the great unions in our country. you understand the history of the trade union movement. and you understand that change, real change never comes from the top on down. it always comes from the bottom on up. [applause] and you understand the way back when employers did not say, well, i think it's a great idea for workers to have a union. we'd love to sit down and do some collective bargaining with you. because we think that's fair and that's right. that's not the way it happened. the way it happened is way back when workers went on strike, workers fought and workers died, workers were beaten, workers were fired from their jobs in order to make sure that working people could organize, could engage in collective bargaining, could sit down at a table and fight for decent wages and decent working conditions. that's the history of the trade union movement. and we should be proud of that. but what all of you know is that over the last several decades, despite the fact that millions of workers want to join a union, it has become harder and harder for workers to in fact create union

the great unions in our country. you understand the history of the trade union movement. and you understand that change, real change never comes from the top on down. it always comes from the bottom on up. [applause] and you understand the way back when employers did not say, well, i think it's a great idea for workers to have a union. we'd love to sit down and do some collective bargaining with you. because we think that's fair and that's right. that's not the way it happened. the way it happened is way back when workers went on strike, workers fought and workers died, workers were beaten, workers were fired from their jobs in order to make sure that working people could organize, could engage in collective bargaining, could sit down at a table and fight for decent wages and decent working conditions. that's the history of the trade union movement. and we should be proud of that. but what all of you know is that over the last several decades, despite the fact that millions of workers want to join a union, it has become harder and harder for workers to in fact create union

the middle class does not grow unless the trade union movement grows. [applause] the middle class does not prosper unless workers are engaged in strong collective-bargaining. what a lot of nonunion people don't understand is that to the degree they get anywhere near decent wages and has a lot to do with the success of the trade union movement. and driving wages up. in any case, after decades of illegal action on the part of employers it seems to me we have got to make it easier, not hardereasier, not harder for workers to join unions. that is why we have introduced a new piece of legislation this is simply that if 50 percent of workers in the plus one sign a card saying i want toi want to be in the union they will have a union. [applause] there is the truth. i'm not going to tell you every worker in america wants to join the union, but millions of them do. millions of them understand that workers to have a union get better wages, better working conditions and better benefits. and our job is to say that the american people must be able to exercise their c

the great unions in our country. you understand the history of the trade union movement. and you understand that change, real change never comes from the top on down. it always comes from the bottom on up. [applause] and you understand the way back when employers did not say, well, i think it's a great idea for workers to have a union. we'd love to sit down and do some collective bargaining with you. because we think that's fair and that's right. that's not the way it happened. the way it happened is way back when workers went on strike, workers fought and workers died, workers were beaten, workers were fired from their jobs in order to make sure that working people could organize, could engage in collective bargaining, could sit down at a table and fight for decent wages and decent working conditions. that's the history of the trade union movement. and we should be proud of that. but what all of you know is that over the last several decades, despite the fact that millions of workers want to join a union, it has become harder and harder for workers to in fact create union

the great unions in our country. you understand the history of the trade union movement. nd you understand that change, real change never comes from the top on down. it always comes from the bottom on up. [applause] and you understand the way back when employers did not say, well, i think it's a great idea for workers to have a union. we'd love to sit down and do some collective bargaining with you. because we think that's fair and that's right. that's not the way it happened. the way it happened is way back when workers went on strike, workers fought and workers died, workers were beaten, workers were fired from their jobs in order to make sure that working people could organize, could engage in collective bargaining, could sit down at a table and fight for decent wages and decent working conditions. that's the history of the trade union movement. and we should be proud of that. but what all of you know is that over the last several decades, despite the fact that millions of workers want to join a union, it has become harder and harder for workers to in fact create unions

port authority could have eliminated expensive idle workers to negotiate tougher deals with the trade unions. >> there is no question that if the port authority had sat down with the unions and said, we and-by team that teld have been able to engage in some seerls negotiations and they would have gotten compensation for the taxpayers. >> do you think taxpayers should be paying for these stand-by laborers? >> i think the contractor should be paying for it. why should the taxpayers have to pay for it? that's absurd. >> he says if the port authority did know bills were being paid for idle workers, they should deny payment request. he feels the leadership was too cozy with its own contractors. foedrm. that's the parent company of di tishman. >> there was often an unhealthy arrangement between some of the contract workers they are dealing with. >> as a whistle blower, magna usef would be due a cut of any ill-gotten gains his lawsuit has an uphill battle. two attorneys have agreed to sign on the case, but just last month, the mayor of new york did find tishman billed in a different way by inflatin

port authority could have eliminated expensive idle workers by negotiating tougher deals with the trade unions. >> there's no question that if the port authority had sat down don't want to pay for all this stand-by time, that they would have been able to engage in some serious negotiations and would have had the potential to get some savings for the taxpayers. >> do you think taxpayers should be paying for these stand-by laborers? >> i think the contractor should be paying for it. why should the taxpayers have to pay for that? that's absurd. >> reporter: new york assemblyman says if the port authority did know taxpayers were being billed for idle workers, the agency should have denied payment requests. he fears the agency's leadership was too cozy with its own contractors. former port authority executive director chris ward recently took a job with aecom, the parent company of tishman. >> there was often an unhealthy relationship between a particular government agency and some of the contractors that they're dealing with. >> reporter: chris glorioso, "today in new york." >> chris ward did not

on the issue of the potential eu, doesxit from the your union have a position question rock philip: international --position? philip: the international trade -- this is a problem david cameron has it that the conservative party, derailing conversations of critical concern. i think working people up and down the european union want britain to stay in and remain part of the european union. stephen: and that is because of what the european union has done for workers? philip: no, it is about the economic conditions. most of our people are working in businesses that have trade links across the european union. to be fair, the amount of trade europe does with itself is much higher than other parts of the world. there are jobs at stake, investment decisions at stake, and a general cloud of uncertainty. we would like to see more social europe. there have been advancements in terms of giving workers a voice in european enterprises. we have legislation when it comes to equality that part-time work and the regulation of labor time.s and working overall, it has been a good thing for the european workforce. the recent experience for greece and the troik

i was telling you earlier about the importance of the pullman porters being the first black trade union. and i mentioned the importance of the man on the west coast who was the right hand man for a. philip randolph who was the founder of the brotherhood of sleeping car porters, and the man who is on the right of this picture is c. l. dillon, and he is very important to us, because he was the president of the fourth international group, so he held a high rank of the government body of the brotherhood of sleeping car porters. this group fought for almost 15 years, they fought to be recognized as a legitimate labor union themselves that were affiliated with the american federation of labor. this is a little sampler that came out, signed by actually taught in, who was the secretary of treasury of the brotherhood of sleeping car porters, and it is asking why every porter should join the brotherhood of sleeping car porters and pay dues, so it is kind of a 19 point list of why. some of the lists here say because the brotherhood has stood firm against great opposition for over five years. this

the trade union movement was huge.fe has changed so extra narrowly under her -- extraordinarily under her ring. she has been such a firm fixture. go, ite does finally will be interesting to see what will happen because the next monarch will be the first of a new age. charlie: prime minister's, and go, parties, and go, but -- prime ministers come and go, parties come and go, but the queen stays. >> the royal family was important to the country, gave them a sense of support and dignity and they visited the areas that had been blitzed and tried to become involved. she was like one of our family. queen and the monarch, they have to be a figurehead for the entire nation. times change underneath them. they have to represent the country. the queen very rarely expresses opinions. monarch has to represent her country when homosexuality is illegal. and she has to represent her country when homosexuality is legal. if she had expressed her opinion at one point, she would have tied yourself in a not. -- in a knot. diana wanted to e

the great unions in our country. you understand the history of the trade union movement. and you are understand that change, real change, never comes from the top on down, it always comes from the bottom on up. >> john campbell is a member of the steelworkers local 310. he helped put that event together for sanders, and he joins me now. john, thank you for being here. >> thank you, reverend. >> let me ask you, what do you say to those who say that sanders can't win nationally? >> i'd say they're wrong. that president obama, people said that about him. they said that about the labor movement. you know. they said slaves would never be free. yet i stand a free man. you know. so, change is inevitable. it's just which direction we want that change to go. >> sanders is neck and neck with secretary clinton in the polls. she's slightly ahead with the last poll this morning. how are you guys going to make a difference, and push the voters out, and push them to support senator sanders and put him over the top? >> well, i'm going to work tomorrow in the factory and i'm going to talk

the japan business federation kicked off a two-day forum with the japanese trade union confederation rengo. >> translator: companies must brkaway fr the deflationary mind-set and increase profits through aggressive management. an i'd like to ask them to make the utmt effort to raise wages. create more jobs and boost investment in equipment, research and development. >> the secretary explained that they are urging to raise the workers' annual income, not necessarily base pay. but rengo's president stressed the importance of raising the monthly base pay. he said they will focus on improving working conditions. full-fledged negotiations start next month after the unions present their demands, most companies are expected to respond in mid-march. >>> a nhk survey suggests more companies are wary about raising wages this year. this comes amid volatility in stock markets and concerns over china and other economies. nhk polled 100 major firms in december and january. all of them responded. 54 companies said they would consider boosting their employees' income in one way or another. that's 17

the mbcsl military and veterans affairs committee. he received his degree from columbia college and has been a longstanding member of trade unions, working in the aircraft assembly -- working in the aircraft industry. he serves on the exec tough committee and also on the national labor caucus of the afl-cio. we also have with us senator donny trotter who was elected to the illinois general assembly in 1988. he previously served in the house of representatives and was then elected to the state senate where he served as chair of the joint illinois legislative black caucus. from the beginning, senator trotter has championed health care initiatives for women and children and addressing environmental justice issues as well as laws banning assault weapons. i think we can all think about why that's particularly salient thing at this moment, witnessing the current events unfold.

on the first of january, there will be a deep and comprehensive free trade area between ukraine and the european union. in a few years, we will offset economic losses which ukraine incurred from russia. russia strictly rejects any cooperation between ukraine and the e.u. for now, the kremlin has suspended its free trade agreement with ukraine. russia officially claims ukraine could provide access to the russian market for unwanted european products. the fight over ukraine moving closer to the e.u. was one of the main reasons for the protests in november 2013. with the free trade agreement in place, former protesters now see one of their goals realized. phil: natalie cole has died at a hospital in los angeles. she will perhaps be best remembered for her recording of "unforgettable" sung as a duet with her father. she cancelled concerts in december because of long-standing health issues. she was 65 years old. ♪ ♪ phil: in sports, the new year's day leg of the four-hill ski jumping tournament at the german resort. the slovenian favorite finished ahead of norway's skier after his fourth victory of the sea

the distric--t and the local trade union --agreed on pay school employees point-5 percent raise those employees `` ` include.. bus drivers, @ mechanics. time to take a look we have leonardo dicaprio ..and paul kantner... but we start with ethan couch. the "affluenza" teen is now back on american soil --and in a texas detention center. couch arrived yesterday afternoon-- after dropping his fight against extradition. couch-- and his mother-- were arrested last month in mexico --after they fled because couch violated his probation. his mother is out on bond. next is leonardo dicaprio. the actor flew to the vatican yesterday for a private meeting with the pope. the pair met for 15 minutes to exchange gifts and discuss their shared ``@ concern over the environment. the actor gave pope francis a book of art and a check from his ble foundation. your final name is paul kantner... sad news surrounding the musician. kantner...the co- founder of the band "jefferson airplane" has died. kantner passed away last night at a hospital in san francisco after getting sick last week. joel & deb -- saint

you have to pay attention to the need to rebuild the trade union movement in this country. so it can't just be gay rights or women's rights. it has got to be trying to create an economy that works for all of our people. >> what is part of the frustration, right? is that you can say -- come before them, say i'm bernie sanders, i believe in these things. i think people believe you when you say that because you do believe in them. your record shows that. this is not a con job. but there's so little faith that anyone can change this. when we're talking about 40 years of the way the global economy is -- >> yes. >> in some ways it's like great, good for you. but what are you going to do? >> can i tell you a happy story? >> yes. >> invisible times. let me tell you a happy story. when i was elected to be mayor of burlington, vermont i won by ten points. 1981. two years later we almost doubled the voter turnout. you know why? because we showed people -- and i'm not here boasting -- that we would stand with working people, low-income people. we did things that would improve their liv

union hall in des moines. kcci chief political reporter cynthia fodor was there. cynthia: bernie sanders spoke to the united steelworkers union hillary clinton have real differences of opinion in 2 areas -- on trade and social security. in the union hall across the street from bridgestone-firestone, sanders' speech was also broadcast to workers in the plant in their break rooms. he told the group u.s. trade agreements have been disastrous, benefitting only corporate america which could care less about working families. sen. sanders: since 2001 in america, we have lost 60,000 factories. a lot of it is attributable to trade, and when you lose 60,000 factories, many attributable to the disastrous trade agreements, you're talking about the loss of millions of good paying american jobs. cynthia: sanders also told the union workers he would expand social security and move to a single payer system to provide health care for everyone, while affordable care act. the steelworkers union has not endorsed sanders. it has invited all candidates and so far, he is the only one who has shown up to speak to them here. at 6:00, hear more as sanders doubts he can match obama's performance in the 2008 caucuses. steve

let me thank the international union of painters and allied trades for standing up. let me thank the american federation of state and county and municipal employees for all the help they've been. the service employees international union, the seiu, thank you so much. but, most of all, let me thank you, from all over america, coming to change this country. we haven't seen this in 30 years. now, in my generation was the last time i saw all this stuff going on, with people your all age, under 30-years-old. and we were a little more-we were-what? when i was your age -- when i was your age we did change two presidents and changed the foreign policy of the united states of america. now the only difference is it took six years, and we've got six months to go before we're going to do it here. this is the changing of the generations, the passing of the torch to the new generation, it is your generation, and it's your generation that's fueled this campaign, because you know that the half trillion dollar deficits this president is piling up are going to be billed to you and your

. >> well, there's a historical allergy to change among the building trades and the unions in this towno that would -- getting out in front of that would surprise me. but this is -- the bigger question here is, can jim kenney be nixon going to china when it comes to the whole union situation? does he have the -- he does have the credibility to stand up to his friends... >> yep. >> ...and ask them to change. and i think that is the question going forward that will determine the successful nature of his mayoralty. >> my sense is they think they have changed. >> oh, they really do. >> no, they do. >> no, that is true. >> this is how insane it is. i mean, i used to have pat gillespie on the show a lot, and he thinks they've changed. and they have bases 100% that they used to be. but, again, it's something that's out there. and you would think jim kenney would be called upon by all these constituencies. >> here's the test. you know, this mayoralty came together, various slices coming together to make a pineapple coalition government. >> exactly. >> and the question is whether or not -- when

also on the president's check list include renewed relations with cuba... ....an iran nuclear deal, and initiatives on climate change and trade. the state of the union starts at 9 pm, time. that is followed by fox 35 news at 10-- once the address is over. and we will have analysis-- of the big speech-- during the newscast. the new florida legislative session begins this morning in tallahassee. governor rick scott will open the session with his annual "state of the state" speech. meanwhile-- lawmakers are talking everything from the budget.. to refugees. lawmakers start with a surplus this year-- as they prepare to negotiate a budget first. governor scott has proposed a 79-point- three billion dollar spending plan. among his proposals-- per- student funding in public schools.. boost economic- development incentives and tax cuts. lawmakers may also work on making changes to florida's testing system. some lawmakers want schools to use tests other than that florida standards assessments. another program up for discussion-- is if lawmakers will continue giving teachers bonuses.. baswed on their a- c-t or s-a-t college-admission test scores. and a bill fi

i know manpower has a program, where they help people get in the unions, different unions different trades once they complete their projects. i would ask them to ask you to ask them to extend that to people who are coming home and cannot pay union dues and get into the unions, even though they have these skills about they come when they come home? we need to help our brothers and sisters and basically i'm thinking of the african-american and mexican-american that the young kids 18, 19 beyond years old, standing on corners and will get off those corners when they see their mothers and fathers coming home and getting work and they can see a parent setting an example. they come home and go to work that will help those kid goes to work also. i see a lot of my people still standing on the corners, even though we have young community developers and commission hiring hall and different trades. they still need to have someone who has been away, come home and want to work and go to work. okay? so help those brothers and sisters who are coming home from jail get into these programs and get into the

the iranian business alliance. before sanctions were introduced, germany was iran's largest trading partner in the european union. economy, itgerman is really very, very huge. they have very potential market in the near future here in this region. reporter: as tehran towns down to possible economic prosperity, iran's gdp could surpass that of saudi arabia and turkey. investigation is underway in france after one man was declared brain dead and three others face the possibility of permanent brain damage. that is after they take part in critical trials for a drug to treat pain. 90 volunteers were given the drug at the laboratory. an french minister called it accident of exceptional gravity. the director of the institute of science and ethics, there were talks at university. he joins us now. what more do we know about the drug that was being tested and what it was meant to be used for. >> we do not know about the drug or what actually happened to the patient's. it was designed to look at the safety of new drugs and their efficacy. there were committees that were reviewed such trials before they were conducted. what

and right now we're negotiating with the european union another trade agreement called the transatlantic trade investment partnership where those will be major conversation considerations as well. >> rose: how long will it take you to do the translank. >> we have been at it two and a half years and hope to make significant progress this year. >> rose: you said international diplomacy is not elegant. >> trade is a very difficult set of issues to negotiate. you've got domestic constituencies one against the other,. >> rose: labor unions and others. >> or even one business and another, one with import interests and one with export interests. you have eleven countries, that range from some to have the most developed countries like japan, canada, australia, to some to have the least like peru or vietnam, and finding common standards that can apply to each has been very complicated and is one reason it's taking so long. >> rose: what happened at the dohar round in 2001? >> i think the dohar round that was launched in 2001 at the world trade organization was focused on trying to bring developme

president of bricklayers and allied craftsman and next to james is shawn mcgarvey the president of the trade unions afl-cio and next to shawn is one of our important members allen armstrong who is the president and ceo of williams companies. allen, thank you for being here. and next to allen is our good friend dodd harris, the director of office of economic impact and diversity department of energy. and then our good friend and admiral don lauren our strategic adviser for veterans for energy. the president and ceo of the american road and transportation and is thrilled that he got a highway bill done, is that right, peter? and next to peter's our long-standing partner paula jackson, is the president and ceo of the association blacks in energy and then barry russell who heads the ipaa. let's give them a round of applause. and our head table over here, you've all met louis, so let me go to floyd. floyd is the president and ceo of the asian pacific american institute for congressional studies. floyd. randall luthy president of the national association -- ocean industries association. and next to him i

the economy. talks with trade unions have broken down. nationwide strikes on thursday will continue on friday, slowing productivity for an economy already struggling. anchor: finally, if you're looking for a new set of wheels, how would you like your very own popemobile? a least one of the customized 's used by pope francis on his travels last year going up for auction next week at the opening event of the philadelphia auto show. the car itself has been valued at $30,000 but there is no saying what price it might fetch. the proceeds will go/ñ>x>xxú÷úl from pacifica, this is democracy now! >> a terrorist opened fire at me. iran upstairs and jumped from the third floor. i fell unconscious. >> in northwest pakistan, at least the people were killed and dozens wounded when attackers stormed the northwest bacha khan university and gunned down students and teachers. this comest

in the private sector of the united states today, the official percentage of workers that are members of a union--represented by a trade union--is under 7%. 93% of private sector workers in the united states have no union. the notion of unions as a powerful social force requires a lack of understanding of what's going on in our society that boggles the mind. so what have we got? we've got all the mechanisms in place that allow the business community and the wealthy to control the politics. you all know these stories. they're the ones who fund the candidates; they're the ones who fund the parties; they're the ones who hire huge armies of lobbyists to work on an ongoing basis with whoever gets elected. and they fund all these think tanks that produce endless resources and reports and researchers and specialists for the radio and the television to shape the consciousness of what americans see, hear, and think. and the end result are events sort of like the two political presidential conventions in which not a word is said about the system, not a word is said of the sort i've just finished telling you about in which they e

produced ten to 12 million tons of stonl annually and 94% is transferred to the israeli and settlement markets. trade unions say israel haven't issued any new permits since 1994. an israeli company quarrying stone in the occupied west bank. no-one wants to talk to us here. the owner, palestinian workers and businessmen buying stone all said the issue is too complicated. the owner did say he pays his workers well. they have social benefits and he has a lot of palestinian buyerers. they seem to agree. however the palestinians told us that israeli companies gets preferential treatment obtaining more licences and in better locations. this quarry is used as an example of how settlement businesses benefit from israeli policies that discriminate against palestinians. the report comes at a time of seemingly growing international pressure on israel. the european union is labelling products from the settlement. the e.u. wants to distinguish between israel and the occupied territory. the israeli government denies international pressure on israel is growing. >> when we look, the horizon is bright and we see very good r

we are here for the annual dance of the lemons, where each of you gets to trade your worst teacher to another school. the union'spy, the parents are placated, and only the children suffer.

the march was organized by trade unions but only attracted a third of people that it had hoped. there is dwindling support for angela merkel's welcome support policies since the new year's eve i wants in cologne. >>> ten coffins were taken to istanbul international airport and then from there thrown to germany on an military plane. the germans were killed in istanbul another 17 injured the in the explosion. turkey blames isil for the explosion. >>> since october brazil said that more than 3.5000 children were born with microcephaly. it's from a mosquito-born virus tha. in the meantime, women are encouraged to postpone pregnancy. as the virus is spreading. >> the corridors of this public hotel in northeastern brazil are full of distraught mothers holding babies with one thing in common. they were born with noticebly smaller than normal heads. it's called microcephaly. a condition that severely limits a child's development and has reached epidemic proportions in brazil. researchers say they believe the cause is to a virus new to brazil called zika spread by the same mosquito that c

also on the president's check list include renewed relations with cuba... ....an iran nuclear deal, and initiatives on climate change and trade. the state of the union starts at 9 pm, eastern time. that is followed by fox 35 news at 10-- once the address is over. and we will have analysis-- of the big speech-- during the newscast. the new florida legislative session begins today in tallahassee. governor rick scott will open the session with his annual "state of the state" speech. meanwhile-- lawmakers are talking everything from the budget.. to refugees. here's a look. lawmakers start with a surplus this year-- as they prepare to negotiate a budget which will start july first. governor scott has proposed a 79-point- spending plan. among his proposals-- per- public schools.. development incentives and tax cuts. work on making changes to florida's testing system. some lawmakers want schools to use tests other than that florida standards assessments. for discussion-- is if lawmakers will continue giving teachers bonuses.. baswed on their a- c-t or s-a-t college-admission test scores. and a bill filed yesterday-- would block any state and local official

neighbor to the south and we have a letter of support from the cathedral hill association and the local trade unions are here for support. >> we've also worked with the san francisco parks alliance to establish a parks support funds which will go to the upkeep of james weldon johnson square park before i i'm going to turn it over to perry with perry addition i'd like to thank planning department staff mary woods and ms. lynch that have's about absolutely great through the whole process here's steve perry. >> good evening turn on the scre screen. >> good evening my name is steve perry with perry architect here to present the design the site is a vacant lot at the intersection of golf and eddy across the street from james weldon johnson square park 8 stories with 95 units 10 thousand square feet sanctuary on the ground floor and lower floor on golf street a new floor for st. paul's luther republican church a 6 space parking garage with starkers for bicyclists as quay step back we look at the design of the skyline and as it is designed as builds towards van ness this is the main corridor of city we loo

cynthia: bridgestone firestone workers also listened to the speech livestreamed from the union hall to the plant. >> these trade agreements have been a disaster for working families in this country. they have benefited the ceos of large multinational corporations. cynthia: sanders pointed out his differences with clinton leading the fight against the pacific rim trade deal, expanding social security pushing for single payer healthcare for all. >> this campaign is about a political revolution. cynthia: saying he will win iowa if voter turnout is high the senator admits he doesn't expect >> the turnout was so extraordinary, nobody expected it. do i think we'll match that? i would love to see us do that. frankly, i do not think we can. cynthia: afterward -- change your mind. >> still undecided. i think he's short on international experience. >> i think bernie's down to earth. what he says about entitlements, social security, i believe he'll step up and do all that. >> and fight for decent wages. cynthia: and there's no question about this firestone employee's allegiance. >> are you getting a lot of attention? are

the asia pacific trade deal. you can watch the final state of the union address starting at 9:00 this evening on abc 7. it is probably best to stay far away from the capital. numerous roads around capitol building will be closed starting at 7:00 and parking will be restricted as far west of the capital as 15th street. we have a full list of closures on a website, wjla.com. , the drug lord known as el chapo, speaking out. what he says in the newly released full interview with sean penn. closing the gap. the latest on vote 2016 as we get new numbers out of iowa. the world's largest lottery jackpot has grown again. how high it went this time around. our forecast is not looking so lucky today. doug will be back with the latest track of all of that rain and snow, coming up after the break. >> you are watching abc 7 news at noon. jummy: we are learning new details about the dramatic raid and capture of joaquin el chapo guzman. an all-out shootout at the safe house of the mexican drug lord. this noon, rolling stone has released the full 17 minute interview with el chapo and actor sean penn. he says he does no

cynthia: bridgestone firestone workers also listened to the speech, livestreamed from the union hall to the plant. sen. sanders: these trade agreements have been a disaster for working families in this country. they have benefitted ceos of large multinational corporations. cynthia: sanders pointed out his differences with clinton, leading the fight against the pacific rim trade deal, expanding social security, pushing for single payer healthcare for all. sen. sanders: what this campaign cynthia: saying he will win iowa if voter turnout is high, the senator admits he doesn't expect to do as well as obama in 2008. sen. sanders: the turnout was so extraordinary, nobody expected it. do i think we'll match that? i would love to see us do that, i hope weekend, frankly, i don't think we can. cynthia: change your mind at all? >> i am still undecided. >> i think he's short on international experience. >> i think bernie's down to earth, what he says about entitlements, social security, i believe he'll step up and do all that. cynthia: and there's no question about this firestone employee's allegiance. >> are you kidding? i think i a

the european union. to cut itsts the eu trade barriers and limit welfare payments to immigrants. global news 24 hours a day powered by 2400 journalists in 150 bureaus around the world. on courtney donohoe. betty? betty: courtney, thank you. china seems unable to catch one single break. composite pushing at 16. mark, the currencies, capital outflows, it only seems to be intensifying with each passing day. to help make sense of china's meltdown, here is what he had to say. there is no real news. , the way reminds us that you structure market rules can increase or decrease volatility. in awe are seeing here, sense, is the consequence of market rules that were not as well-designed as they could be. mark: joining us, our chief investment officer -- are we better off withoutthe circuit breaker? a gravity that fell just short today. it will probably be down 7% today. i think anything that can move liquidity -- mark: the reference rate had barely changed, and still we have the market selloff in china, 5% decline going on. the policymakers are communicating this in a clumsy way. i think t

i know manpower has a program, where they help people get in the unions, different unions different trades once they complete their projects. i would ask them to ask you to ask them to extend that to people who are coming home and cannot pay union dues and get into the unions, even though they have these skills about they come when they come home? we need to help our brothers and sisters and basically i'm thinking of the african-american and mexican-american that the young kids 18, 19 beyond years old, standing on corners and will get off those corners when they see their mothers and fathers coming home and getting work and they can see a parent setting an example. they come home and go to work that will help those kid goes to work also. i see a lot of my people still standing on the corners, even though we have young community developers and commission hiring hall and different trades. they still need to have someone who has been away, come home and want to work and go to work. okay? so help those brothers and sisters who are coming home from jail get into these programs and get into the

the soviet union and the communist world. he has already normalized relations with the soviet union in 1962. he's trading oil and gas with soviet union, with communist countries of eastern europe. his strategy is to deal with detente by making iran indispensable to the communist bloc, by supplying them with oil. so, for example, one of the countries that iran had the closest relationship with in the 1970s was romania. and iranian oil -- this is extraordinary. iranian oil would be -- would reach the mediterranean via the escalon pipeline that went through israel to the mediterranean coast from the red sea. and then would be shipped to romania, where the oil would be refined in romanian refineries and sold throughout the communist bloc. right? this was a way for the shah to integrate himself both into the east and into the west, and to buy something of an insurance policy against detente. moreover, detente was also an opportunity for a country like iran, a middle power like iran. a relaxation of tensions by the two superpowers creates more space for countries like iran to be able to assert themselves on th

strong administrations, president eisenhower and people like this trading some of the successors trading gary powers for one of the soviet union's leading spies. we've got fox -- the west got foxed on the deal. but whether that actually happened here -- deirdre: too soon to tell -- >> i don't know enough but it, but i do know some about the pattern of the iranian regulations, and i think this is giving them a green light to be a full pledged nuclear power in the ten years if they observe every single requirement of the agreement, which they have no history of doing is a mistake. deirdre: all right, so glad you are here. thank you for the time. great to that the chat with you. >> thank you so much, deirdre . deirdre: well, speaking of candidates and politics. last night open season on donald trump. >> and it's beyond my compression how we can elect a president of the united states somebody like trump who believes that climate change is a hoax invented by the chinese. deirdre: that was at the democratic debate last evening. donald trump's spokesperson is my guest in a few moments. also president obama declaring a state of emergenc