we can't allow our own president to communicate, what we're doing is failing as a nation. >> teachers' unions, teachers would agree with what you're saying. you're an educator and you know this. but why aren't teachers' unions supporting this? >> they're focused on themselves. focused on their own interest. this doesn't cross their path. this doesn't cut into their work schedule. this doesn't impact their pay. so they're not interested in it. all it does is impact children. that's not their thing. >> so there are a lot of big kahoonas out there that could be worked on at the moment. when you look at an educator and what the president is trying to do as well as the secretary of education. we have the falling scores, and deep cuts in education all across the budgets in our country right now. what are some of the main things that should be concentrated on right now? >> we must have an honest conversation about school vouchers. in order for our children to have access to quality schools right now, they cannot be asked to wait for school reform, or some other idea or painting a school or renaming

the teachers union, government unions all have underfunded pension liabilities.one are making money. what is the point these days? i don't know. >> we interview these executives all the time that say the union costs are killing the bottom line at companies. it's hard to support union jobs when they are so costly and they can possibly put you out of business. >> it was actually the healthcare costs killing people more than the union costs. one of the biggest reasons we have the economic problems is real wages didn't rise under the bush years. finally we have a president sticking up for working people. the chinese instance wasn't a question about fair trade practices. they were stealing jobs through unfair trade practices. >> we hear that a lot. what does it do for the working people? >> let him finish! >> finish your sentence. jonathan, be quiet, please. >> finally we have a president that is standing up for working people, not just on healthcare but on unfair trade practices as the bush administration only sometimes did. jonathan, go ahead and respond. i know you

. >> the teacher's union accuses rhee of intentionally over hiring this summer. >>> orange county, virginia, is possibly going to permit a walmart to be built. a group of preservationists has tried to block the walmart. the county board will seek to have the law suit dismissed. >>> you just watched him steamed up the screen on "grey's anatomy." a lawsuit claims a private video was unlawfully posted and maliciously distributed. >>> we have an "oprah" promo. mackenzie phillips is back. she said she had a long time sexual relationship with her father. now versus the -- now her sister and will be a guest on the show. >>> hundreds gathered in northwest tonight to raise money for an important cause. the second chance empowerment services works to promote psychological help for women who have been victimized by domestic abuse. the keynote speaker tonight was the sister of a domestic violence victim who was killed. i was luckyo serve as the m.c. tonight. >> very good work. >>> doug, way to go for you? >> is today at looked like things to clear up. at 6:00, i saw this area west of the mountains, and

that they're treated fairly. >> reporter: they were already paying its teachers 18% more than the average public school. but the unionup to 33%. the school says that's forced it to lay off five teachers, shorten the school day and eliminate saturday classes and field trips. you're still in negotiations with the union. >> yeah. >> reporter: what are you asking? >> we want to restore our day. we want them to really look at the wonderful things that we're doing here according to the money that we have that we're really paying teachers. good money. >> reporter: students here hope so, too. your teachers, how do you feel about them? >> well, i feel that they help us. they don't care how much they're getting paid. >> i really want to know what your goals for this week. >> reporter: teachers want the same, but right now it looks as though they'll have to accept a raise, whether they want it or not. when i asked the union about the layoffs at kipp, it told me there are plenty of other teaching jobs available in baltimore. as for kipp, they e-mailed me, unless they get some breathing room under the law or from the union, the f

the head of the washington teacher's union says they feel blind sided by the move. especially since the district just hired 900 new teachers this summer. >> the circumstances surrounding this risk has made our teachers wonder whether or not this is really about a short fall of funds or if this is a back door way of getting rid of veteran teachers. >> it is at the doorstep of the council, because it's not our action. > dc councilman, chairman i should says he is surprised by the layoffs, since the mayor just signed the budget in august. she will release details later this month. >>> it was sort of some times today where you needed to have a little more than just your jacket. >> it was a little dreary, but i think everyone is going to be happy with the outcome this weekend. >> okay. >> so we get through tonight and half of tomorrow we'll be in good shape. here's your forecast first. the next three days look like this. some clouds to start. we should finish strong. high temperatures in the upper 70s. sunny, upper 70s. there will be a cold front moving through on saturda

. >> reporter: washington teachers union president george parker responded by saying he cuts would be deaf stating and he questioned why the system hired 900 new teachers to wind up announcing layoffs. >>> here's a look at what we are tomming this morning. dc fire and ems are searching for the cause of a fire that broke out in northwest. it began at 7:00 this morning on the 57 600 block of 15th street. we have been told that some hung sheets outside of the window and escape. they were evidence virtually rescued by firefighters using ladders. ten people were treated for smoke inhalation. we'll be right back after these messages. stay with 9 news now. >>> police are searching for three teenagers that stabbed a man in a subway restaurant. police say an argument broke out between the worker and three girls before the girl allegedly attacked the man. he was treated at a hospital louis in the chesapeake bay is getting worse according to a new report by environment maryland. they say overfishing and pollution are taking their toll and it is having an impact on the economy of the state. >>> n

. >> reporter: the washington teachers union president, george parker responded by saying the cuts would be devastating and he questioned why the system hired 900 new teachers only to now announce layoffs. >>> dc city council members grilled the citied ifed if and wasa. a hearing yesterday focused on an inadequate water supply during the mansion fire on shane bridge road. testimony reveals thed ifed if never got thursday row maps of the water system, even after similar problems occurred if western. listen to an exchange between council member phil mendleson and fire chief dennis rubin. >> fire and ems responded to fires without water supply maps, correct? >> i would say that's correct. >> i'm truly stunned hoar. how could you show up at a fire not knowing where the wear supply is? >> reporter: wasa officials had to answer questions about out of service hydrants in areas that seem prone to water supply problems. >>> today, virginia's candidates for governor will debate in our area. democrat deeds and republican mcdonnell will face off this morning. the fairfax county chamber of commerce i

>> up-to-dateness to the teachers unions and i know you're shocked. school started in new york and the kids arrived exactly one day after the teachers arrived. thanks to a brilliant negotiating on the part of randi weingarten at the american federation of teachers, teachers only had one day to prepare at the end of summer vacation. if you go to the afp website they call themselves a unit of professionals. i say fewer professionals you should take a little time to prepare for the kids come back. tonight paul, i get a hit to the university of wyoming president tom buchanan for setting up two protesters who have been objecting to the naming of an international center for dick cheney on campus visit his support for the iraq war. and the president of the university reminded the protesters that real intellectual diversity includes and extends to people who you don't agree with.

yet, with all of that, particularly on a national level, strong lobby is the teachers union.dy to take that fight on? one has to believe that if some of what you want to put in, you're going to have a huge fight down the line. >> i think it's so important that, as i said earlier, we all have to stretch outside our comfort zone, we all have to be willing to challenge the status quo, and that includes the unions. i think it's very important that as they change, as they adjust to this new reality, that they be partners with me. it's very important that change happen with folks, not to them. and so, i'm in constant communication with the leadership of the nea and the aft, and i will tell you in all honesty, so far i've seen an absolute willingness to think differently to partner in different ways, and we all have to get dramatically better. but let me be clear, just as i'm going to challenge the unions every day to behave differently, we have to look in the mirror and we as the department of education have to equally be part of that change. let me give you a quick example. when i

i would not defend everything that every teacher in the union does, but it happens, the nea which i happened be close to, the national education association represents what, two or 3 million teachers in america. the largest teachers union in the country. has by and large totally apart from what they do on behalf of achers, has been a bastion of decency throughout my caree they have been the ardt advocates for poor people, better housing for poor people, for preschool for four children. and without defending everything that unions do, let's just be blunt about it, or the democts because she raised that point. or the republicans. the teachers unions are not the reason why we have catastrophic urban rates of failure. among minority kids in america today. because we had teacher unions back in the days when i -- inner cities were mostly white, polish, irish, italian and jewish people. >> host: did they ve the same kind of power as they do today? >> guest: yes. and more powerful. but this is the main point. you know, they have plenty, they make mistake and areas where i just disagrewith the unions

. >>> washington teachers union president george parker responded by saying the cuts would be devastatinge questioned why the system hired 900 new teachers to only wind up announcing layoffs. >>> a warning for those who live or work near ft. belvoir. today around lunchtime a huge air force hangar plane will be flowing at a low altitude over the davis field. it is part of a refueling mission. so don't be alarmed. >>> if you plan to drive on the beltway late tomorrow night you could find it is closed. crews will doubt down all the lanes at route 123 including the exit ramp. that's so dominion virginia power can move power lines. it is part of the del dulles extension project. >>> time for another living smart report. jessica doyle makes a comeback. >> good morning. you know how google has been working to assemble a massive on-line collection of books. >> always doing something. >> here's the update. google is realizing not everyone wants to read books on the computer so it is teaming up with another company that makes a high speed establishing machine and that can access their library of 2

if the teachers unions would get together and focus on what the students want and complain and demand more for the students then something would change. teachers are the ones teaching the students. as long as the students feel that the teachers are more important than the graduation rate, then they never will get a chance. guest: i am not talking about throwing more money at the problem. as governor, i had to balance the budget. i know what that is about. i am talking about targeting dollars. i do not want to spend one additional dollar to make a dysfunctional system more expensive. expensive. we need to for strategic change. every school should be student- centric. you raise a point that is very critical which is successful high schools are ones where the personal graduation plan for every student recognizes that every size does not fit all. what if this student has a need for literacy skills and this one has a numeracy problem and this one needs more time after school. this one may need more time over the summer. would we believe heavily is targeting to the needed each student. each

for stifling createtively and reform on the part of democrats. >> it sounds like randy and the teachers' unionerforming are encouraged to leave. >> she said the right things, but it's always more difficult at the state level, like in california where the teachers have the state in a strangle hold. >> it is both sides. we bickered about this a bit, but you are right that both sides have used ridiculous language and distortions of the facts when it comes to health care. >> yeah, and afghanistan is a big issue. what happens to the woman in afghanistan if we get out like some are suggesting? >> there are lots of risks to take with anything, even with iraq we had the same issues. i don't think that would be good. i think one has to maintain stability, and then build education on top of stability. if you don't have stability, you don't have education. >> and then we lessen the footprint. we don't add more troops in there. >> we protect kandahar and we don't try to control every rural town in kandahar province. >> new book out today, "half the sky." >>> we'll be right back with rock legend, john foge

teachers union. yesterday on the program, i showed you what is happening in our classrooms, a video that is being played across the country, called "story of stuff." childrens classrooms across the country are seeing this. >> i hold true to the vision and values that the government should be of the people, by the people and for the people. it's the government's job to watch out for us, to take care of us. that's their job. then, along came the corporation. now, the reason the corporation looks bigger than the government is that the corporation is bigger than the government. glenn: ok. today, a listener of my radio program, keith dennis, called in and told me that his sons have had the "the story of stuff" played at his school for the last two years and he knew nothing about it until yesterday's segment aired. keith is with us now and his ton sons, john and james dennis. keith, tell me what happened while you were watching the show. >> well, we were sitting in our living room, and james walked through

we have public teachers' unions running the school so they benefit the teachers and not the children.s a big statement there, steve. a lot of teachersey unions and groups, that's a big statement not going to sit well with a lot of folks. >> good. i hope it doesn't. what doesn't sit well for me is failed children, when children don't believe in themselves because they believe the education they are not receiving is, in fact, undermining their very sense of self. our children are failing because we're not teaching them. we are not teaching our children to perform successfully in this economy, and as a result the economy is suffering. >> last thing here, and we don't mean to pick on folks in oklahoma, but you don't have any reason to think if this same survey was done in the other 49 states the result would be any different? >> i don't think they would be any different. in fact, anecdotally, if we look at many urban centers, in fact, we will find that the top children in those schools are immigrant children. so, our kids are being beaten by children who do not even know the language. but

the president of the washington teachers union is just as frustrated if not more. george parker understands there is a $40 million shortfall. how could the school system have to fire hundreds much teachers when they hired 900 just this summer. >> they have not denied it. that it was nearly 900 teachers that is mind boggling. why would you hire that many teachers then a month later talk about a rift or layoff. >> reporter: we tried to get answers from the school chancellor. she took questions in a live online chat on "washington post".com. she was asked how her decision to lay off teachers was affecting contract negotiations. her response, this is a difficult time. she is hopeful they will be able to come to a contract that is good for teachers and students alike. here is what we got from mayor fenty when he arrived. >> aftethe press conference. >> reporter: back out live the mayor was inside taking a tour with vip's of the art in there. letters that went out to parents and school employees said that those layoffs of school employees including teachers would come by

in 2008, the american federation of teacher's union says just 1% of political donations by teachers went to the g.o.p. 99% went to the democrats. so there is no question that america's teachers are solidly liberal. they come home and turn on the media where liberalism runs wild. both in news and entertainment. according to a pew research study, 32% of national news people say they're liberal. just% describe themselves as conservative. the rest say they are moderate. this is some 1-2 punch for the left. they control the classrooms and the media so young americans basically are hearing liberal philosophy all day long the attacks on the fox news channel bears this out. fnc is the only tv news organization in the country where traditional voices are given a prominent role. the left hates that and attacks on me, sean hannity and glenn beck are relentless and hateful. back to the kids, if the liberal are dedicated to promoting liberal beliefs, how long will it be before the u.s.a. becomes a secular progressive country? those kids are going to grow up. it's a lot easier to get along if you go a

the president of the washington teachers union says he understand there is a $40 million shortfall butsks how could the school system have to fire hundreds of of teachers when they hired nearly 900 just this summer. we received an e-mail yesterday from school chancellor michelle rhee's office. that e-mail says they still don't know how many employees will get pink slips because they're still finalizing the budget. >>> with the whole together fighting controversy behind him, michael vick is folk youing on the feature, even teaming up with the humane society and using his life as an example. on a visit to district, the nfl star opened up about the scandal and what he has learned since then. fox 5's wisdom martin has more. >> reporter: the road to redemption for michael vick hike him to the covenant baptist church in d.c. he got a standing ovation as he started to deliver his anti-dogfighting message. >> it's horrible thng and i wish i would have never did it but i can't turn back the hands of time. >> reporter: vick talked about owing up in the dogfighting culture in virginia. he said ev

most teachers are liberal and unionized and obama voters. they're there are discussions in every classroom in the country about this speech after the speech. parents are concerned that those discussion also turn into, in effect, brainwashing sessions. i think they have every reason to be concerned. why wouldn't they be concerned? every parent would be. steve: and can i understand that given the evidence when my kids come home from school to talk about what their teachers have told them during history classes and political discussions. i mean, after a class watches the president yesterday and then these members of the nea, which as you pointed out are big supporters of barack obama and the democrat party. >> overwhelmingly. steve: they suddenly ad-lib, great speech. he is a fantastic president. i don't know what was said across america, but i do understand why people would be worried, if not about the materials from the department of education from the ad-libber, teachers who were essentially going off some of the material that were given to

and this is concerning, because we have a teachers union that came out and gave money to acorn for the purpose of voter i.d. and it's interesting how you can link planned parenthood with acorn and the president and there are a lot of questions that need to be answered. king ki i brought my -- mr. king: i brought my poster to bring clarity to this matter. as critical as the united states senate and united states house of representatives and the public has been of acorn and they deserve a lot more, there hasn't been enough involvement on the president in acorn. his political start was with acorn. i have been with you from the beginning, he says. and some of the statements of the leader of acorn ties that back in. madeline is talmadge and she has said that he and obama were working together in this cause from the beginning. president obama headed up project vote. project vote is indiscern i believe from acorn and they are one in the same. and so he made his reputation with acorn. acorn was get out the vote for president obama. he paid them to get out the vote, even though they registered

he's taking on quote/unquote the teachers' union in his pursuit of charter schools, teacher testg, student tesng and accountability. >> rose: and he's prepared to do the me thing with respecto ade, yes? >> three things real quickly. he a firm believer in e both ee trade. two, this was a case... a clear se as it relatesto the violations. and, third, if youook over the next 20 years, 15 years, americs economic growth is going to ce from more exports around the world. so while the action here is appropriatto this specific case, the psident's cmitment to freetrade as a principle for econom growth of the united states is unwaivering >> rose: willwe see more, though? mo tariffs cong down? >> that's not... i wouldn't look at this and saythere's more to come. that was particular ca in this situation. if there's aclear violation, we'll do it. you know,art of havg fe ade is that wh the rulesare being violated, you've got to call it. >> rose: all rht. is there... saking of the economic rovery which you lked about. you know, in t health care reform effort, what has percolat to the top also is this que

. >> what about the concerns of the teachers union, number one they say well why hire 900 new teachersearlier in the year only to have to cut them a couple of months later and there are some who are saying it's an effort to get union teachers out of the system? >> well the 900 teachers who were hired right around the beginning of the summer, into the last school year, that was critical, because we were preparing for the next school year. you cannot hire 900 new teachers at the beginning. school year. you know what happens then. it's the old d.c. schoolist problem. you don't have any teachers to teach the kids. so you have to overhire. the hope was there wouldn't have to be any cuts because if we could have made it through the summer without any reductions, then we probably would be able to keep more people at least on staff. that didn't happen. that was a decision that was made. and we will have to make cuts. but the cuts will not be the way they used to be done where you kind of let people go more on a seniority basis. we'll do just like they would do here in fox 5 or any anywhere els

teachers' un? >> guest: i would not defend everything that every teachg union does, b the one that i have been to beose to or the national education association represents 3 million teachers in america, the largest teachers' ion in the country, has by and large tally apart from what they do on behalf of t teachers has been the bastion of progresve deccy throughout my career. they have been a ardent advocates for health care better housing for poor people for preschool for or children. and without defending everytng they unions do, let's be blunt, or the democrats or the republicans. the teachers' uons are not the reason why we have catastrophic urban rates of a lawyer. among minority kids in ameca today because we have teachers unions back in the days when inner-city zero my white polish, irish, i thailand and jewish. >> host: do they have the same kind of powerhey do today? >> guest: yes. and in some ways re powerful. but this is the main point*. they make mistakes. there are areas where i disagree, but the fact is the unions did not cate this catastrophe and they are now responsible for perpetuati

she's been trying to get ahold of teacher union contracts so she can actually evaluate people for whether or not they really do help kids achieve. and she's been fought by the unions. in chicago, the same thing. l.a., just asked for control over being able to turn over failing schools to private managers. we're seeing promising results from this kind of decentralization or sit zpen control of schools in philadelphia. charter schools, hybrid schools, entrepreneurs helping take over our schools. we're a smart country. we need to invite more people in than just the regular folks because we've got a national problem. we've got to solve it with a national solution. >> i tell you what, it's not just the kids that will have to work harder. i appreciate your time. >> thanks, kyra. >>> after years of warfare, another reminder of how dangerous afghanistan and iraq are for american military. just today alone, four u.s. troops were killed in at battle in eastern afghanistan, and in iraq, four troops were killed in a string of roadside bombings. it's the deadliest day in more than two months and augus

i want to telh you something, it wasn't t uaw or ask me the machinist, or the teachers or any other union. that was calling the shots that bear stern or lehman brothers or a.i.g. or goldman sachs. no one at the fs or treasury department ever picked up the phone and called the aflcio or any other trade union for our advice or opinion. but even know it wasn't organized labor that got us into this mess welcome i'm here to tell you that we are the people that are going to lead america out of the mess. see there's no otheray. because the bottom line is that you cannot rebuild this econgmy unless you raise workers wages. and the fastest and the surest and the most effective mechanism for raising workers wages is to collect the bargaining process. you know, increasing productivity only raises wages when workers have bargaining powe take bargaining poer out of the equation, and you still generate wealth. but it won't get into the hands of the peoe who created it and really who must ve it in order to grow the economy. see that's what's been happening over these last 30 years. they uerstand the dan

the washington teachers union president says cuts could be devastateding. >>> i'll ask mayor adrian fentyse cuts and why they're coming now, just weeks into the start of the school year. >> you ma i be able to pack a gun in your bag the next team you use amak. the senate voted to allow amtrak passengers to carry handguns in their checked bags. the weapons must be unloaded and locked. you are allowed to carry a gun in your bag before september 11th. it must still be reconciled with a house bill that doesn't contain the gun rights provision. >>> in montgomery county, transit-related crime is on the rise. that's mostly due to thefts which were up 40% from 2006 to 2008. officials say the most common crime is thefts from vehicles parked at the stations. police are encouraging people not to leave items like gps devices, stereos and laptops visible in their cars. >> a warning this morning for toyota and lexus drivers. the investigation toyota has now launched following a deadly crash. >>> the candidates in virginia's governor's race will face off this morning. the moderator, nbc news' david greg

so teachers are trying to find ways, they won't have as much support as they have had in the past. >> reporter: in all, three unions represent teachers, principals and uncertified school employees like cafeteria workers, janiters and bus drivers. theyope to have some input in decide wrongdoing the school spending cuts will be felt. wendy? >> chris gordon, thanks, chris. >>> and in the district on columbia, school be officials there are dealing with a $40 million budget cut. no word on how many teachers are going to be laid off. >>> two years ago mayor adrian fenty gained authority over those schools. coming up on a little bit later on "news4" tom sherwood will look into whether he's going to keep control. >>> one person suffered minor injuries in a town hall fire in gaithersburg in afternoon. the fire started on the second floor of the houts on timber rock road. 50 firefighters helped put the flames out. as you can see from chopper four, there's now a hole in the roof. the man was treated outside and taken to the hospital. >>> and now to a developing story. deadly flooding in the southeast tonight. the scene in the

i got a lot of e-mails yesterday from a lot of people, a lot of links to outrage stories from teachers unionstional newspapers, and a lot of democrats who even wanted to conduct an investigation in 1991 -- let me finish -- when george bush did the same exact thing. then it was the left wing and the mainstream media that was outraged that george bush would think about politicizing school by delivering a speech in class in 1991. now, everything's okay with that. i've got to say, i thought it was okay in 1991, and i think it's okay now, but all of these people wringing their hands. >> oh, my gosh, i don't know. >> i'm sorry, the only difference is -- >> school districts? >> the only difference is that in 1991, the mainstream media was outraged that a president was speaking in class. this time, they're going, what's the big deal? what's the big deal? so obviously you can understand why a lot of conservatives -- >> might be a little frustrated. that's a good point. different angle of looking at it. >>> a u.n. is ordering a recount of ballots in afghanistan after finding "convincing evidence of fra

washington post michelle rhee and mayor fenty are using the council as a scapegoat to fire unionized teachers. >>> new develops in the process of picking a successor to ted kennedy. the house of representatives has approve aid bill allowing governor duval patrick to name an interim appointment to fill the senate seat. voters will choose a permanent replacement during a january 19th special election. bill now goes to the state senate. >>> president obama is getting some help in the health care reform pitch from his wife. first lady michelle obama today begins what the white house says will be a fall packed with health care events. at the white house today mrs. obama will talk with women and families about the health care system and the need for insurance reform. >>> and did you see it? the white house press corp got a lesson in hygiene 101 yesterday. >> during a briefing by health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius, a reporter sneezed into his hand. she told him the right way to do it. >> this is a possible impediment to get a deal. [ laughter ] >> i mean, what is that about? geez.

the washington teacher's union president says the cuts will be devastating. >>> good morning.loudy and cool. low and mid 60s. scattered showers moving across virginia and maryland. another band of rain moving into washington by 9:00. then, later on today, cloudy. a small chance of an additional light shower this afternoon with highs only near 70. increasing sunshine on friday with highs, upper 70s. mostly sunny saturday, partly cloudy sunday. >>> coming up on "news 4 at 5:00," president obama back on >>> we are back at 8:00 this thursday morning, september 17th. 2009 with a winning moment from last night's season finale of "america's got talent." another highlight of the evening, susan boyle's first ever trip to the u.s. we'll have more on that in just a moment. i'm meredith vieira, matt lauer and al roker, important information on heart disease. >> we'll be joined by dr. nancy, she celebrates fact and fiction, the leading cause of death in this country. >> where are we today? once again, we are live at an unnamed location. we need you to take your best guess. take a look. do

relief works agency operates hundreds of schools, many of them controlled by hamas-approved teacher unions when the u.n. considered adding the holocaust to the history curriculum, hamas wrote a vicious letter denying the events and refusing to let their children hear about one of the most well documented horrific events of the 20th century. sadly, in typical fashion u.n. officials have backed off their plans. effectively creding controlling to -- ceding control to hamas. how can there be peace in the middle east when the party that controls the strip steadfastly denies events with facts. the u.n. does little to combat this disinformation and hate speech. it is far past time for the u.n. to take a stand against the hatred of hamas extremists by ensuring that history is no longer distorted. and peace will only come when the children of gaza are no longer taught that israel has no right to exist. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from wisconsin rise? mr. kagen: to address the house for one minute. the

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unions have tried somewhat. in the chapter i wrote on teachers, teachers are thoroughly unionize. those are definitely white collar workers. in general, the aflcio was content. they did not really go after white-collar workers. i am not sure if they could have succeeded in getting those workers. despite the that callers interest in joining a union, for the most part you find white collar workers and not want to join unions because it is the status issue. in the 1990's, i was a programmer. i was just a general run-of-the- mill programmer. i thought i could do it on my own. i had skills. i did not need solidarity and support what you do for working- class people. then i found out that they could start firing us and replacing us with cheaper stuff. this was happening where i was living in austin, texas. other people saw this happening. they started talking about getting together. i went to a meeting independently of what i was doing. they were talking about doing something to fix this. but they would not talk about the word "union." they used the word "guild." they cannot wrap their

. >> kip was already paying teachers 18 percent more than the average public school. but the unionemanded the academy bump it up to 33 percent. the school said that's forced it to layoff five teachers, shorten the school day and eliminate saturday classes and field trips. >> you are still in negotiations with the union? >> we are. >> what are you asking? >> we want to restore our day. we want them to really look at the wonderful things that we are doing here. according to the money that we have, that we are really paying teachers. good money. >> students here hope so too. >> your teachers, how do you feel about them? >> wow! i feel that they help us. they don't get much. >> i really want to know what your goals are for this week? >> teachers want the same, but right now, it looks as if they will have to accept a raise, whether they want it or not. >> president obama spent his labor day talking to the largest labor up in the united states. afl-cio. he thanked them for creating paid leave, minimum wage and social security. mr. obama said he needed their help for his plan to reform he

compassionate person and had empathy for, as you just mentioned, working people, school teachers, new bedford fishermen, the union carpenters. he didn't really see policy in the abstract. he really wondered how those policies would impact real people. and that's really why you've seen, i think, such an outpouring of affection for my dad in both -- not just from his democratic colleagues but, indeed, from his sometime political adversaries are on the other side because i think the way he saw through some of these different legislative issues. but i think my experience with bone cancer at age 12, his own experience of having a -- nearly lost his life in the plane crash, his own sister rosemary's experiences with intellectual disabilities impacted him in a great way. one of the things we really learn in the book is, you know, what an emotional man that my father really was. of course, he had to keep all of his emotions pretty intact because all of us in our family were depending on him. he had to stay strong. but he reveals his strong emotional and very spiritual part of his life. many of these stories were stories

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might say principals' hands are cuffed because they can't put in place the best teachers that they want because of the union rules. >> that's starting to change. here in new york city, it's certainly changed in washington, d.c. with their chancellor. it's changing across america. >> okay. let me switch gears here. eli, you founded two fortune 500 companies, now known as k.d. holmes, it was -- >> right. >> and sun america, which acquired by aig. can you characterize for us where you see the economic environment? >> i think we're close to bottoming out, or have bottomed out. i do not see any rapid recovery. i think it's going to take three or four years before we have any real movement in the economy upward. >> it's not going to feel much different than the recession for most people? >> no, no. look, unemployment's going to get to double digits pretty quick. then it's going to soften a bit. but we're not going back to 4%, 5% unemployment in the next several years in my view. >> how do you like what's going on at aig these days? >> well, i think mr. benmarsche is doing all the right things. >> so he was the ma

unions how? >> nonsense. >> and you cannot fire an incompetent teacher and it's because of the unions in education and the list of disservice to the economy goes on. >> michelle, okay, so let's come back to the real world and reality. the fact is that the middle class was built by the american labor movement and if we want to have a middle class, a vibrant middle class, the labor movement is the best middle class jobs program we could ever create. >> if i could press you a little bit here, did the labor movement get lucky that, in fact, manufacturing was dramatically on the rise and so their salaries rose and that's what created the middle class? did not employers help create the middle class? >> no, actually what's funny about this, and i'm glad you bring it up, manufacturing jobs, we have this romantic vision of that. once upon a time, those were terrible jobs. people died at those jobs, got paid poorly. it was the labor movement that maid those jobs good jox. if you look at the service sector today, there's no reason that we can't have good paying service sector jobs if they're unionized. jobs in and of the

it wasn't the uaw or afscme or the machinists or the teachers or any other union that was calling theshots at bear stearns and lehman brothers or aig or goldman sachs. and i can tell you for a fact that no one at the fed or the treasury department ever picked up the phone and called the afl-cio or any other trade union for our advice or for our opinion. but even though it wasn't organized labor that got us into this mess, i'm here to tell you that we are the people who are going to lead america out of the mess. see, there's no other way because the bottom line is that you cannot rebuild this economy unless you raise workers' wages and the fastest and surest and most effective mechanism for raising workers wages is to collective bargaining process. increasing productivity only raises wages when workers have bargaining power. take bargaining power out of the equation, and you still generate wealth. but it won't get into the hands of the people who created it or really who must have it in order to grow the economy. that's what's been happening over the last 30 years. john maynard underst

the new can band together with whomever you want, maybe teachers, farmers, realtors, maybe like a credit union. you bind it together in a geographic area so you have purchasing power. you bind together with you every want to purchase health care, the new bid to purchase whatever level of insurance coverage -- then you get to purchase whatever you want anywhere you want. today, the federal government gives a partial monopoly to insurance companies in every state in the country. did you know that? this is something the federal government can get rid of, and it cost no tax money. so you on your health care. you bind together with to everyone for purchasing power. then we let you use tax-free money you have set aside to buy it. over and above you can deduct on your income tax return, and then we have true lawsuit reform. that's all 95% of our health care problems, and we have not spent federal tax money to do it. it is called freedom. that is the route we want to go. thank you so much. we look forward to your questions. [applause] >> this is change can believe in. there are three microphones set u

teacher quality. we need to be giving families more choices. we need to allow the schools to compete in different learning environments. martha: we have a president, the unionse of him. can you see this president, talking about choice, but is he serious about choice for merit pay, tenure, the kinds of things that lead teachers in one position for years on end with no accountability? >> i think that the vice -- i think the president and the secretary are serious about these issues. one of the concerns i have on their reform agenda, this is all governance change. more charter schools, more pay for performance. when are they going to get around to focusing on the type of instruction that occurs? the curriculum, what teachers are doing, that is where the action is. martha: before i let you guys go, for any of the kids that might be listening at home, are we going to see longer days? school on saturdays? school in the summertime? >> most kids can breathe a sigh of relief, this type of change will not happen anytime soon. >> i agree. this is a local initiative. the federal soapbox will only get so far in this kind of transition. martha: all of those times that we