he has a 40% rating from the afl-cio. tually went to the afl-ci afl-cio congressional night, and i was told he hasn't been there in 12 years because the last time he went somebody questioned his voting record, and he didn't like it. that is the problem with representatives, because they don't want to actually be held accountable for their voting record. if mr. king met with his constituents, i probably would not be running for office right now. but he refused to meet with me, and he refused to meet with you, and it was very clear to me who he votes for is his corporate pacs. we have an affordable housing crisis, but he takes hundreds of thousands of dollars from the real estate industry. we have an opioid crisis, we takes hundreds of thousands of dollars from the pharmaceutical company. be that's who he's voting for. >> time. guys, guys -- [cheers and applause] timeout. we have, i've got less than two minutes before -- [inaudible conversations] hold on one second. can i ask a question that the i think a lot -- why do you w

. >> jesse: the reason he changed his mind was because the afl-cio change their position on illegal immigration they wanted more hispanics to come over here so they could pay union dues and fill up those roles. here is some what aboutism. i find it funny how liberals believe illegal aliens crossing the border and having american babies is enshrined in our constitution, but the right to bear arms isn't enshrined in our constitution. major hypocrisy there. excellent job summarizing the legal thing, the only thing i would add is what i said yesterday, the drafter of the 14th amendment, jacob howard, said it should not apply to persons in the united states who are foreigners and aliens. this is a big issue because nearly 10% of babies born in this country are from illegal aliens. you have to combine this with the law and eliminating the lottery and eliminating the chain migration because right now it's out of control. >> juan: we have had filibusters. now i turned to greg gutfeld. >> greg: i will summarize in human terms. 290,000 births from this kind of, i don't know what you would call it, a dram

start with the afl-cio nurses and teamsters and go on.nd why do they suspect me? workers. i support i support workers because i believe that work has to be rewarded properly. workers have a right to voice on the job. mr. wardlow is the author of the right to work for less legislation in the house. thate tell me about how went down. even his own party had to pull him off it because they knew it a bad policy. right toauthor of the less bill in the state of minnesota. i believe that we have to lift wages. >> do you think minnesota should be a right to work state where need to join unions? slightly to a different view on that. it doesn't really matter. attorney general office not a policy making job. right to work or any policy agenda. he wants to push a policy agenda. president. sue the regardless what anyone thinks trump, that will be abuse of powers of the office. the attorney general is supposed to enforce the law. law.ake he wants to bypass the theesentatives and use are court to achieve what he can't in congress. study.ffice did a act wehe dodd-frank beuired a worker pay

the afl cio congressional night and told he 12 years, there in last time he went, somebody questioned his voting record and didn't like it. that is the question with washington and representatives, hey don't want to be held accountable for their voting record. if mr. king met with his constituents, i probably wouldn't be running for office right now. he refused to meet with me and was clear to me his voting interests are who he pact. for is his corporate we have affordable housing crisis, but he takes hundreds of housands from the real estate industry. we have an opioid crisis, we takes money from the companies.cal 50% of campaign contributions backing, corporate that is who he is voting for. out.rator: guys, time i have less than -- i have two minutes until we wrap. on one second. can i ask a question, why do you do this? i mean, i just asked about being serious, a lot of colleagues decided to retire, a lot of people don't to this this job. i'm not looking for, i want to change the world, i get it. seriously, you are going into environment where less than 10% of the environment likes

[applause] now the president of the afl-cio, richard trumka. r inviting me to say a few words on behalf of the 12.5 million working men and women who believe. they want to do members of the afl-cio. i'm a coal miner by trade. actually a third-generation coal miner by trade. that might seem unusual at a summit like this but i learned something about science and the mind when the boss told us to ignore the deadly hazards of the job of that timber overhead signs told us the truth and today again science tells us the truth climate change threatens our jobs and economy and that's why it supports comprehensive actions to fight climate change. that's why we support -- [applause] the progress on the vehicle tailpipe standards and why we passed the strong climate resolution at the last convention and that's why we continue to support the paris agreement. so, make no mistake this is a tough issue for us, but in the labor movement, we are used to tough issues and hard choices. we are prepared to do the right thing for our people and planet and we know that

one of the reasons i'm so happy to be endorsed by the afl-cio and other labor unions is because they provide exactly the kind of apprenticeship and training programs that a lot of people in this district need. and the republican attacks on organized labor i think are one of the worst things that happening in the country today. [applause] >> i want to make sure we get across the sea and talk about foreign policy. you will have to be elected -- you get elected, you have to participate in foreign policy. do you like the direction of our foreign policy taking on some other countries china and so on, relative to tariffs, as well as pointing out the issues with iran? general thoughts on foreign policy. i will start with susan and go down the line. >> i think it is a mixed bag right now. i think there is some good that the trump administration is trying to accomplish in the field of trade and tariffs. but on the other hand, i think that there is no sound strategy or long-term thoughtful thinking that's going on. and that concerns me greatly. we should not have a president who is meeting with

you talk to the afl-cio. why aren't you putting this in your ads, big time? in this country are making less wages adjusted for inflation then workers made in 1968. that is going backwards. those are the people who feel disempowered as the new york times reported the other day, and not ready to vote, because they are so turned off. they do not want -- know what the parties a stand for and they do not know what the democratic party is standing for. >> there was a story this morning about what could happen if the democrats retake the house. the authors write, saying that the tension between investigating the president's administration while searching for common legislative ground would be a continual balancing act. nancy pelosi and others have made clear that much of their efforts would be dedicated to conducting oversight. they have demonstrated little regard for ethics rule and the regarding text. drop -- dollars but is that a good strategy? >> that is good but do not bet on it. they talk a good game and chicken out. i want the people to take control of the con

manufacturers had been pressing for a trilateral deal and said they welcome modernizati modernization, the afl-cior trade deals demands the highest level of scrutiny. everyone is combing through the text it's not called and a half a it's now the u.s. mexico canada agreement or usmca. >> that will take a little while to get used to does this end the tariffs on steel? >> what senior administration officials say is those tariffs are on a separate track so for now the steel and aluminum tariffs remain in place. what canada and mexico got was relief from tariffs on autos or tariffs done under the national security threat they used for the steel and aluminum trfs. >> got it. usm usmca. let's get more about what this is about how much of a cloud of uncertainty was hanging over the market because of a lack of a nafta deal >> not so much here in america but canada clearly canada has been one of the worst performing markets for a while europe's underperformed, emerging markets have underperformed and global investors have been leaving the united states because of great returns last year and worried about th

[applause] >> and now the president of afl-cio, richard trumka. ♪ >> good morning. wn for inviting me to say a few words on the half of that 12.5 million working men and women who belong to the 55 unions of the afl-cio. i a coal miner by trade, actually a third-generation coal miner by trade. now, that might seem unusual at a summit like this, but i learned something about science. when the boss told us to ignore the deadly hazards of the job, of that sagging timber overhead, that black lung calls, science told us the truth. and today, again, science tells us the truth, that climate change threatens our workers, our jobs and our economy. and that's why the labor movement support bold, comprehensive action to fight climate change. and that's why we support -- [applause] that's what we support continued progress on vehicle tailpipe standards, and why we passed the strong climate resolution at our last convention. and that's why we continue to support the paris agreement. so make no mistake, this is a tough issue for us. but in the labor movement we are used to tough is

this one, they carry cards with the afl-cio. marriott workers now, in the 19th century, we wouldn't have had railroads. we would still be hauling freight in horse-drawn wagons. we wouldn't have trucks. we would have horse-drawn wagons. every innovation displaces workers in one place but by raising incomes, creates new opportunity in others. this is how societies progress. stuart: let me jump in for a second. wojtek wadhwa says we should have more robots to assemble high-tech products to take the place of chinese factory workers. in other words, robots here displace workers in china. what do you make of that? >> that's exactly what's going on. donald trump has been adding manufacturing jobs in a way that barack obama found a puzzle. donald trump happened to become elected at the time that robots arrived. an awful lot of factories are extraordinarily automated now. that's the trick to dealing with the wage advantage the chinese have. american leadership, the problem here is the chinese are using the things they do to pick off ameri

you talk to the afl-cio, why aren't you putting this in your ads? 30 million workers in this country are sweating it every day making less in wages, adjusted for inflation, than workers made in 1968. that's going backwards in the future. those are the people who feel disempowered as "the new york times" reported the other day and not ready to vote. they're turned off. they don't know what the parties stand for. the worst thing they don't know what democratic party is standing for. >> there's a story this morning about potentially what could happen if democrats retake the in the midterm elections. the authors write, saying the tension between investigating the president's administration while searching for common legislative ground would be a continual balancing act. nancy pelosi and other democratic leaders made clear much of their efforts would be dedicated conducting oversight of cabinet officials and agencies they argue have demonstrated little regard for ethics rules. is that a good strategy? >> it's good but don't bet on it. they talk a good ga

aretalk to the afl-cio, why you not putting this in your ads?0 million workers in this country are sweating it every day making less in wages, adjusted for inflation, then workers made in 1968. that is going backwards in the future. those are the people that feel disempowered. ready to vote because they are so turned off. the worse thing is, they don't know what the democratic party is standing for. host: there is a story about what could happen if democrats retake the house in the midterm elections. the authors say the tension between investigating the president's administration while searching for common legislative ground will be a balancing act. if democrats win control of the house, democratic leaders have made clear that much of their efforts will be dedicated to conduct oversight of cabinet officials and have demonstrated little regard for ethics rules. is that a good strategy? guest: it is but they talk a good game and then chicken out. i want the people to take control of the congress. the democrats taking control of one house may help

our next speaker is damon silvers, who is the director of policy for the afl-cio, the largest labor federation in the country, by far, and he's had a lot of experience with advisory committees to the treasury, and working on the congressional oversight panel, the collapse of wall street in 2008 and '09, which is why his topic is within his purview, although he could talk about the need for raising the minimum wage, and labor union laws that need to be reformed, like taft-hartley. but today, he is going to speak on the subject of the securities exchange commission, and the inadequacy of financial regulation. damon? >> thank you, ralph. and good afternoon. it is a pleasure to be here. it is apropo that his introduction, ralph mentioned the minimum wage. one. >> reasons i wanted to be sure to be here, because a few years ago, i heard from ralph nader, who was very insistent to me, that what we had to do, as a labor movement, was demand a much higher minimum wage. and i confess that this was before anybody had ever heard of a fight for 15. and so i sort of took it as a lesson from that experience,

school district, to the mayor's office of housing, incredible partners, the aft, american federation of teachers, at one point, afl-cio was at the table. this is what a partnership looks like. >> commissioners, questions or comments >> thank you for the presentation, this is exciting to see this is under way and moving in the right direction. what is the process for selecting a gc, how is that working, anything you want to share on that? >> so we are following the process set up through the city's contract monitoring division, so what we do is right a procurement plan and we have the contracting monitoring division review that plan and approve it. it approves the design and architecture and construction. then we follow a process where we go through the city bidding process, publish the bid and do an interviewing process for the general contractor. >> and everybody is at the table? rfp after proposals are submitted? >> meaning the panel that interviews the gcs? >> the district is at the table? >> we're planning on having panel of interviewers that consist of mayor housing community and development, also the developer a

the new nafta? if it helps labor, i mean, afl-cio still trying to be on the fence about it.o ahead as we make the is fighting for american workers, but he also fought for mexican and canadian workers, too. mexican workers have the same labor rights that american workers have. the idea that they will be sweatshops with child labor in mexico double steal your job is gone. that's not going to happen anymore. mexican workers will have the kinds of right labor unions fought for for a long, long time to defend. this is something american labor has been fighting for for a long time. just because you have the right to organize doesn't mean you do organize. it's up to the union to make a case the worker should do that. the fact that they can if they have the same secret ballot right and so on to something american labor should celebrate. great to be here. elizabeth: great to see you. a number of reporters at the white house don't want to talk about a new trade deal. the only one of talk about brett kavanaugh. watch. >> you said it's incorrect to say you are limiting the scope of the

nancy pelosi has history of backing afl-cio with tariffs on china. he has a winning hand. but theion is, can he get through the midterm elections with some success? that is what the chinese are counting on. he would have a set-back in the midterm elections and ease off the pressure. i think that is not going to happen. charles: i think also, michael, what the chinese may be counting on is a hostile press. >> yes. charles: there is a financial network out there, every single guest, the first question they ask them about is tariffs, even if the company says hey we missed revenues because of currency, by the way over well mingly number one issue of companies reported. not tariffs. i listened to conference calls. the company is saying it isn't tariffs, the but they're lying it is tariffs. anytime we have hiccup in the economy or stock market, they say see, we're losing. >> i agree with you in general. there is growing skepticism on part of some in the press. you yourself are in the lead here, charles. the chinese are getting more and more send advertised to bad -- sensized to bad pres

got the afl-cio working in the chamber of commerce. and every single gun safety group all endorse the in ea national association of educators. and everybody has endorsed the campaign who believe in bipartisanship that bringing the community together they don't need a hatfield and mccoy environment. and that is what i offers with another turn. [applause] >> moderator: i will allow you two second, take a deep breath. i want to thank our candidates for participation and acknowledge the round of applause. [applause] thank you. i want to thank the audience for coming out this morning and for at least trying to live up to your promises. give yourselves applause. [applause] >> we all go to the voting booth on election day much more informed, whichever way you vote on behalf of the league of women voters, the chamber, central bucks chamber chamber of commerce, lower bucks chamber of commerce, penn ridge chamber of commerce, upper bucks chamber of commerce, and encourage you to exercise your franchise and vote. good morning and please have a gr

in 1971 she led the iowa league of women voters between the aclu, afl-cio and the democratic party anda challenge that led to the iowa supreme court that overturned the whole plan and started the whole ball rolling. >> amy walters a national editor and is well known to all of us for columns and insights into the nations media. i have an evening cocktail with her every monday. >> thank you for being here. we will ask amy to start off with her views about this issue from a national perspective. unfortunately, she has a plane to catch so she will make comments and then she has to duck out. amy it's all yours. >> thank you to everyone who is here and all the panelist, this is impressive. i don't know of anybody who can tell us in greater depth and detail, not just about how redistricting works without politics and i will works. we've got it all figured out. we guys give us the answer to the 2020 caucus, what's going to happen? we will get that all figured out. okay. good. i thought what i would do is try to pull us up to an even higher view, a 30,000 foot view , especially since i can't po