zuckerman. >> shifting gears, the teamsters are a union known for the independent streak. over 10 years ago, the teamsters left the afl-cio. discuss the significance of that and whether it was a good move. would you consider rejoining the afl-cio, and if so, under what circumstances? do you feel teamsters should work with other unions more than they do? mr. zuckerman: one of our failures is because we divided the house of labor by pulling out the afl-cio and getting a change to win. change to win has been a failure. it started with nine international unions in 2005, and now it is down to three. they do nothing. it was supposed to be a vehicle to continue organizing, and we are not organizing. right now, all we do is steel -- steal members or merge with other international unions. the international union claims they have 1.4 million members. that is incorrect. the last numbers were 1.25. if you take the mergers from ble p, the maintenance away folks, the gic you, that was 130,000 we brought in. take that off the one point 25 and now you are at 1.1. take the recent organizing

we have to change that mindset to make people want to be in the teamster union. i tell the story a lot because i think it is important. 37 years ago i joined the team to union. i used to look at those guys in the trucks and i admired them. they had everything. they had good wages, benefits, job security, vacation time, a boat and their driveway -- in their driveway. they had it all. i wanted that. today, it is not like that. we have to get that back. >> i can tell you one thing for certain, i still admire teamsters. i still admire disorganization. whenrms of your question, i said earlier, we are not just talk about a presidential race, we're talking about members of congress and the state level. one of the things we're doing is trying to go and operate more at the state level. nothing will happen in congress. on what dategree is. is.ay it a lot of the action and politics is that the state level. we are having meetings with our activists around the country. we will invite you also fred. we return to work on the legislation at the state level so we are building powe

nearly every casino on the teamsters union pension fund, loans which came with strings attached. teamster boss jimmy hoffa took a liking to fun-loving impressario named jay sarno. david schwartz/ author of grandissimo: he really was vegas personified. whatever you had, he wanted more of it. jay sarno had the idea for a roman-themed resort. his pal hoffa okayed the loan, and sarno then spent so lavishly that experts predicted the hotel could never break even. schwartz: the entire hotel was about excess. goblets and people massaging you and peeling grapes and putting them in your mouth. everything was over the top, and people loved it. they still do. sarno lived the part of caesar, but he wasn't the boss. the real owners put their own guy in charge of the casino..jerry zarowitz, who wasn't officially on the books. zarowitz recruited and hired mo under construction , without saying what the job would be. morrie: i know what he used me for. i figured it out later. i sat in the office. and guys came in. he interviewed them. he'd say, you know that guy? yeah i know him. this guy? no i

. >> the teamster's union pledged $1.4 million for this cause. taff vince bornstein is the tylery's -- tyler's name where he was left to die from overdose. they started a charity breaking barriers and they have a fundraiser this weekend at the country club in uniontown. ramona? >> romona: jen, thank you. cleveland 19 news sheeping you spot the signs of heroin and opioid abuse. log on to cleveland 19.com and click on the your health tab for information to help a loved struggling with addiction. >> denise: tonight we are learning about the generic brands that can help save you money when you head through the check outline. these natural brands include milk, bread, cereal, pasta and frozen foods that can save you 50% off the name brands. costco's kirkland products are a quality buy. one blogger recommends their wine and liquor saving you 20 to 30%. they cost half as much as pamper's and hug gees. and if you need over the counter medication consider wal-mart's equate brand. you can get twice as many tablets at half the price compared to advil. >> one

he got the endorsement of the teamsters union, ronald reagan did. is appealing to the same group, particularly after what hillary said about coal miners and about all these people who are losing their jobs specifically because of the policies she not only wants to keep in place but accentuate. harris: i would ask if he is going to do that, sandra, should he focus less on her, and focus more on the message of making it better? sandra: you never hear me argue about focusing more on economy, to woo women or white male voters. just in general, that needs to be a topic of conversation. do you think she is spending too much time targeting donald trump? >> yeah. i think so, but again, what does she have other than donald trump to be for? she's much more successful being against donald trump then she is for a policy that is not clear in as far as just continue wages of what obama did but on steroids. so you attack the guy a lot of people don't like, rather than defend something that is not that defensible. kennedy: i want to hear someone ask him, tim kaine,

we have the teamsters union in the house. we have of u.s. cw in the house. we have communication workers of america in the house. i could not help but notice. 32 -- bj. >> i saw them walking down the halls. i can't help but notice. said fdr you -- feru. and we would like to welcome you .uys i've been working here at mcdonald's for about four years. i have been working in fast food often on for about 10 years. i get up around 4:30 in the morning and i try to catch the s by 5:30. i have to be at work at 6:00 a.m. cars down so i don't make enough money to pay the rent, pay my bills, fix the car, get the gas, and be able to write to work. virginia was paid a minimum wage of $7.25. it is past time we raise the minimum wage to a living wage. >> me and my family members, my son and daughter, we are together. i am a full-time worker and i still can't make ends meet. >> we have a two bedroom apartment. we are working on three bedrooms. that -- a lot of us are at the poverty level or below the poverty level. you have a lot of people, whether you are black, white, lati

and at 6:30 eastern candidates running for the positions in the teamster's union debate.n 45 minutes, mike rind, national park service deputy director of operations on the 100th anniversary of the agency. at 8:30 a.m. eastern michael cranish and mark fischer of "the washington post" on their new biography trump revealed. ♪ host: good morning. a live look at the lincoln memorial and the mall in washington, d.c. with the washington monument in the foreground and the u.s. capitol on this thursday, august 25. today marking a centennial anniversary. it was on this date 100 years ago president woodrow wilson signing a bill that created the national park service. today an estimated 20,000 employees, more than 200,000 volunteers, staffing america's 413 national parks, memorials, battlefields and historic sites. and la y

in about an hour and 15 minutes a debate between candidates for leadership positions and the teamsters union. fred zuckerman candidate for general president on the teamsters united slate will debate ken hall who is a candidate for general secretary treasurer on the hoffman hall 2016 slate. the teamsters are required by federal law to hold direct elections for leadership positions. see tonight's event from the national press club live at 6:30 eastern time here on c-span. earlier today hillary clinton held a campaign rally in reno, nevada and spoke to supporters about donald trump's political philosophy and why she feels some of his remarks are insulting and ignorant. here is part of what she had to say. >> i want to address something i am hearing about from americans all over our country. everywhere i go, people tell me ow concerned they are by the divisive rhetoric coming from y opponent in this election. i understand that concern because it is like nothing we've heard before from a nominee for president of the united states from one of our two major parties. from the start donald trump has

five teamsters are accused of hiring union workers. harrington is planning to plead guilty next month. the other defendants in the case tell the herald, they were taken back by this move. >> daniel: developing news out of louisiana where historic flooding has claimed six lives. more than 20 inches of rain fell in 20 hours, leading to more than 20 thousands amazing rescues. you can see a man jump into the water, there's actually a car submerged there and he pulls a woman out to safety. >> first instinct was get a hold of her and pull her o and couldn't do it from the boat, so i just jumpped in. i had to do what i had to do. >> daniel: just incredible. saw this this morning on the facebook rage. the rescuer had to blindly reach into the car and pull out the woman's dog. many schools in the area are closed for the entire week. >> vanessa: wow. three horses are being treated for serious issues tonight after being rescued from a farm in new hampshire. new hampshire state police investigating a complaint of possible neglect in the town of th

and the teamsters many of the unions are absolutely rank and file.hey oautomatically push the democratic button. rank and file is big us for. certain big unions i have a feeling they'll be coming my way. >> when you get to washington, d.c., there's a lot of tug and pull and back to forth. if you were to say in the negotiation, in your tax plan, what would deem is the most important, what wouldn't you give away? the individual rates being simplified, the regulation what's the biggest thing in the plan? >> well, there are a few things, but i think the corporate tax plan is the biggest lure. that's going to bring new businesses to the country. you know, we're losing our businesses. largely because we don't know what we're doing. but also because the taxes are too high. we're the highest taxed nations of the major industrialized nations and companies are losing to pay less tax. another thing that's very important is the 10% tax on money coming in. we have trillions of dollars outside of the country we can't get the money in. we can't use that money there

clinton and kaine events to hand out literature to tout his endorsement by unions that normally go for democrats like the teamsters were posting things on their facebook and twitter pages. "here are our volunteers at the clinton rally." buts rather extraordinary, as you suggest, poll numbers would suggest it is working. the same poll showed them tied, and in this case, there's a five-point lead that has opened up for clinton and a i've-point lead that has opened up for portman. some moderatehas positions, most prominently coming out for same-sex marriage a few years ago. what makes the campaign think this could work, given the literature and academia showing that ticket splitting is not that common anymore? karen: it is not that common. it had, it was as low as been in more than 90 years. only 6% of congressional district in the entire country voted one way for the house member and another way for their president, but a lot of people are arguing that trend could change this year, in part because donald trump is so unpopular. and a lot of republicans, a lot theoderate voters -- for first time in a long time, people

five teamsters accused of harassing the crew for not hiring union 62 mark harrington is planning to plea guilty to the charges next month. the other defendants tell the paper they were taken aback by the move. >> elizabeth: a bizarre incident on martha's vineyard earlier this morning ends with a man in handcuffs. there was an unmanned boat circling the water near west chops. two people hit an anchored boat and tossed overboard. the boat kept going until it crashed. neither person was hurt but one was arrested. fortunate. >> blair: items taken from a local bin in one local town. what happened when the suspect returned for a second time. >> elizabeth: then he shut off the lights and left home. accused of leaving an elderly patient left alone. how she was saved from the scary situation. >> kevin: a break in the action today. but when more thunderstorms threat your town next. >> blair: raise awareness in the >> elizabeth: now time to check out the roads with live drive time traffic. not too bad out there. 128 southbound at the exit for the pike in newton, that is where we're getting reports

and kaine events to hand out literature that touted his endorsement by unions that normally go for the democrats like the teamstersthey were posting things on their facebook and twitter pages, here are our volunteers at the clinton rally. so it is rather extraordinary but as you said, those poll numbers would suggest that it's working for portman. a month ago both the presidential race and the senate race, that same nbc/"wall street journal"/marist poll showed tied. in this case a five point lead opened up for clinton and for portman. >> portman has got some moderate positions, most prominently probably coming out for same sex marriage a few years ago. what makes the portman campaign think that this can work given that all the literature shows that ticket splitting isn't that common anymore? >> well, it isn't that common. in fact, in 2012 it was as low as it had been in 90 years. in more than 90 years. only 6% of congressional districts in this entire country voted one way for their house member and another way for president. but a lot of people are arguing that that trend could actually change this year, in part

mayor hired kelly to investigate his administration, after several teamsters were charged with extorting the crew of top chef to use union labor. kelly's first investigation found no city employees did anything wrong. but months later, the city's director of tourism, sports and entertainment, kim burr set and another staffer, tim sullivan, were charged with extortion. >> this is a find any and you had two staff members indicted. why keep him on for the job. >> they're indicted on alleged allegations. at the end of the day, we will know when the court is complete who was correct, if anyone was correct in the case. >>> kelly's rate of $625 an hour hasn't changed. but his consulting duties will now include advising a new committee, charged with stream rhining the city's -- streamlining the city's permitting process. in a statement to fox 25, kelly would only say i'm going to comment on all other matters. some critics say it's a deal mayor walsh may eventually regret. >> this was not a smart choice in terms of optics. it's going to trail him, it's a lot of money, $625 an hour, $400,000 and we're not done. >> the reporter: no

five teamsters are accused of harassing the crew as they were shooting in boston for not hiring union labor. the boston herald reports 62-year-old mark harrington is planning to plead guilty to the charges next move. another defendants tell the paper they were taken aback by the move. bulger to try to overturn his conviction. he was fount guilty of shooting robert in 191980 but he has been in prison for a crime he didn't commit. >>> caught on camera red-handed someone helped themselves to empty bottles and cans selected to help families in need. elizabeth hopkinsre overwhelming response from the public to help. >> it's just unbelievable to see somebody with that kind of disregard. >> reporter: this surveillance video shows what happened. just walks over looks around nonchalantly unlocks the door. >> reporter: a donation bin collects empty bottles and cans. when they're redeem the money is sent off to help support st. vincent depaul charities. it adds up to a few hundred friday. >> really? you got to be that low. >> reporter: someone was caught on surveillance removing several large ba

five teamsters were accused of harassing the crew as they were shooting in boston for not hiring union labor. the boston herald reports 62-year-old ma planning to plead guilty to charges next month. the other defendants tell the paper, they were "taken aback" by the move. >> vanessa: let's turn now to the weather. sunny skies over the city of boston, after a stormy weekend. we did have a slight break from the humidity and thunderstorms, but tonight, kevin, you're already talking about the threat of more severe weather coming our way again tomorrow. >> kevin: we really need to be alert tomorrow, vanessa, both in the morning for one batch and again in the afternoon for the second. so let's talk all about this. first of all, your dinner plans some clouds overhead, mixing with the sun, it's 81 in boston. 85 in bedford and fitchburg. even 80 degrees on cape cod and hyannis. beautiful night no matter where you're looking in southern an central new england. clouds have drifted on in. this is all just in response to a system to our west, starting to push our way. there are two parts to this, t

teamsters local 853 said the deal provides for several improvements, including health benefits and pension and holiday time and vacation and overtime. the agreement runs through march of 2018. the unionuttle drivers at several bay area companies including facebook, google and yahoo. >> it is no secret people spend hours on mobile devices, watching cat videos and the abc news app but you might be surprised and how much time we spend glued to the screens. there is a new nielson study that shows adults spend 10 hours per day on media consumption alone. they could not get enough of ama daetz. >> and larry beil. >> i think they've had plenty of me. we're talking about all of the devices. tablets and smartphones and this could just be a pokemon go thing. it is a one-hour increase over last year. >>> a large number of californians don't have broadband internet access. the new emerging technology fund finds 32% of low income residents can't con tect to -- connect to high speed at home. the elderly are also lagging behind. it is a huge disadvantage for those studying for school or looking for a job. >> there are things that those of us who have access to the internet may take for granted. the

after several teamsters were charged with extorting the stop chef to use union labor. kelly's first investigation found no city employees did anything wrong. but months later, the city's director of tourism, sports and entertain incident, ken bresette and another staffer, ken sullivan, were charged with had two staff members indicted. why continue to keep him on for this job? >> well, they're indicted on alleged allegations at the ended of the day, we will know who is correct in that case. >> reporter: kelly's rate hasn't changed but his consulting duties will now include advising a new committee charged with streamlining the city's permitting process. in a statement to fox 25, kelly comment on all other matters. some critics say it's a deal mayor marty walsh may later regret. >> this was not a smart deal in terms optics it's going to trail him. a lot of money, $625 an hour, $400,000, not done. >> reporter: at rates i am wards of $425 an hour. the deal with the city doesn't expire until next year. in 25 news. >> jason: this weekend, state police want to get the word ou

union shop. >> every home around it, hundreds of them, inspected individually. >> right. right. it's worse than that. the teamstersded a so-called local environmental group to do it. >> oh. >> so people used all these -- this hairball, you know -- >> in an offensive way. >> offensive way to create things, create leverage, extort people into doing things, but by and large, it basically just hurts productivity, so to your appointment, american competitiveness would be dramatically enhanced, just dramatically, not by deregulating, but just getting rid of stuff that everybody agrees need to be gone and modernize regulations to focus on results. that's why bill bradley and i are launching this campaign. >> we appreciate it. author of a few things, but the rule of nobody is common reading for everybody. thank you. >> living large in rio, we are on the ground with that story. >> you heard of the olympic village, but team usa basketball travels in style. the players, coaches, officials all stay here. a luxury cruise ship docked in port where they say they can better prepare. our coverage of the olympic games continues liv

brotherhood of teamsters has been encouraging labor peace for large concert and other events in our parks throughout the city. i wanted to also say that i'm supportive of labor paceas a number of unions challenged bowers shuttles and shuttle campaigns that the nrb have multiple violations of federal labor laws i am urging along with different labor organizations in our recreation and parks staff continue that they really need parks events by the staff of the international brotherhood of teamsters. lastly, this thursday, august 4 is the 39th anniversary of the fall of the eiffel tower as you know this might have been a struggle have been a struggle of 10 years of 1977 this led to the minong's and tenants of that hotel and some were women as well and at the hotel commemoration committee this year they are dedicating the struggle to african-american and latino communities and black and brown communities in san francisco and black lives matter and latino communities struggling for clarice perform so they can be united against police brutality in their statement. i wanted to say also that the milltown heritage foundation the coordinates are annual commemorations this thursday on august 4

brotherhood of teamsters has been encouraging labor peace for large concert and other events in our parks throughout the city. i wanted to also say that i'm supportive of labor paceas a number of unions challenged bowers shuttles and shuttle campaigns that the nrb have multiple violations of federal labor laws i am urging along with different labor organizations in our recreation and parks staff continue that they really need parks events by the staff of the international brotherhood of teamsters. lastly, this thursday, august 4 is the 39th anniversary of the fall of the eiffel tower as you know this might have been a struggle have been a struggle of 10 years of 1977 this led to the minong's and tenants of that hotel and some were women as well and at the hotel commemoration committee this year they are dedicating the struggle to african-american and latino communities and black and brown communities in san francisco and black lives matter and latino communities struggling for clarice perform so they can be united against police brutality in their statement. i wanted to say also that the milltown heritage foundation the coordinates are annual commemorations this thursday on august 4

brotherhood of teamsters has been encouraging labor peace for large concert and other events in our parks throughout the city. i wanted to also say that i'm supportive of labor paceas a number of unions challenged bowers shuttles and shuttle campaigns that the nrb have multiple violations of federal labor laws i am urging along with different labor organizations in our recreation and parks staff continue that they really need parks events by the staff of the international brotherhood of teamsters. lastly, this thursday, august 4 is the 39th anniversary of the fall of the eiffel tower as you know this might have been a struggle have been a struggle of 10 years of 1977 this led to the minong's and tenants of that hotel and some were women as well and at the hotel commemoration committee this year they are dedicating the struggle to african-american and latino communities and black and brown communities in san francisco and black lives matter and latino communities struggling for clarice perform so they can be united against police brutality in their statement. i wanted to say also that the milltown heritage foundation the coordinates are annual commemorations this thursday on august 4

in the next year or two but we are making progress on that issue and we will continue. >> the teamsters union needs to change their focus on the mergers and rating of other unions. we are not going to the public sector to try to organize those folks. under my administration that is exactly, the public sector folks need representation and that is great. we will get all we can get but we can't neglect core industries which we have done. i have set it a dozen times because it is critical we do that or we are going to lose our core industries. >> 32nd rebuttal. >> i think -- i continue to hear about this and tell you, organizing more core industry than we have in the past 12 years than the previous 30. it hasn't caught on. fred has more resources and organized 108 workers in the last five years and during that tiha