of his speech that secretary solis' top priority is protecting american workers. vice president biden told people at a rally that organized labor is the nation's backbone and that he and arlen specter would keep talking it up. pennsylvani

that's why secretary solis made it her priority to protect workers.our safety, benefits and you're right to bargain collectively. that's why some of the first executive orders iraqi sued overturned the previous administrations attempts to stifle organized labor that's why organized to level the playing field to let labor unions that want a union to form a union. when labor is strong, america is strong. when we all stand together we all rise together. that's why the first piece of legislation i signed the law was the susan li led better better pay act guaranteeing equal pay for equal work. susan she did her job and did it well. after nearly two decades she discovered after years she was paid less than male colleges for doing the same work. over the years she lost 100,000s of dollars in wages and pensions and social security benefits. she could have just moved on. instead, this alabama grandmother made a decision. she said a principal was at stake. she stood up and spoke up for what was right all the way to the supreme court and finally in the white hou

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that is why hilda solis, daughter of a union member, it is our new labor secretary.pplause] hilda and i know, in good and bad economic times, labor is not the problem, they are the solution. that is why we have been replacing old anti-labor executive order, policies that protect your safety and your right to organize and collectively bargaine. [applause] that is why the first bill i signed into law was the lilly- ledbetter act to uphold the better pay. that is why i stand behind the employee free choice act. [applause] a majority of workers, if they want a union, they can get a union. [applause] we will grow a are middle-class by creating jobs for americans who want one, not just any job, but jobs with good wages and benefits. jobs that give the person the satisfaction that they can meet the responsibilities of their families. jams thajobs that are not just e of income, but of respect. earlier today i was in youngstown, ohio. this plant was rehiring about 1000 workers to make the cars of tomorrow. that is a sign of life in our auto industry, and i am pleased to see i

>> estÁ muy difÍcil, ¡marco antonio solÍs!o asÍ en chicago, adonde puede asir l seis dÍas de la semana. el domingo estarÁn un grupo regional. los viernes puedes ir a bailar. >> ¿y cÓmo van a hacer? >> es un evento de una radio. quisimos mezclar el pop con lo regional y hacer un evento. tambiÉn vamos a hacer cumbia villera, de argentina. >> gracias a dios nos tocÓ una participaciÓn... ahora sÍ que se respetÓ la mÚsica pop. participaron varios mÚsicos, y yo creo que la canciÓn estÁ muy buena. se estÁ escuchando en varias estaciones de radio poco y ahora se las vamos a presentar vivo. >> se van a pasar al pop si pegan duro? >> estamos en eso. >> tmíq@oéj[kph@áádespierta amet porque ahora nos vamos a las noticias con neida sandoval. >> gracias, anita. una importante diplomÁtica estadounidense sostuvo diÁlogo con funcionarios del rÉgimen en la habana. fueron las primeras plÁticas de este tipo en varios aÑos entre representantes de ambos gobiernos. la subsecretarÍa de estado se reuniÓ con el vicecanciller cubano y visitÓ una zona af

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that's why i named hilda solis, daughter of a union member, as our new labor secretary. -- hilda and i know that whether we're in economic times -- good economic times or bad economic times, labor's not the problem. labor's part of the solution. that's why we've begun reversing and replacing old anti-labor executive orders, policies with ones that protect your benefits and protect your safety and protect your rights to organize and collectively bargain. that's why the very first bill i signed into law was the lily ledbetter act to uphold the basic principle of equal pay for equal work. that's why i stand behind the employee free choice act. because the majority of workers want a union, they should get a union. we'll grow -- we'll grow our middle-class by creating jobs for americans who want one, not just any jobs, but jobs with good wages and good benefits. jobs that give a american the satisfaction of knowing they'll meet their responsibilities to their families, jobs that aren't just a source of income but a source of pride and self-respect. every american deserves tha

do not mice karen finerman's one-on-one with hilda solis.r lunch" has the pulse of the sector with the ceo of napson integrated. >>> this market can't be stopped. er from off hitting new highs can the momentum keep going after the best week since july? we check the charts for your outlook. >>> and can stocks keep going without jobs? the chairwoman goes straight to the source with an exclusive with the labor secretary. >>> plus, it inspired a new movie. >> they will make me the next president. >> with the ad names hitting the big screen, we give you the pharm trade hollywood style on america's post-market show tonight. i've been growing algae for 35 years. most people try to get rid of algae, and we're trying to grow it. the algae are very beautiful. they come in blue or red, golden, green. algae could be converted into biofuels... that we could someday run our cars on. in using algae to form biofuels, we're not competing with the food supply. and they absorb co2, so they help solve the greenhouse problem, as well. we're making a big commitme

hilda solis at the department of labor understands that it is very difficult for workers to obtain raisesficance if increased productivity is all going into increased health care costs. gary locke, department of commerce, is constantly hearing stories from businesses small and large alike about ever-escalating premiums and the need to get control of our health care costs. bob gates, one of the biggest parts of his budget is -- are his health care costs. and so we all understand that this is an issue that the country is ready to deal with. as i said last night, i am confident the plan that we've put forward is the right plan for the american people. i continue to be open to suggestions and ideas from all quarters, house members, senate members, democrats, republicans, outside groups. what we cannot do is stand pat. what we can't do is accept a status quo that is bankrupting families, businesses, and our nation. i will not tolerate us continuing to pay more for less in health care. the time is right, and we are going to move aggressively to get this done. and every member of this cabinet is

. >> labor secretary hilda solis, thank you for spending part of your morning with us. we appreciate it. >> thank you. happy labor day. >> thank you. >>> now for more, here's lester. >>> thanks. let's bring in john harwood, cnbc's chief washington correspondent. john, good morning. >> happy labor day, lester. >> happy labor day to you. i'm sure the administration would like to be talking about jobs, the economy and health care. we'll talk about that in a moment. but van jones, a name most of us have not heard of, is now the talk of the town. it is kind after rule of thumb in washington, as you know, if there's bad news you try to bury it. this announcement of his resignation came out late saturday night, early sunday morning in the middle of a holiday. what's that tell you about the level of worry at the white house over this? >> well, it's an embarrassment for the white house. any time you've got to cut somebody loose from your administration, a lot of americans are going to look at that and say, hey, something was wrong there. this is a victory for conservatives who h

forces should pull out of afghanistan and focus soly on pakistan. and press secretary, robert gibbs, said they were repeating talking points in the gop radio address. >> the senator clearly turned over his cards on bipartisan ship and decided it's time to walk away from the table. it looks like republicans are stepping away from seeking a bipartisan solution. >> another key health care negotiation, chuck grassley said he won't compromise. grace >>> chuck todd joins us live. >> reporter: i think they thought they lost any idea for a couple of weeks. this is not new. it seems to me it's playing out. it's a bit of a game of chicken between grassley and the white house. the white house doesn't want to say a bipartisan deal is over, you guys leave the table. and grassley doesn't want to say it. neither one wants to give the other the high ground on this. that's why these guys are technically still at the table. and max even admitted a bipartisan deal will happen. he still believes they could get some sort of deal that can get through the senate. i would

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solis to russia and status in the back. a resolution has been passed directly criticizing israel and its atomic program for the first time in 18 years. israel is considered by many to have nuclear arms. this meeting was sponsored by arab nations and supported by many developing countries. turning to the war in afghanistan, italian prime minister berlusconi says it would be best for his troops to leave afghanistan as soon as possible. this after six italian soldiers were killed yesterday in a car bombing in kabul. giving a time line for a withdrawal, he added that any pullout would be coordinated with italy's allies. meanwhile, afghanistan officials are saying that a u.s. serviceman and a canadian soldier have been killed in separate provide bomb explosions in southern afghanistan. this year has been the deadliest for american and nato troops since the 2001 invasion. finally, japan tells us that tokyo wants to strengthen bilateral relations despite potential areas of disagreement, including their longstanding military allian

solis: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent -- ms. sanchez: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. sanchez: during this time we will celebrate the culture of people who trace their roots to spain, mexico, central america, south america and the caribbean and their contributions to american life. the achievements of the hispanic community in america have affected so many aspects of our society. for example, there are now over 1.6 million hispanic-owned businesses in america. of these businesses, over 29,000 generate over $1 million worth of revenues every year. hispanics in america are also succeeding in a wide variety of challenging fields. there are currently over 79,000 hispanic executives, almost 51,000 hispanic physicians and surgeons, almost 49,000 hispanic postsecondary teachers and over 38,000 hispanic lawyers. and lastly, let us not fore get that there are over 1.1 million hispanic veterans of the united states armed forces. thank you, mr. chairman. and i yie

that is wide mhy ms solis has ba strong advocate of using green jobs to pull people out of poverty. get some of these skills, get some of these trades, learn how to use these tools, then there will be a job out there. she is passed and a -- passionate about that. that is where her heart is. her heart is with the poor folks and giving them a chance. that is why president obama has her as the secretary of labor. i want to thank you for your time. somebody said something to me in college that stuck with me. i had a great professor who was my mentor. he is my mentor to this day. i always find somebody like that. i had another professor that i never talked to but would say certain things in class. i want to close with something he told me. the class was astrophysics. i told you that i was like erckle. it was advanced astronomy. i did not learn anything in the class because it was way over my head. i remember this one thing he said. he said when you look up in the night sky, a little tiny thing almost the size of the green sand, a little piece of space dust will hit the atmosphere and you