host: will the afl-cio campaign against them? guest: we do not make those decisions. people in those states, montana and nebraska, will make that decision. it will be one of the things that is voted on. their whole record will be out there. they voted this way, this way, this way on job creation, and this way on taxes. they voted like this on a number of different issues. i'm sure that it will be major because jobs, jobs, jobs are the top three issues on everyone's mind. host: let's get the phone calls. caller: how are you? host: what is your comment for richard trumka? caller: i have seen where it is reported that the labor unions are contributed money and some of these protesters had been brought in from other areas. but i think the labor unions have a huge part in what is going on in this country and the problems we are having. to me coming unions are basically corrupt. not the members, but those at the top. it is scary when you have such a powerful group that the president is in their pocket, and we all know that. host: let me ask you about the corruption charge fo

the next election. joining us now is richard trumka, president of afl-cio. mr. you very much for your time tonight. >> rachel, thanks for having me on. >> your new jobs plan includes the kind of goals labor has been long calling for. big infrastructure investment, energy and education investment. manufacturing investment. aid to state and local governments. home mortgage aid. wall street reform. things you have called for in the past. but this is put together in one package. is it meant to be different than what the president is proposing? bigger than what the president is proposing? how does this fit in with what we're hearing from president obama? >> i think the president made a very, very important step when he introduced the american jobs bill. he switched the debate from deficit hysteria that really doesn't put anybody back to work, to job creation. and his bill is a very, very, very important first step. he'll tell you it's only a first step. we want to support that bill. we want to put millions of americans back to work. if you want to cure the economy, if

in a mass afl-cio e-mail tonight the subject line was "go to wall street, now." ntinuing, "the more people who can stand in solidarity at this critical moment, the better." the afl-cio is asking its members to show up at occupy wall strtreet at midnighght eastern tonightt in anticipation of this move by the police very early tomorrow morning. we will keep you posted. [ ma le announcer ] indulge all you want. now there's no need to hold back. new revolutionary scope dualblast obliterates strong food odors leaving your breath minty fresh. hey. [ male announcer ] so there's no trace of evidence... new scope dualblast. >>> please, somebody tell me why we are here considering a bill that is a direct attack on a woman's constitutionally protected right to choose and that does not create one single job. >> so you might have heard recently, the american people, it turns out, super interested in having congress focus on creating jobs and fixing the economy right now, which is why congressman alcee hastings was so confused, as you saw just then, about why house republicans

host: will the afl-cio campaign against them? guest: we do not make those decisions. the people in those states, montana and nebraska, will make that decision. it will be one of e things that is voted on. their whole record will be out there. they voted this way, this way, this way on job creation, and this way on taxes. they voted like this on a number of different issues. i'm sure that it will be major because jobs, jobs, jobs are the top three issues on everyone's mind. host: let's get the phone calls. caller: how are you? host: what is your comment for richard trka? caller: i have seen where it is reported that the labor unions are contributed money and some of these protesters had been brout in from other areas. but i think the labor unions have a huge part in what is going on in this cntry and the problems we are having. to me coming unions are basicallcorrupt. not the members, but those at the top. it is scary when you have such a powerful group that the president is in their pocket, and we all know that. host: let me ask you about the corruption charge for what

and he said, i'm the head of the afl-cio, what are you doing here? he said, i want to help you. he said, we don't want anybody to organize us. he said, i'm not trying to take you over. but the afl-cio is sending an organizer to get this group to come together. >> laura: perhaps politically again, analyzing this, maybe the e-mail addresses are helpful, maybe that way we can get people to show up at the polls because as rendell said, now you have to turn this into some political energy or some political momentum, which is lacking right now. they had a whole thing in dc about how to take off the plastic handcuffs and the people dressed as betsy ross or george washington at the tea party rallies, we're not worried about -- >> the truth of the matter is, the tea party by and large, the protesters were well behaved, well skin palestinianed. they -- disciplined. there are always fringe characters. the sense that i think people may get of this movement that is composed almost entirely of fringe characters. it's early yet. it could change. it's unfair to condemn it at this stage, but boy,

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publishing their own newspaper, and they're gaining support from established organizations, including the afl-cio. but they have yet to draw bigger political allies. demonstrations like this are planned in at least ten cities across the nation, an indication that their message, no matter how varied, is spreading. michelle miller, cbs news, new york. >> mitchell: later, the budget cuts are slowing american courts, new competition for apple from amazon, and decision day tomorrow for american student amanda knox. those stories when the cbs evening news continues. >> mitchell: a top yemeni official said today that contrary to some early reports, al qaeda's chief bomb maker, ibrahim al-asiri, was not killed in a strike. our national security analyst juan zarate from washington joins us. let's talk about al-awlaki's death. how significant was it? >> he was growing in significant, the pied piper of al qaeda. he was also playing a more aggressive role as an external operations chief for some of the plots that were directed at the united states. so his removal from the battlefield is quite significant. >>

to what is the position of the afl-cio on this legislation? and three, what is the position of the obama administration on this legislation? >> well, i am sort of amazed that you are surprised. of course there are. they represent the multinationals. there's been a group that have been crying from the national association of manufacturers and the chamber of commerce. all the small employers to produce here, the small and midsize players manufacturing support that though because they know they're getting creamed. they know they are being treated improperly. and here's one thing, he pointed these to be made. when china cheats on its currency, it's not just china. there were 12 or 13 or 14 other countries do not specifically in that cheat on their says well because they have to do that to be up to compete with china. so you got that whole area that is skewing currency in gaining an unfair advantage over the american producer. we support the bill. brought in front of it. we think that china should play in everybody should play by the same rules. we

. >> i agreed at first, about this past week they've got the afl-cio, organized labor now coming out n their side. this is growing! >> clarence -- i'm not cherry picking. >> the tea party grew in the beginning. i agree with pat they need to have an agenda, organization, which can come but what we're seeing now is rage expressed on the left from the same sources as on the right, but people on the right are protecting the tax cuts for the rich. that's the -- [everyone talking at once] >> eric cantor and get off this argument this -- >> argument, john. >> i want to tear about cantor. >> he is proud of it john boehner is more the ohio moderate, but -- [everyone talking at once] >> can't dissect cantor anymore. >> what do you want to hear? >> is he leadership quality? >> are you trying to start a fight? >> i don't know. >> speaker of the house and he's -- >> he's the now leader of the republicans in the united states house. >> boehner will be reelected speaker with the republicans hold the house. but there's no doubt boehner is establishing himself as read credentials, sharp, cutting- edge

we have 70 of the most impressive left progressive,s, the afl-cio, moveon.org, et cetera, all meeting right now, in the next couple of days, saying we are going to disthe end the american dream, the idea that ordinary american people ought to be able to work hard and get somewhere. and the idea that the people who are working not that hard and the people who are breaking all the rules on wall street, they're too big to fail. no matter how hard we work, we can't succeed. i think the american middle class should be declared too big to fail. i think the dreams of these young people out there on wall street should be declared too big to fail. and what you're seeing is -- >> what's that mean? what's that mean? >> i'll tell you what it means. first of all, we act like america is broke. america is not broke. we've got more money -- we're the richest country in the history of the world, but we're sitting up here and letting schoolteachers be laid off and fire houses close and people are sick of it, chris. people want to see some actual motion where we say, look, let the people who did well in

the afl-cio has called for swift action to level the playing field. the chamber of commerce, the afl-cio are together. this is what the afl-cio said, and i quote. "the single most important jobs measure that congress can take is to adescries the chinese currency manipulation." business groups agree that american workers aren't getting a fair share. they agree that congress should take action to give them that fair shake. here in the senate we've heard the message loud and clear. we can't ignore blatant, unfair trade practices that put american workers at a disadvantage. supreme court justice potter stewart said, "fairness is what justice really is." fairness is what justice really is -- close quote. this week the national is demanding justice for american companies and their employees. i know that a few of my democratic colleagues don't support this but very few. there are some republicans that don't support this legislation, but very few. but even though there are a few on each side who don't support this legislation, i think this is the mark of a goo

the head of the afl-cio and the chamber of commerce join me next. >>> quoted as saying if there's oneng that washington should be able to do, rebuilding our infrastructure should be one, i mean, when you got the afl and the chamber of commerce agreeing on anything, that's a sign that it's a good idea. >> we have the afl and the chamber of commerce here. not often that big business and big labor agree. this is one of those times. the senate is expected to take up that issue in the next few weeks. i'm now joined by two men that you seldom find in the same corne corner, richard trumka and tom donohue. build the crumbling infrastructu infrastructure, put american bass to work. >> first of all, we're living off the investments that our parents and grand parents made in this country. we have gone in the last four years from being in top five t 16, and we're falling. we can't be competitive in the global economy unless we have infrastructure that allow is us to competitive. we have a major deficit in old infrastructure. and $2 trillion deficit in new infrastructure. this is really a no-brain

. >> we have just learned the afl- cio has written a letter to the mayor, asking them not to evict anyonee. and despite the rain we're seeing, we have quite a group out here. so far, no one has made a move to evict anyone on the square. >> reporter: in oakland, california, police and "occupy" protestors clash, after officers raided the "occupy oakland" encampment. >> they shot tear gas in the crowd, flash-bangs. >> the issue was not the business, the issue was the safety of the people who were staying overnight. >> reporter: and after the fourth week of "occupy baltimore" protests, it seemed the city had had enough of the tent city. the city issuing an ultimatum, the overnight campground must go, which did not sit well with protestors. >> that's unacceptable. and for us to follow those types of guidelines and do what they say goes against -- goes against everything that we're here for in the first place. >> the city says they want to protect free speech in order to compromise the number that limit the protestors to two. it's unclear if and when protestors can be forced out, whether this c

the afl/cio has issued a letter to the mayor ask asked her not to evict anyone. >> mike, thank you. there is a similar situation in atlanta. that city has cleared protestors out of woodruff park. >>> ravens on the loose. baltimore city police are looking for the men who attacked a 14-year-old girl. she was walking along the 1500 block of leslie street when police say a van like this one pulled up. the men inside offered to give her a ride. she was then pulled in and sexually assaulted. anyone with any information should call police or metro crimestoppers. >>> just a short time ago, a jury returns a verdict in a shocking murder murder-for-hire trial. a towson gas station owner gunned down, a plot prosecutors say was orchestrated by his own wife. wjz is live in harford county where the trial has moved. weijia jiang has the verdict. >> reporter: jessica, it took a jury less than five hours to convict walter bishop of murder. and now, he opted for a life sentencing and he is eligible for the death penalty. >> reporter: march 2010, william porter stunned the community. the beloved gas st

the afl-cio has written the mayor, asking her not to evict anyone. reporting live at the inner harbor, mike hellgren, wjz eyewitness news. >> let's see what happens. there is a similar situation in atlanta. can that city has cleared protestors out of woodruff park. >>> for the second time in a week, a girl is raped. police are looking for a van similar to this one. police say the driver approached a 15-year-old girl and offered her arrive. the girl was sexually assaulted inside the van by more than one person. anyone with information about the van's location should call police. >>> the woman accused of murder inside an upscale yoga store admits to the crime. vic is in the newsroom with the surprising developments from court today. vic? >> reporter: during opening states today, britney norwood's attorney admitted his client killed jayna murray during a fight. he said that she, quote, lost it during a fight. but the defense argues that the killing lacked premeditation, so norwood should not be be convicted of first-degree murder, which could carry a li

as the afl-cio put it, if 51 c.e.o.'s had been murdered in colombia, this would be on a slow track indeed. let's put america back to work with a big, bold jobs plan. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman's time has expired. the gentleman from michigan, mr. levin, reserves. the gentleman from michigan, mr. camp, is recognized. mr. camp: thank you, madam speaker. i yield one minute to the distinguished gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. gerlalk, a member of the ways and means committee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. gurlalk: i rise in support of the -- mr. gerlach: i rise in support of the colombia free trade agreement and indeed all three free trade agreements. these agreaments are significant and will unlock new markets for pennsylvania companies to sell products overseas. by eliminating burdensome tariffs, they will improve our ability to sell american-made products overseas. specifically in pennsylvania they will be a boon for farmers and provide new opportunities in other ke

the afl-cio also pointed out another thing, mr. speaker. they said that panama's not part of any meaningful u.s. jobs plan. even the obama administration is not selling the panama free trade agreement as a job-creating measure. panama's economy is so small that the u.s. international trade commission was unable to quantify any job creation effects of the panama free trade agreement. while economists routinely predict that trade agreements between the u.s. and developing countries will create jobs and improve our trade imbols, the fact is that these fail to pan out. the current u.s. approach to trade agreements has tended to destroy jobs, not create them. the speaker: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from michigan. mr. camp: at this time i yield two minutes to the distinguished gentleman from new mexico. the speaker: the gentleman from new mexico is recognized for two minutes. mr. pearce: thank you, mr. speaker, mr. chairman. i rise in support of the three free trade agreements we are considering today. free trade is good for a

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all right, so you have the afl-cio getting involved. ere involved a couple much weeks ago as far as putting protesters on the scene but now they're actually putting money into it. >> look, it's a direct link. you go to google, look for occupy wall street, click on the ads that appear next to whatever you come with and the afl-cio is paying google, i think it's $0.10 for every time you click on to one of these ads and if you click on to the ads, you're invited to donate to occupy wall street or sign a petition in support of them. it's brought in a lot of money. "the boston globe" this morning is reporting so far, they've brought in $435,000 from all sources to occupy wall street. they're spending $1500 a day on food. $2,000 on laundry so far and $20,000 on equipment like cameras. that's what they've spent so far. >> aren't they going to have to pay tax on that? >> good question. 999 tax, i don't know. but look, what you've got here is a direct link between big labor and occupy wall street. and then you have a direct link between the democ

as the building and construction trades at the afl-cio noted, the panama agreement, quote, undermines the buy america policies that re-invest in our communities. you know, it's really sad when an institution and an administration keeps doing the same thing over and over and over again that is hollowing out the jobs in the united states of america. we want to make it in america, we don't want to outsource more jobs, provide more escapes. and when you represent the people of ohio, and every time you keep 100 jobs, they snatch away 300 and they say to the workers, you earning too much money, $14, you are going down to $9, you don't like that? there are 7,000 workers lined up for a part-time job. this congress better wake up and renegotiate these trade deals have cost the middle class across this country their ability to earn a living in america. i thank the gentleman for yielding me the time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman's time has expired. the gentleman from michigan, mr. camp is recognized. mr. camp: i yield two minutes to the distinguished from illinois, mr. kinzinger. mr.

unanimous consent to insert into the record a letter from the buildi construction trades department of the afl-cio in opposition to all three f.t.a.'s. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. michaud: i'd like to yield to the representative from north carolina, mr. nes, for the purpose of unimous consent. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. jones: madam speaker, i rise to ask unanimous consent to insert into the record two letters opposing the korean free trade agreement, one from the american manufacturing trade acti coalition and another from the united states industal fabric institute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. michaud: madam speaker, i'd like to yield for the purpose of unanimous consent to mr.ly pip i ask from illinois. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. -- mr. lipinski from illinois. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. lipinski: i rise in opposition to this job-killing trade bill and ask unanimous consent to insert into the record a letter from the international federation for professional and technical engineers in opposition to

. >> reporter: the afl-cio ran this ad. ers met with lawmakers face-to-face. >> how do you deal with this conflict with the president who really believes that trade deals will lead to jobs in the united states? >> it's tough. it dampens the enthusiasm of our membership. >> reporter: the white house is on a campaign to prove the president's point that, the deals will help, not hurt the u.s. economy. >> to hear what they have to say, to explain why he's taken the position that he has, why he believes so strongly and ambassador kirk believes so strongly that we have the best trade deals possible in addition to trade adjustment assistance that is going to help workers who are trying to maneuver through this new economy. >> now to further drive this point home, the president traveled also this week to detroit, michigan. it is an area that has an unemployment rate of more than 11%. he toured gm plant there along with the president of south korea, president lee. talking about the tens of thousands of jobs that these trade deals wil

huffington post, mike huckabee urges voter suppression to opponents of anti-union measures and from the afl-cio. fox news huckabee advocates voter suppression. and then ed schultz does this. >> and in talk tonight, fox news host and former presidential candidate mike huckabee thinks it's hilarious to deceive voters. (laughter) >> you know what a joke is, right? liberals don't. so, i'm going to help them out here. websters defines it, a brief oral narrative with a humorous twist. because the dictionary version may be hard for some of them to understand, a joke is something funny, like this. >> who's on first. >> yes, i mean, who. >> first base. >> who? >> the guy on fist base. >> who is on first. >> what are you asking me for? i don't know there have been demand for me to apologize, for what? having a sense of humor? look, i know liberals think they ought to confiscate what we earn, but now do they want to rob us of the ability to of laugh. god has a sense of humor and i'm not about to give up mind for some hand wringing sour pusses who create fake anger to be mad at something because frankly th

as the afl-cio president has said and think about this, he has said, quote, we have no doubt that if 51 c.e.o.'s had been murdered in colombia last year, the deal would be on a very slow track indeed, end quote. i urge my colleagues to oppose this rule and the three under hiring trade -- underlying trade agreements. i thank you and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california. mr. dreier: i yield myself 30 seconds to say that my friend from illinois is absolutely right, colombia is not a safe place, but we have seen an 85% reduction since 2002 in the murder rate among trade unionists. it is not perfect and still a dangerous place but that is progress. i would like to say to my friend to worcester, mr. gomez is still in support of the free trade agreement that he mentioned in his remarks and he voiced frustration over the implementation of agreements. that is something that takes place in a free society. implementation of this will help with that enforcement. with that, i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. mcgovern: my privil

. >> bring in karen nussbaum, executive direct over working america, the community affiliate of the afl-cio. karen has been at occupy d.c. is this a middle class movement? >> i'll say. and it's not just the folks who are there in the parks, ed, as you talked become d ed about, ed, the teachers and librarians, construction workers thought in big numbers. but working america goes out into working class neighborhoods all over the country every single night and we are talking about occupy wall street in the neighborhoods, in those working class neighborhoods. and people embrace it. they say, yeah, that's what i've been thinking all along and i'm glad those people are in the parks. we are making that bridge. i think one of the things we have to fight against is make sure that the right doesn't divide us. >> yeah. >> doesn't pretend that folks in the parks are not the same as folks out in the neighborhoods. >> you know, karen, one of the things that's starting to frustrate me, so many interviews being given by people who think they have a pulse of what's going on here. look, the people are upset.

the afl, i should say, the cio joined later. is time on a politician. he starts out as an unexceptional tammany guy who is not putting forth particularly creative ideas. no one knows much what he was doing as an early assemblyman. both through the social turmoil that he had during the progressive era and then through the triangle shirtwaist fire -- which does seem to have been this kind of eye-opening moment for him, 146 people died in this fire. they are mostly teenage girls, mostly teenage immigrant girls who are locked in on the eighth and ninth floor. they are forced to jump to their deaths. he ends up on the commission. he becomes a true progressive in what i would say is the radical and not radical sense of that word. when he begins to work on the commission, they revamp fire codes, they pass legislation to protect women and children. he becomes an advocate of paternalistic labor laws, revamping some building codes. he is never a super strong supporter of grass-roots organizing. one of the things left out of the triangle sh

i'm really happy with who's running the afl-cio now. i think a lot of -- boy, there's some great unions. the ue is a wonderful union. the teamsters, james hoffa, is a great union leader. i'm quite impressed actually now 15 years later with the direction that unions have gone. and they understand that they have got to organize, organize, organize or they're going to have to die and they have got to quit as they now said just depending on the democrats, you know, do the job because the job hasn't been done. the other thing i disagree with that i've changed my mind on i do think the chickens should be freed from the factory farm. i've read enough and seen enough. i gave up red meat this year and i have not had any red meat for the better part of this year. i pretty much teacher chicken and turkey as a conned mint as opposed to a big main course. so i've had some different thinking about that since i wrote that. >> host: this email for you, mr. moore, from dennis millner from lakeland florida. thank you for speaking truth to power would you

. >> and coming up new next hour, we'll talk to the president of the metro afl-cio and the response he's gotten from city had hall on this issue. reporting live at mceldon square, mike hellgren, wjz eyewitness news. mary? >> okay. thank you. >>> "occupy baltimore" has meetings every night at 8:00. but they say they have no official leader. >>> days ago, the governor of ohio gets involved in a dispute over who gets the surviving six. this say bold move the governor is making. >> a short time ago, ohio governor john casich ordered the six wild animals left alive to be put in quarantine. the wife of the suicidal man who set free the tigers, lions and bears, said she wants the animals back. police shot and killed almost 50 of them, roaming the town of zanesville. the zoo is contacting federal and state agencies to find a way to keep the animals, once the quarantine is lifted. kai? >> ohio's governor passed emergency legislation, preventing people from keeping exotic pets. >>> wegman's is recalling 7,000 pounds of pine nuts sold in 79 stores on the east coast, including right here in maryland

>>> last year, ceos earned 343 times more than the typical american worker, that's according to the afl-cioexecutives at the nation's fortune 500 companies earned $11 million. where the average american worker made $33,000. so, income inequality, not the only thing protesters are concerned about. susan candiotti is joining us from the protests. you have been covering these protests for days now, what are the folks there telling you? >> you know, these are people who represent various walks of way, people who are students here, unemployed or have been laid off. they have been take up occupancy for more than three weeks now. they represent different point of views. talking about job cuts and benefits that have been slashed. which is why in part, lot of unions are coming here to participate in a demonstration to inject more manpower in this movement. a couple of people who are not camped out but who coordinated their long planned vacation to be here today, four people who are retired, you are in different liebs nes of work, yo worked as an automated manager, why did you feel it important to jo