the one we want. >> john from news max steyer right. >> thank you. going back to when they afl-cio was formed and george meany dealt with the republican secretary of labor there has always been tension between the president of the afl-cio and republican secretaries of labor to some degree. two nights ago president trump formally nominated eugene scalia to the secretary of labor. will the afl-cio opposed the nomination actively and if so, why? >> well, when eugene scalia was nominated for solicitor of labor back and 2002, we actively opposed him because he didn't have a record of being antiunion and all of that time. since 2002 his record has only gotten worse. he called repetitive injury at one time junk science. he has made a career out of trying to bust unions and trying to do things like that and as a result i would say it's most likely, i would say it's most likely we will continue to oppose him because we opposed him in 2002 and his record has only gotten worse. if you quite frankly art dangerously outside of the mainstream and leave us no choice but to oppose him. >> jerry fr

they suffered terribly because of that. 1973, a spokesperson for the afl-cio actually came before the u.s. finance committee to talk about what was happening to our economy. i will quote him. he said we have become a nation of hamburger stands. a country of industrial capacity and meaningful work stripped of these things. we are a service economy. a nation busily buying and selling root beer floats. so, this is what happens. we go from being an industrial economy to a service economy. mean?at does that what is the problem one economy replace another? what is wrong with flipping hamburgers at mcdonald's or making lattes at starbucks? bottom people aspire to that? i will call in your. yes. >> may be because before the u.s. was ahead of the industry, making advancements, especially in the world universally. if you are a service economy, it is monday. not making advancements. the. nickerson: some in service industry that are fulfilling. there were also -- if you remember the charlie chapman film we watched -- work in the initial sector could be unfulfilling. but there is only different ev

i remember the afl-cio president was here, so they are taking a look at the state to rebuild the state that it is back for the unions. >> it's very important here in wisconsin and it is a secure system. they are taking a look at the thing. that is a usual thing in a presidential race. >> caller: how do you feel about the surge of republican voters and the farm trade subsidies we had a series for the whole year focusing on the loss of dairy farms. farms are important here come the agriculture is important and so is the manufacturing as they play out but so far some businesses have been hurt and there are some subsidies available to the farmers to get the agreement through congress, how important is the issue in the state for the folks that work there. they had a bed to pass this about two weeks ago but it hasn't gotten through the noise of everyday life. >> caller: i'm wondering why rs bill hasn't mentioned the crs in the farmers situation and why, despite the fact small degree farms are closing at the rate of two per day how could they still be behind donald trump in the rural areas of

he did mention the afl cio but criticize the labor leader and says stop paying exorbitant dues. president trump left for his golf course in virginia, his second of two outings this weekend. the white house did issue a labor day statement saying we recognize the remarkable american workers who compromise the greatest labor force in the world. we are also seeing the second day of tariffs against china, new tariffs that add 15% to the $112 billion worth of chinese goods. it's the first round. then we'll see more added to the list december 15th. china has responded by adding tariffs to soybean exports. so far it says it will do so in december. the markets are closed today for the labor day holiday. we can't say how investors are going to react thmpt futures which is the best the traders make show about a one percent loss on the open tomorrow morning. >> thank yery much. >>> a traffic alert that could affect your labor day plans today. highway 24 near the bart tracks will be closed several times starting during today's noon time hour. earlier today that part of highway 24 was shut do

joining us is the president of the afl-cio, richard trunka. t's start with the new trade deal between the u.s. and mexico and canada the president hopes to get through congress this fall. here he is friday. county report usmca -- county * >> the usmca is very popular. unions are like it and manufacturers are liking it. chris: as it stands today do you support the usmca. >> as it stands day it's unenforceable and we won't support it. we are working with trade rep lighthizer. it's unenforceable on three levels. another mexico has always used a model that kept wages artificially low for a protectionist contract. a sham union comes in, negotiates a deal and keeps wages low. chris: so basically -- >> if mexico can't enforce their own laws then this agreement will never work because it will be artificially low and they will suck jobs and capital out of the united states. there are two other levels. chris: we only have limited time here, sir. let's look at some features of the deal. this deal usmca according to the trade commission will create 176,000

i would be very surprised if the afl-cio would come out and endorse president trump for election. david: but the question is whether president trump is actively trying to seek his support. >> president trump is trying to seek the support of voters and it is the union rank-and-file membership that will determine the outcome of this election and the leaders -- david: and nothing else? i'm trying to get a little behind the scenes action here, there's nothing going on behind the scenes between president trump and trumka? >> well you saw the tweet today it said when they meet in the oval office, richard trumka is very nice and when he comes out he plays for the cameras and he's a tough guy. david: good to see you curtis thanks very much. well deadly and destructive hurricane door january slamming the bahamas and inching towards the east coast, plus a live update from jacksonville, florida where the storm is expected to arrive at midnight tonight. we'll be speaking with mayor cur ry, coming up and we're on the ground in the bahamas where we are getting our first awful glimpse of the deva

ronald reagan was elected six times to be president of the screen actors guild, the afl-cio union of 15,000 doctors and actresses who work in motion pictures. he led his union and contract negotiations, and strikes against hollywood studios. ronald reagan is the only labor union president ever to be elected governor of any state in the country. in 1947, ronald reagan traveled to washington to testify at house un-american activities committee hearings. >> as a citizen, i would hesitate, or i would not like to see any party outlawed on the basis of political ideology. inhave spent 170 years this country that democracy is strong enough to stand on itself. narrator: in 1950 four ronald reagan became host of "the general electric theater" at his cross-country speaking engagements with the people of america began. ron reaganaware that was a strong union man, and a strong democrat. though, thatced, he was speaking from a political or labor partisan viewpoint. i recall one time he said he thought the democratic party he had been associated with had left him. 1960's,ink in the early he registe

of the afl-cio is supporting illegal immigration into this country without consequence to compete withhe middle class and those who aspire to the middle class. that's radical. that's crazy. >> when someone gets nominated like he did and elected by the voters of the country. he gets to set the national agenda. these are things he promised when he ran. lou: he also believed we've shouldn't expect more of our corporate citizens and more of wall street. and we shouldn't expect more of boeing to understand there is a national interest as well as their corporate interest. do you think we should expect more of our national media to talk about an opennive, interview of reality? >> i have been to too many corporate ceo's offices. and they give money to everybody. the reality is -- lou: i don't mind them giving money. >> obviously they want the administration to give them a lot of stuff, including this. the press is just outstray just at this point in time. the "new york times" story is the worst itch seen inning a long time. lou: every day we have seven or eight stories from the "washington pos

and don't worry about your jobs, the afl-cio is supporting illegal immigration into this country to compete with our middle class and those who aspire to the middle class. that's radical. that's crazy. >> i have to believe in the democratic process. when someone is nominated and elected by voters in the country, these are things he promised when he ran. lou: he also believed we shouldn't expect more of our corporate citizens and we shouldn't expect more of wall street, and more of boeing to understand there is a national interest as well as a corporate interest. do you think we should expect more of our national media to talk about an objective interview of reality? >> i have been to too many corporate ceos offices where you have every president you can find from lyndon johnson and everybody else. they give money to everybody. it's their right to give money, but they wants the administration to give them a lot of stuff. the press is just outrageous at this point in time. and this "new york times" stuff going on -- it's the most of irresponsible thing i have seen in a long, long time. lou: s

. >> chris: on this labor day weekend, the impact of the president's trade war with china. we will sit down with afl-cio president richard trumka. it's a "fox news sunday" exclusive. plus. >> i thought the ig report was incredible. but i have total confidence in bulbar to do the right thing. >> chris: we will ask our sunday panel about the fallout from the ig report sharply criticizing former fbi director james comey. all right now on "fox news sunday" ." ♪ >> chris: and hello again from fox news in washington. we are following two breaking stories today. we will have the latest on hurricane dorian, which is making its way towards the southeast u.s. and is now strengthened into a fierce category five storm. but first, at least five are dead and more than 20 injured in another mass shooting in texas. a gunman opened fire seemingly at random after a traffic stop. mike tobin has the latest from odes, texas, . >> when the troopers got the car stopped, shot by the occupant of the car. >> to >> failure to use the turn signal from. that apparently set off the rampage. if the gunman drove in the direction of od

. >> the afl-cio issue. >> next month. >> item 9. chief investment officer report. >> very good. board members it was a positive return for the last month while public equity was down 1.7% we had a positive return of 57 basis points for the first two months of the year when public equity is down 1.35. i did want to draw attention. there is a summary on page 2 of our returns bias set class. they are truly quite remarkable. every assets class in the past year four of the five performed in the top 14%. all five performed in the top 31%. every asset class over the past three and five years have both performed in the top 22%. this is a really good report. i did want to draw attention, and you can see the risk ratings on page 3 are also that are risk profile is decidedly below the norman the sharp ratio which indicates risk adjusted returns and the ratio which is indicating of our returns in down markets are both really high. i did want to draw one attention on page 5 and that that our returns are due to a very specific investment strategy, namely, we are very different than most public

however, there are critics out there of the president's tariffs on trade strategy, notably the afl-cio. chamber of commerce with some labor leaders, kristin, applauding the fight but panning the tariff tactic. >> it's a good thing, taking on china. unfortunately, he's done it the wrong way. to take on china, there has to be a multilateral approach. one country can't take on china to try to dry up its overcapacity because they just send it through you in other ways. if you're going to take on china, it has to be multilateral. >> reporter: right now the u.s. is running point on this while our european trade a partners and others around the globe are saying, go get 'em, usa, because ultimately this may work out as a a template for other economies around the globe. the chinese have hit us with another $75 billion worth of tariffs, that means the fight will likely continue for some time to come. kristin: yeah, indeed it does. ken cork, thank so much. kevin corke, thank you so much. >>> we are just moments away, we believe, from this press conference in texas that we have been waiting for al

president spent labor day attacking the labor movement and labor leader richard trumpka, president of the afl-cioident's defense, it was just one of the least 122 tweets he managed to fire off this holiday weekend, so, you know, there's a lot of takes flying around. the interesting thing about him sounding off on one of the top union leaders is trump did really well for a republican in union households in the last election. in 2016 trump only lost voters in union households by 8 points. in fact, that was the best performance among a republican for union households since ronald reagan back in 1984. which makes you wonder about michigan, pennsylvania and wisconsin, and that have relatively high levels of union ascendency and strong labor movements. so where does that labor support stand after three years of trump? to talk about that, i'm joined by michelle goldberg, columnist for "the new york times" and sarah nelson, the president of the association of flight attendants. sarah, let me start with you. what do you think about this president's relationship to two categories, workers generally, and th

now, the chamber of commerce and the afl-cio both oppose the tariffs, they say this doesn't help americansumers, but some congressional a lawmakers think it's high time someone finally stood up to the chinese. >> i give the president credit for challenging china on some of its really egregious behavior, the theft of intellectual property and coercive technology transfers. that is unacceptable behavior. i would have preferred a different set of tactics, but the president deserves credit for challenging china. >> reporter: obviously, there's going to be a retaliation by the chinese. in fact, we're told they're going to hit america beginning today on soybean exports from our country into china, also crude and pharmaceuticals. no end in sight, mike, but the talks do continue later on this month. mike: kevin corke, thanks a lot. laura: and for more on all this, let's bring in nile gardener, director of the margaret thatcher center for freedom at the heritage foundation. thanks for being here. >> my pleasure, laura. laura: we're looking at an estimated two-thirds of the consumer goods that the

. >> congresswoman, nancy pelosi is now with some of your colleagues at the afl-cio at a separate event in support of uaw workers, a labor union focused event, you can see some of your colleagues there, i know that's important to you and your district as well, so thank you for being with us. she said with our colleague geoff bennett that she will have an announcement later. will we hear an announcement to begin an impeachment investigation? >> so i don't know exactly what she's going to announce. i would never want to get ahead of speaker pelosi. what's important is that a lot of us have said, if we're going to take this huge step of moving towards an impeachment appropro of some kind, we need to bring the american people along with us. there have been people calling for impeachment and also people saying, please don't drag us through this. we haven't always communicated clearly, so my hope, and what we've been pressing our leadership, is we're at a different moment, a moment of inflection, let's be clear and effective and put communicating with the american public at the top of the age

this labor day weekend to discuss the potential follow-up for making workers is a president of the afl-cio happy labor day. >> thanks for having me on and happy labor day to you. >> let's start with the new trade deal between the u.s. and mexico and canada that he hopes to get to congress this fall. here he is on friday. >> it is become very popular, the idea with mexico and canada, unions alike it, farmers are loving it, manufacturers are lit really liking it. >> unions are liking it the president says. as it stands today, do you support the u.s. mca? >> as it stands today, it's unenforceable and therefore we cannot supportive. we've been working to try to get there and hopefully we will. >> what is unenforceable about it. that was one of the big issues they were going to talk with us, it's unenforceable in three levels. first of all, mexico has always used a model and kept things artificially low using a protectionist contract. that is where a champion and comes in, negotiate a deal with the company and keeps wages low. >> are getting into the weeds a little bit. >> if mexico cannot impo

i'm for unions because the afl-cio charter says we stand for working families. i'm for unions because of the last organized force, last organized force of working families in america. we have to do it why? as i went around those 17,000 miles i went into a ge plant and it was montgomery county, it's an abd plant. i met a us marinecorps that . started working in a low-wage, 1990. lots of lungs were given in grants by iowa. the entryway is the exact same as it was. i went to see when john lewis was born . the great union leader, he roared in the 30s and 40sand 50s . there was no better union leader than him. heput them on the map. he wouldn't accept that today. that's kind of what i think of unions . i don't have a 95 percent voting record that doesn't mean i agree with them by and large when you have osha that is not one then one significant change since 1970 to help safety laws and we have i think it's, i'm going to be off because i haven't read it for a while. i think it was 5000 people died on the job last year and if you work in a popcorn factory making that mi

[applause] appreciate the early endorsements from the new hampshire fighter fighters and the afl, cioh. [cheering] [applause] >> yeah. know republican outside groups are already attacking me in new hampshire. they have already spend more against me than any other single democrat up for reelection in 2020. know, several republicans have already gotten into this race. you may know some of them. there is former house speaker bill o'brien. [booing] yes, good. now, donald trump's fired campaign manager is talking about joining the race. [booing] it doesn't matter if the republicans choose bill o'brien, or somebody else who is planning to run. opposes thethem affordable care act, affordable the woman'sopposes right to choose, opposes the minimum wage raise, opposes the voting rights act. they even imposed taking action on climate change and campaign-finance reform. [booing] >> [indiscernible] oppose them, i agree. we do oppose them. [applause] for,here is what they're rubberstamping mitch mcconnell and donald trump's agenda. [booing] that is not good for new hampshire, and it is not good fo

of negotiations he needs to get this over the hump, but that's getting better the president and the afl/cioeinforce am this is a great deal for america and hopefully thedemocrats wil do the people's business on this >> well, you've been in washington for a while now i don't know why you're -- >> it's dog years. 2 1/2 years is 20. >> some of us are leaving a place like this. you left irvine to go to washington >> i miss my pacific ocean out in california there. >> can you give me an honest handicap of whether this gets done before the end of the year and you say politics should be set aside. >> true. >> that's not going to happen. >> true. >> how would you really handicap that this gets done before >> i think this has to get done before the end of the year for several reasons. >> what are the chances? >> i'm going to give it 100% here because it's so important for this country, and i can't imagine that nancy pelosi would not put this on the floor to at least have a vote. i mean, as you know, there's some progressive politics going on here. they want to take our cars and our cheeseburgers, pr

i want to bring your comments to the afl-cio, detailing some of that plan. here he is. [video clip] sen. sanders: today, as all of you know, millions of workers want to join unions but are unable to do so because of employer opposition. when 50% ofn, a card in a unit sign --s one, they have a union and of discussion. [cheers & applause] sanders: and if employers refuse to negotiate that union contract in good faith, we will impose strong penalties against those employers. [applause] workers will get a contract, under my plan, we wil l end so-called right to work laws in iowa and in other states around this country. [cheers & applause] plan, weers: under my publicke sure that all employees in iowa and drop this -- and have the right to throughout this country have the right to organize and bargain collectively. [applause] not only for decent wages but for the decent benefits, safe working conditions, and reliable schedules. host: david madland of the american worker project come what do you see a some of the element of bernie sanders' plan? i hear very strong support for

finally, as the afl-cio quote,s, this amendment, would be directly contrary to he intent of congress in the wagner and hartley act which has the resolution of contract arbitration.ugh again, arbitration voluntarily agreed to by the workers through democratically elected union is not the same as arbitration.ed accordingly, i urge my colleagues to oppose the amendment and yield back the balance of my time. has expired.l time yielded. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from ohio. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the noes have it. the amendment is not agreed to. mr. jordan: mr. speaker. ask for a roll call on this one. pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from ohio will be postponed. it is now in order to consider amendment number 2 printed in house report 116-210. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from texas seek recognition? fletcher: mr. chair, i have an amendment at the desk. clerk.air: the clerk: amendme-- the clerk designate the amendment. am

the biggest mistake she made in 2016. liz: president trump got a big endorsement. they are an afl-cio union. g the criminal justice system is racist. >> i hope that all of you know that the criminal justice system in this country is completely broken and is racist. liz: your reaction? >> as a lawyer who has worked in a few d.a.'s offices. i would say we need to improve the criminal justice system. and president trump has done that. liz: is it racist? >> i don't think our criminal justice system is racist. but how it many applied to certain people can be. liz: ford o'connell, thanks for joining us. liz: no mention of radical islam just days of the anniversary of 9/11. obama's homeland security secretary says the border is not a threat. we'll take on janet napolitano and what she says is the top threat in you may or may not be surprised. cnn getting an unusual rebuke from the "new york times" and the cia. they say cnn got it wrong by reporting that the extraction of a top spy from russia was due to fears over president trump when that was not the case at all. media bias coming up. this is the a

the price of some retail goods expected to rise, something in u.s. companies have warned about. in an exclusive interview on fox news sunday, afl-cioent is going about this trade war. >> it is a good thing taking on china. unfortunately, he's done it the wrong way. to take on china, there has to be a multilateral approach. one country can't take on china to try to dry up its overcapacity. >> the "wall street journal" reports that american exports will be hit with extra tariffs include 3g.2 billion -- 3.2 billion in annual sigh bone shipments -- soybean shipments. despite criticism about how this will affect u.s. consumers and companies, president trump said at the white house earlier today that some of the money from the increased tariffs will be given to farmers. he believes the u.s. should take a strong stance against china. supporters say they believe it could help fight china's unfair trade practices. >> we don't want to be their servan servants. their using these trade tactics to steal our technology, erode our competitive advantage. they have been very clear, they want to be global dominant to establish an empire in which we

and that is something the union movement itself was recognized. 1959, thetury ago, in afl-cio executive council stated -- and i'm quoting directly -- "in terms of accepted collective bargaining procedures, government workers have no right beyond the authority to petition congress, the right available to every citizen." but since then, the movement has changed its mind. most states have now given them collective bargaining powers and government, and the results would be disastrous. that i why i'm delighted to welcome mallory factor to talk about his new book, ," a book that reveals how government unions twist the government from public good into serving their own interest. mallory factor has the expertise to write this book. he is the john c wise professor of international politics and american government the citadel and a member of the council on foreign relations who has strictly testified before congress on financial regulations and other economic issues. he is also the senior editor of "money in politics" for thestreet.com and has written for publications including "the wall street j

he went to the main hospital where most of the shooting victims were, met with victims and their families there, and then visited an afl-cio. essentially he was invited to drop by this picnic event and talk a little bit about what he saw here in odessa. he talked about meeting with these victims. he talked about talking to folks. he even told me who met a man at the hospital who doesn't agree with anything that he is running on as a candidate. but he was thankful that o'rourke came to odessa. shootings used to be one of the sort of rituals of this were politicians even those in favor of stricter gun laws saying it's too early to talk about legislative changes. i asked o'rourke about this. he is obviously doing the exact opposite of that essentially aggressively looking for opportunities to politicize this issue, to fight for tighter gun laws. here's what he told me about that. >> my answers to this are pretty clear. we have too many guns. there are 330 million americans, 390 million guns in this country. we sell to one another weapons of war that were designed to kill people on a battlefield, that are used to kill people i