as the american workforce with workers over 65 outnumbering teens for the first time since 1948 according to the aarp. some retirees finding new work in the economy. take 69-year-old judith gordon in phoenix, arizona. gordon read about uber in an ad and intrigued by the opportunity presented. >> i love the ad. and i was accepted but i didn't take the application for three months because i was in limbo. not sure whether i wanted to be a driver. so i had a dream and it said, to me, i can make a lot of money. so i went down and picked up my phone and started driving right away. >> gordon drives as much as 50 hours a week calling uber her past time. she can make up to $850 a week as a driver partner. >> i do love meeting new people. every rider is a new person. with a new personality and new things to talk about and it's actually exciting. >> the aarp said about one-third of the american workforce is now over age 50. uber's driver demographics aren't far off from that stat. in a report released earlier this year, uber said 25% of its driver partners are also over the age of 50. information ab

estimates are that independent contractors, or freelancers range from 13% to 34% of the american workforce, often making their own schedules and working project by project. from the tap of a smartphone app, a growing number of companies are using independent contractors to do everything from clean your house to give you a ride, leading to a simple question: are those workers truly independent, or are they essentially employees? and do our definitions of what constitutes a worker need to change with the times? >> reporter: kaitlin harris' job is to shop. >> usually you start with produce. >> reporter: she hand-picks items, often at this whole foods outside boston. food that other people order online. >> i couldn't find the cheese that the customer asked for, so i'm going to get a replacement for them. >> reporter: harris works for instacart which guarantees grocery deliveries to your home in as little as an hour. the three-year-old company offers its service in 16 cities and partners with local stores, including big chain retailers like costco and whole foods. instacart used to consider its

the american economy. it is the worst technology crisis since 2009. most media pundits case a dreary picture of the future in which outsourcing and automation continue to shatter the american workforce. but history is not silent on the subject. it tells us the future is swayed by the actions we take. generations of americans before us faced equally disruptive periods of transformation. for example, in the industrial revolution, machine suddenly automated the tasks people had built their lives around for centuries. like today, the beginning was rough. jobs were lost. wages were static. m new wealth is concentrated at the top. -- and new wealth was concentrated at the top. that's and fears about the future were widespread. something changed. when our children learn about the industrial revolution, they learn it was progress. jobs were lost, but even more were gained. the middle class expanded and thrived and laid the cornerstone of the american century. how did that generation overcome the challenge? it was not through resistance, pushing back against new technologies or trying to resurrect old jobs. it was throughout a petition. this -- through adaptation integrating new technologies

it all started yesterday with bush's remarks about the american workforce in new hampshire. >> my aspirationor the country, and i believe we can achieve it is 4% growth as far as the eye can see. which means we have to be a lot more productive workforce participation has to rise from its all-time modern lows. means that people need to work longer hours. and through their productivity gain more income for their families. that's the only way we're going to get out of this rut that we're in. >> in response? hillary tweeted, anyone who believes americans aren't working hard enough hasn't met enough american workers" bush later clarified his comments saying they were taken out of context. tweeting clinton back. anyone who discounts 6.5 million people stuck in part-time work and seeking full-time jobs hasn't listened to working americans @hillary clinton. i mean now this is the new like ultimate fighting championship on twitter. they just like tweet each other to death until one passes out and needs a gatorade or some replenishment. what do you think of these numbers? >> so the 4% comment is where

who need to work more hours also indicates that he doesn't have a clue what's going on with the american workforce. everybody is working -- everybody i meet is working as hard as they can. most people who are working in service jobs are working harder than they have ever worked. we still do have an unemployment problem. certainly we need more jobs. but the core problem is wages. the core problem is people are not earning enough. that's why they are working all the hours they are working. >> in fact, this is the great paradox of the modern american economy. it was true before the great crash. it's been particularly exacerbated after the great crash, productivity wages have completely become detached from each other. you used to make 60 widgets an hour for your boss, now 65 widgets an hour. you're not seeing that improvement in the money you're taking home. >> that's right. people are working harder than ever. yet the money and productivity they are generating, most of it is going to the top. this is a big change from what we had in the first three decades after the second world war when there was a

new remarks about the american workforce getting a lot of attention. tarted with something that jeb bush said in new hampshire. >> my aspiration for the country, and i believe we can achieve it, is 4% growth as far as the eye can see. which means we have to be a lot more productive workforce participation has to rise from its all-time modern lows. means that people need to work longer hours and, through their productivity gain more income for their families. >> well, hillary clinton quickly tweeting, anyone who believes americans aren't working hard enough hasn't met enough american workers. along with a chart from a left-leaning think tank showing wages stagnating while productivity rises. bush later clarified his comments saying they were taken out of context and that he was just trying to ad sew kate for people working part time but want full-time jobs. he tweeted back anyone who discounts 6.5 million people stuck in part-time work and seeking full-time jobs hasn't listened to hard-working americans. by the way, hillary clinton. as for what is behind

at 3.1 million, school teachers make up one of the largest portions of the american workforce. use teacher turnover is very high, there are probably even more former teachers. the newshour's special correspondent for education, john merrow, has the story. >> reporter: it's graduation day for students at montclair state university, which has one of the largest schools of education in new jersey. >> it gives me pleasure to state that 665 members of this class are certified and qualified to teach in the public schools of the state of new jersey. >> reporter: these graduates are among the more than 200,000 women and men who've just completed teacher preparation programs across the country. >> i'm trying to find a job in elementary education k-6. >> i'm a math major, want to be a math teacher. >> certified in special education, i would like a teaching job anywhere in new jersey. >> reporter: is this a good time to become a teacher? salaries haven't kept up with inflation, tenure is under attack, and standardized test scores are being used to fire teachers. richard ingersoll of the un

the movement of women into the american workforce over the past 40 years was responsible for more than5 trillion in economic growth. but that progress has stalled. the united states used to rank seven out of 24 advanced countries in women's labor force or dissipation. by 2013, we had dropped to 19. that represents a lot of unused potential for american families. studies show nearly one third of this decline relative to other countries is because they are expanding family-friendly policies like a leave and we are not. we should be making it easier for americans to be good workers and caregivers. women who want to work should be able to do so without worrying about how they are going to take care of their children are what will happen if a family member gets sick. last year -- [applause] mrs. clinton: last year while i was at the hospital in manhattan waiting for charlotte to make a grand, entrance one of the nurses said thank you for fighting for paid leave. she sees firsthand what it means for herself and her colleagues as well as for the working parents that she helps take care of. it

let the next decade be the decade when the american worker and innovators, the best workforce in the world accomplish things we can only dream of. let the next decade be the decade when americans finally cure cancer and and for all time the scourge of alzheimer's. let the next decade be the decade when america powers the world with our own clean resources. let the next decade be the decade when americans -- we have yet to imagine that the next decade be the decade where americans can have boundless economic growth while enhancing and preserving the natural environment. let the next decade be the decade when america proves to the world, you ain't seen nothing yet. [applause] mr. pataki: i saw the horrors of september 11 firsthand. the days, weeks, and months that followed, i also saw the strength of america on display. for those months, we were not democrats, republicans, black, white, young, or old. we were americans. we were going to stand together to show the world we were unafraid and would come back stronger than ever. i reject the idea that we can only unite in adversity. we are

when you look at your app, it is not making the american workforce more productive each hour. ening. that is a fundamental problem. when you look at what the fed says janet yellen says i hope it goes back. tom: how do you respond to the strange hope -- i circle the word "paradigm." and i always circle the word "hope" in economic print. that is a dangerous word, isn't it? carl: hope is a dangerous word, but we have to make forecasts. janet yellen is hoping and also forecasting that we have a larger cyclical component with the swing of labor market, so the labor force dynamic impacts the long-term productivity trend. the reason we are seeing low productivity is because businesses are not investing in the capital infrastructure. labor costs rise and then productivity will rebound. tom: we have to talk dot plots. meanwhile, let's look at photos. vonnie: we are going to hong kong first because our number three top photo, pro-democracy activists burning a picture of the city's chief executives. july 1 is traditionally a day of protest in hong kong because it is the anniversary of the

the single greatest that he identified was the upgrading of the collective skill level of the american workforce and he attributed good piece of that to the g.i. bill. this is a direct, wartime legacy that very immediately informed the performance of the economy after the war. let me return to something that rick said" a deeper point on it maybe -- and for a deeper point on it, maybe. -- and put a deeper point on it, maybe. there is a passage in the early pages where he is trying to make the reader understand the mood of postwar america and he describes it as the moment of collective inebriation in american history. [laughter] david kennedy: that is not far off of the mark. the postwar era was a time of giddy self congratulations. having fought the good war in, we thought an upright when. the society reaped the benefits for a generation not just in the g.i. bill but also it is no accident that the civil rights movement achieves the successes that it did in the postwar. late -- postwar period. we finally take care of a big piece of the agenda which has been delayed for a century since the emancip

the movement of women into the american workforce over the past four years was responsible for more than three $1/2 trillion in economic growth. but that progress has stalled. the united states used to rank 7th out of 24 advanced countries in women's labor force participation participation. that represents a lot of unused potential for our economy and our american families. studies show that nearly a third of this decline relative to other countries is because they're expanding family friendly policies like paid leave and we are not. we should be making it easier for americans to be both good workers and good parents and caregivers. women who want to work should be able to do so without worrying every day about how they're going to take care of their children or what will happen if a family member gets sick. you know last year while i was at the hospital in manhattan waiting for charlotte to make her entrance. one of the nurses said thank you for paid leave. she sees firsthand what it means for herself and her colleagues as well as for the working parents that she takes care of. it's tim

the number of people in the workforce. now the president's mandating more overtime pay. but will more job seekers pa >>> a mixed jobs report in june where more jobs were created but 432,000 americansropped out of the workforce. the president is pushing new rules to expand overtime pay. he says it will boost america's wages. but gary b. says get ready for job losses. >> dagen, i just scratch my head at the lack of knowledge of how businesses run and basic economics. would someone please from the press ask president obama where he thinks this smun going to come from? i guess he's assuming byes will take less profits, and maybe that's true but say they do. then if they take -- if they keep everyone that they have hired and they take less profits, that's called retained earnings. then they have less money to put into business expansion. what do you do in business expansion? you hire more people. and if you can't expand you can't hire more people. but what most business owners will do is say i got to cut back i can't afford these people. i'm paying them too much. that's what's going to happen. that's just basic common business sense and something this administration is clueless about.

the next president will inherit 93 million americans out of the workforce. will inherit $20 million in debt nearly 50 million americans in poverty and 46 million americans on food stamps for 40 months or longer. now that to me is a shocking and daunting challenge for anybody. specifics. how do you fix that? >> well, the two tie together. the fact that you have all these people on social welfare programs who are not working, who are not paying taxes, in many cases receiving benefits has a huge impact on the national debt and our annual deficit. so growth is very, very important. i'm going to cut taxes in half. we're going to have a flat rate across the board. >> cut taxes in half for everybody? >> well i'm still working on the exact number. we're working with the tax federation foundation right now. we'll come out with this in the next few weeks. we'll be cutting taxes dramatically. it will be a flat rate. it will be a flat rate on individuals. a flat rate -- the same rate by the way, on corporations. on a dynamic scoring, it will be revenue plus. we think it

back in the mid-1970's, 62% of the american workforce was covered by overtime rules. today just 8% of our salaried workers have overtime protection. and big corporations have used these outdated overtime rules to their advantage. they force their employees to work overtime without paying them the fair time-and-a-half pay. that of course is good for big corporations' profit margin but as the union bullet in wall to wall washington editorialized a few weeks back these workers are -- quote -- "working, paying taxes and suffering due to the long hours." mr. president, unlike so many of the challenges we face here, there is a solution to this and it doesn't require congressional action. last week the department of labor proposed to raise the salary threshold from about $23,000 to what it is -- which is what it is today -- to just over $50,000 a year. that will restore overtime protections for millions of americans. and this, by the way is especially important for parents. think about what this would mean for a working mom who right now works overtime without getting paid f

indicates the portion of prime working age men who are completely out of the workforce neither seeking work as envoy for unemployed and it has quadrupled since the beginning of the fraction of americanrime workforce excess quadrupled since the beginning of the war on poverty. a very striking change. one thing also to note they have been proven for all groups in the united states. it's been hire for non-hispanic white men but the trends are exactly in the same direction and by the way, the portion of men who have opted out or that are not a part of the workforce today is higher and it in its class for african-american men just 40 years ago. 40 years ago you could have made the argument about this commission for african-american men seeking work. it's harder to make that argument for white men today. in the same token we can look at how it compares to some of the welfare state. i have cut this off in the 2008 crash because things got pretty sneaky after that. but there is a gap of the men in the united states that are completely out of the labor force in the 80s and 90s. we talk about the five weekend six week vacations people have and it's great that on a strangely large number of am

the answer is all of them. there are fewer nativeborn americans working today than there was in the year 2000. and there's 17 million more native americans in the workforceand so you can make the argument that immigration is a good thing for america but if you look at stagnant wages, look at the fact that immigrants primary have taken all the net new jobs and what impact is on those wages and benefits, i think it's pretty clear what's happening. and so to suggest as i have that we had to make some changes to that, i think it's simply a topic that needs to be front and center and talk about. i think most americans would like to have this conversation without being made to feel by many that there are some anti-immigrant. but i don't think your anti-immigrant if, as i've suggested, still are after the proposals that i've laid out their edited a couple of months ago, called for 25% reduction illegal immigrants in this country. who is to be the highest level we've ever been prior to his 20 year period. >> we will go to herb jackson from the bergen record. >> i have a transportation question. the tunnel that amtrak uses under the hudson river is over 100 years

the workforce. they are changing the american dream. the most dangerous thing they are doing is changing the definition of america and we have to stop that or we will be europe. the third thing is i trust states. whether it's medicaid or other aspects of welfare, give global grants to the states and give them flexibility and give them accountability. if you secretly surveyed democratic governors and said we will give you $.85 on the dollar for these programs and give you freedom from the red tape and bureaucracy, not just the republicans would take that. i bet there are democrats that would say absolutely we can do a better job because the federal government waste so much money in these programs. there are legal reforms we can get back to the spirit of the 1990's with bipartisan welfare reform. we have got to fight to get our culture back. the american dream is about growth and opportunity. it's not about redistribution envy, or government dependence and that's what they say. [applause] frank: ladies and gentlemen, governor jindal. that

even as we deal with the health care site, we know too many older americans that the workforce withoutsaved enough for dignified retirement. it's not as if they haven't tried. a lot of folks out here who work really really hard but at the end of the day just still don't have enough in today's economy preparing for retirement has gotten tougher. first of all most workers don't have a traditional pension. but we have is a defined pension plan where you are guaranteed a amount every year once you retire. social security check on it so often times is not enough. even though as a consequence of some of the steps we choked we pulled ourselves out of terrible financial crisis in the stock market has now doubled since i took office, which means it is replenished 401(k) for millions of americans. [applause] said that it's been important for millions of families across the country. a lot of people don't have any retirement account at all. so we have to work hard to deal with these issues. number one, keep social security from insolvency. [applause] i think there are creative ways people talk abo

now, even as we're dealing with the health care side, we know that too many older americans leave the workforce dignified retirement. it's not as if they haven't tried. there are a lot of folks out here who work really hard. at the end of the day just still don't have enough of a nest egg, in today's economy, preparing for retirement has gotten tougher. most workers don't have a traditional pension, what we used to understand as a defined benefit pension where you were guaranteed a certain amount every year once you retired. a social security chic on its own often times is not enough. even though as a consequence of some of the steps we took we pulled ourselves out of a terrible financial crisis, the stock market has now doubled since i took office, which means it's mennished the 401(k)'s for millions of families. so that's been important for millions of families across the cun. a lot of people don't have any kind of retirement account at all. so we're going to have to work hard to deal with these issues. we have to keep social security strong. and i think there are ways creative ways people ar

providers but not the consumer and so even as we are dealing with the health care side, we know that too many older americans leave the workforce work force without having saved enough for a dignified retirement area and it's not as if they haven't tried. a lot of folks out here work really hard but at the end of the day they just still don't have enough saved. today's economy, preparing for retirement has gotten tougher. most individuals don't have a traditional pension. where you are guaranteed a certain amount every year once you retire. social security on its own oftentimes is not enough and even though we pulled ourselves out of terrible financial crisis and the stock market has not doubled since i took office, which means if we need to we have helped 401k plans for millions of families. so that has been important for millions of families throughout the country but a lot of people don't have any kind of retirement account at all. so we are going to have to work hard to deal with these issues. first of all, we have to keep social security strong and protect solvency. and i think that there are creative ways that people have

the sharing economy. americans don't need lectures. they need raises. so if republicans really want to help us, why don't they join us in breaking down the barriers so more americans can enter and succeed in the workforce, especially women. now i know that when i talk about this some people think i can see it in their eyes there she goes again with the women's issues. i'm not going to stop so get ready for a long campaign. you see, i have this old fashioned idea we can't afford to leave anyone on the sidelines, and women who want to work should be able to do so without worrying every day about how they are going to take care of their child or what will happen if a family member gets sick. that's not a luxury. it's a growth strategy. paid leave, earned sick days, child care, minimum wage, these are not women's issues, they are family issues and they are economic issues. so i will keep fighting for them and ask you to join, and i'm going to keep fight inging for equal pay because when women get shortchanged, families get shortchanged. and when families get shortchanged, our economy and our country gets shortchanged. unlocking potential though, goes beyond dollars and cents. it really is about our values,

americans do not need lectures. they need raises. [applause] so, if republicans really want to help us, why don't they join us and breaking down the barriers so more americans can answer and succeed in the workforceespecially women? now -- [applause] now i know that when i talk about this some people think -- i can see it in their eyes -- there she goes again with the women's issues. well, i'm not going to stop, so get ready for a long campaign. [applause] you see, i have this old-fashioned idea. we can't afford to leave anyone on the sidelines. women should be able to work without worrying every day about how to take care of their child or what would happen if a family member gets sick. that is not a luxury. that is a growth strategy. paid leave, earned sick days childcare, minimum wage. these are not women's issues. they are family issues. and they are economic issues. [applause] i will keep fighting for them and ask you to join and i am going to keep fighting for each will pay because when women get shortchanged, families get shortchanged and when families get shortchanged, our economy and our country gets shortchanged. unlocking potential though goes beyond dollars and cents. it's really abou

really want to help us, why don't they join us in breaking down the barriers so that more americans can enter and succeed in the workforceecially women. now, i know that when i talk about this some people think, i can see it in their eyes, there she goes again with the women's issues. well, i am not going to stop so get ready for a long campaign. [applause] you see i have this old-fashioned idea that we cannot afford to leave anyone on the sidelines and women who want to work should be able to do so without worrying every day about how they are going to take care of their child or what will happen if the family member gets sick. that is not a luxury. it is a growth strategy. paid leave. earned sick days. childcare. minimum wage. these are not women's issues they are family issues and they are economic issues. [applause] so i will keep fighting for them and ask you to join and i am going to keep fighting for equal pay because when women get shortchanged, families get shortchanged, and what families -- and when families get shortchanged, our economy and our country gets short changed. it is about our values. how we treat e

economy will give those at the bottom of the latter more opportunities to climb, just like we did in texas. many more americans went to leave welfare, rejoin the workforceof taxes and regulations it often makes more economic sense to stay on welfare then to take the full-time job. furthermore, federal programs and posts of one size it's all approach to fighting poverty. think about this. in california you may be substantially more in need for money to pay for the cost of housing. in massachusetts it may be the cost of vocational school you are more interested in. instead, we forced the poor to enroll in the separate programs for housing assistance and telegrams. if i am an american president i want to send congress a welfare reform bill that will take the money we are ready spend on non-health-care related antipoverty programs and split them into two parts. the first part will be expanded and reformed income tax credit so that anyone with a job can live above the poverty level. the second part will consist of a block grant so that states can put into place the safety net for their population in a manner that best serves their citizens. as i mentioned ea

i think among the cuban-american community, there is a generational divide between the cuban-americans to came to the united states in the early 1960's and workforce to flee their homeland and come to the united states versus the cuban-americans born in the united states. you see this generational shift as far as the younger population wanting some type of change wanting some type of new policy that can finally turn the screws on the castro government in a way that has not been done for over five decades. i think we are seeing the majority of american people supporting an opening with cuba. we did a poll last february which found the majority of americans, 56% of americans, but even more in florida supported an opening with cuba and that was across the political spectrum, republicans, democrats, independents. before a lot of folks knew about the u.s.-cuban policy and now that you have seen the president's action and a series of polls,, just a recent poll last week in the pew research center found support was at about 73% across the united states. the president -- in each action the president said, -- not the pew poll but other polls you are findin

economy will give those at the bottom of the latter more opportunities to climb, just like we did in texas. many more americans went to leave welfare, rejoin the workforce, but because of taxes and regulations it often makes more economic sense to stay on welfare then to take the full-time job. furthermore, federal programs and posts of one size it's all approach to fighting poverty. think about this. in california you may be substantially more in need for money to pay for the cost of housing. in massachusetts it may be the cost of vocational school you are more interested in. instead, we forced the poor to enroll in the separate programs for housing assistance and telegrams. if i am an american president i want to send congress a welfare reform bill that will take the money we are ready spend on non-health-care related antipoverty programs and split them into two parts. the first part will be expanded and reformed income tax credit so that anyone with a job can live above the poverty level. the second part will consist of a block grant so that states can put into place the safety net for their population in a manner that best serves their citizens. as

the foreign company had just left america. they had inverted to another country. they then came back and started buying american companies. one-third of the workforce bought by that company is now gone. raleigh, north carolina, to canada. these are things we can do, that are in our control here in this body for us to pass these kinds of bills. and with regard to ex-im to ensure that we are not shooting ourselves in the foot and shooting american workers in the foot by taking away their opportunity to, yes win these bids to win these competitions, to build that bridge in west africa to send those cleaning supplies all over the world, to be able to ensure with regard to mcgregor industries that the parts that they put into those locomotive engines that get sent to develop countries and developing countries can continue to go. our job here is not to make life harder for these workers and these small companies. it's to make it easier for them to compete and to win so that we can begin to bring back not just more jobs, but better jobs. over the last six years we've seen wages flatten out and on average go down. economists tell me it's about a 6% reducti

. >> the only reason we are not in trouble is because of american workforce which is still very viable into washington. but, believe me, this could happen here in about 10 years, don't you agree this could happen to the united states. >> we are the problem. when we retire. i think it's more than 10 years but absolutely we are on track for that. >> all right. i want to play you a sound bite. just get your opinion on it as you may know. the white house was bathed in rainbow colors to celebrate the gay marriage ruling by the supreme court. here is president obama on that. >> i did not have a chance to comment on how good the white house looked in rainbow colors. that made it a really good week to see people gathered in the evening outside on a beautiful summer night and to feel whole and to feel accepted and to feel that they had a right to love, that was pretty cool. >> pretty cool. i said yesterday that it insulted that white house -- i don't mind president's opinion, by the way. if he wants to believe that that's fine. that picture there insulted people who believe in traditional marri

having a larger discussion in the course of the presidential campaign about the new agenda for american cities big investment workforceresenting the great strength of our country and they keep me going. as i travel around the country and talk to young americans, i rarely meet people under 30 who denied that climate change is real or think we should do something about it. i rarely ever meet under 30 who want to discriminate against couples or bash immigrants. that tells me we are moving to a much better place as the country. i'll speak to that better america and you'll see a tremendous response and a lot of leaders in the course of this campaign. the final point as soon as i was elected is down our case. i did it with an executive order to raise it higher. we put in place a way to measure our outcomes and we raised our goal. maryland has the highest in the country and we exceeded it in the middle of a recession. we as a people have to walk the walk when it comes to understanding the genius of our nation is in every generation we take actions to include more cute role more fully in the economic social life of our nation

the kids don't have a tense of outreach or embracing. the workforce ramifications are pretty awful. national economy weakened. the american dream of social mobility, in some cases denied. and it reduces our economic creativity. there's one point i want to make which doesn't get talked about a lot. as the second alluded to the eisenhower moment i can't resist. there's a national security component to this as well. the defense industry can't import workers from abroad the way we did at citigroup. defense industry workers need national security clearance. they're not approximate going to get it if they're coming from abroad. you only need to look at the cyber attacks we read about in today a's paper to quietly think, are we we going get enough people out there to train them for us. if we don't train them, if they don't stick with the math, science, and engineering program, they are not going to be there. cyber attacks on the government personnel files and on the sony corporation did more harm than sputnik ever did and eisenhower got into the national defense student loan business. and that was why. and that was why. it is an

the months ahead. but today, let me emphasize another key ingredient of strong growth that often goes overlooked and undervalued breaking down barriers so more americans participate more fully in the workforceen. [applause] we are in a global competition as i'm sure you have noticed, and we can't afford to leave talent on the sidelines. but that's exactly what we're doing today. when we leave people out, or write them off, we not only shortchange them and their dreams, we shortchange our country and our future. the movement of women into the workforce over the past forty years was responsible for more than $3.5 trillion in economic growth. but that progress has stalled. the united states used to rank 7th out of 24 advanced countries in women's labor force participation. by 2013, we had dropped to 19th. that represents a lot of unused potential for our economy and for american families. studies show that nearly a third of this decline relative to other countries is because they're expanding family-friendly policies like paid leave and we are not. we should be making it easier for americans to be both good workers and good parents and caregivers. women who want to work should be able to do so

american airlines denies the claims. diversity and inclusion are py fundamental to our airline, ours is a diverse workforce serving customers who are equally diverse, and we are committed to fostering a work environment that is based on collaborative team work and mutual respect. a spokesperson for the airline also says the airline will vigorously defend our company and the hardworking employees who provide top quality service to our customers each and every day. we will stay on top of this story and bring you the latest for the investigators harry hairston nbc10 news. >>> new video of gun toting home invasion suspects to show you. they tried to get into a home in west mt. airy last night, the man inside opened his door slightly saw one of the suspects was armed with a shotgun, so he shut that door. when the men couldn't get inside they took off. >>> the final day of the naacp convention in philadelphia feet toured a former president. bill clinton told the delegates this morning that the 1994 crime bill he signed into law helped make the overpopulation problem in our prisons worse. in some cases it made prison sentences jus

the key for improving the economy is for americans to work longer hours and harder. >> we have to be a lot more productive. workforce participation has to rise from its all time modern lows. means that people need to work longer hours. and through their productivity gain more income for their families. >> democrats immediately pounced on bush's companies saying that americans work on average longer than any industrialized nation. >>> new york is changing the bail system, trying to keep low level offenders out of jail. roxana saberi has the story. >> when kaleeef browder was 16, his bail was set at $1600 an amount his family couldn't afford. he ended up are waiting three waiting three years for a trial that never occurred. but he never recovered from the trauma. last month browder handing himself. >> if you don't have that bail right away you could be off on a bus to rykers island. >> calling for reform of new york city's be legal system. >> while they await for trial and resolution, just because they can't come up with 500 or $1,000 in mail. >> reporter: mayor be bill deblasio is vowing to make change. in a statemen

americans age 18 to 34 are referred to as millennials. they are also the largest generation in the u.s. workforce. millennials have suffered through the worst recession since the depression. but the tide could soon be turning. according to a report by careercast.com, businesses are realizing that millennials are key to their success and have stepped up the pace of hiring from this group. employers are looking to hire younger workers as social media managers. organizations seeking to connect with consumers via social media know that millennials can help them sell products or share information via sites like instagram, tumblr, twitter, snapchat and facebook. social media managers earn a median salary of just over $46,000 with a strong projected growth outlook. top companies such as e -- einsurance and johnson & johnson are currently hiring in the braid. for some millennials, snagging this job could mean getting paid for something they already do >>> coming up tonight at 5:00 more than a million cars at ris, every being hacked and now a massive recall. a risk of being hacked, how to stop your car fro

economy will give those at the bottom of the latter more opportunities to climb, just like we did in texas. many more americans went to leave welfare, rejoin the workforce, but because of taxes and regulations it often makes more economic sense to stay on welfare then to take the full-time job. furthermore, federal programs and posts of one size it's all -- impose a one size fits all approach to fighting property. think about it. in california you may be substantially more in need for money to pay for the cost of housing. that is because of the high cost of housing in that data. in massachusetts, it may be the cost of vocational schools you are interested in. instead, we forced the poor to enroll in the separate programs for housing assistance and and for cal grants. if i am elected, i will send congress a welfare reform bill that will take the money we are ready to spend on non-health-care related antipoverty programs and split them into two parts. the first part will be expanded and reformed on income tax credit. that's way, anyone with a job can live above the poverty level. the second part will consist of a block grant so that states can put into pl

the real issues facing american teens on - >> my name is imran garda. >> fatalities are the worst of what can happen in the oil fields but there have been thousands of injuries. between 2009 and 2013 north dakota's workforce safety and insurance agency known as wsi received more than 9000 claims from oil industry workers. >> the consequences for serious life changing injuries and death are so minimal that it provides no incentive at all for these oil companies to clean up their act. >> steve little is an attorney in bismarck, north dakota who specializes in wsi cases. >> workers compensation not just in north dakota but everywhere was created to prevent employees from suing their employers. and in exchange the employee was supposed to get what's called sure and certain relief. that i think is where the bargain has been broken, frankly. >> alright josh, if you grab that box and i'll get the worms. >> yeah, i got it. one of steve little's cases involved dennis whedbee who was injured in the bakken when there was a well-blow-out on an oilrig. >> you can get it out there, right in front out there. >> right there. >> can you describe what you remember? >> i remember pain - it was the worst pain i ever felt, an

americans age 18 to 34 are referred to as millennials. they are also the largest generation in the u.s. workforce. millennials have suffered through the worst recession since the depression. but the tide could soon be turning. according to a report by careercast.com, businesses are realizing that millennials are key to their success and have stepped up the pace of hiring from this group. employers are looking to hire younger workers as social media managers, organizations seeking to connect with consumers via social media know that millennials can help them sell products or share information via sites like instagram, tumblr, twitter snapchat and facebook. social media managers earn a median salary of just over $46,000 with a strong projected growth outlook. top companies such as e insurance and johnson and johnson are currently hiring in the bay area. for some millennials, snagging this job could mean getting paid for something they already do. i'm jill schlesinger for kpix female announcer: get three years interest-free financing on brand name mattress sets. plus, get free delivery, and sleep tra

the ladder more opportunities to climb, just like we did in texas. many poor americans want to leave welfare. they want to rejoin the workforce.ecause of taxes and regulations it often makes more economic sense to stay on welfare than to take that full-time job. further more federal programs impose a one-size-fits-all approach to fighting poverty. think about federal this. in california, you may be substantially more in need for money to pay for the cost of housing because of the high cost of housing in that state. in massachusetts it may be the cost of vocational school that you are more interested in. instead, we have forced the poor to enroll in these separate programs for housing assistance and for pell grants. if i am elected president, i am going to send congress a welfare reform bill that will take the money that we already spend on nonhealth-care-related anti-poverty programs, and split them into two parts. the first part will be an expanded and reformed version of the earned income tax credit so that anyone with a job can live above the poverty level. the second part will consist of a block grant so that states can ca

the workforce. in 1940, 8 million americans were still unemployed. by 1943, there was not.or many was the rationing system affected by the office of administration beginning in 1941. along with enforcing price controls, the opa rationed a wide range of familiar necessities such as meat, said best sugar, coffee, goods, cheese and valued items such as leather shoes and nylon stockings. over the next four years housewives became accustomed to creating rationed coupons for pounds of ground beef. to ensure an adequate supply of rubber and war related production, use of automobiles limited driving and forced many cars off the road. the ubiquitous radio announcements and posters, when you write alone you ride with hitler! urged drivers to arrange carpools. rationing of tires only ended in december 1945. similarly important for reinforcing the concept of popular participation in the war effort where the recurrent splat drives. with announcements urging citizens to collect tinfoil and turn in scrap metal. one of my strongest childhood memories is my proposal that families rubber in

the news comes as bush is facing criticism for telling the new hampshire nina and leader newspaper americans need to work longer hours. >> workforce participation has to rise from its all-time honor lows. it means people need to work on your hours and through their productivity, gain more income for their families. amy: americans already work more hours than people in any other industrialized country. and despite a 25% rise in worker productivity over recent years wages have flatlined. immigrants who were held at a private prison run by the geo group in aurora, colorado have filed a landmark federal lawsuit, saying the company violated anti-trafficking law by forcing them to work for $1 a day under the threat of solitary confinement. this week, u.s. district judge john kane allowed the lawsuit to move forward. the immigrants say they spent hours cleaning toilets, mopping and preparing meals. attorneys say the lawsuit is the first of its kind. a federal judge has scolded the obama administration for stalling its release of footage showing force-feedings of guantanamo prisoners. attorneys for former prisoner abu wa'el dhiab have fou