but for now, at least, thomas perez is still the secretary of labor. since being confirmed by the senate in july 2013, perez it seems has been everywhere. in houston, with union leaders one day, in memphis competing in a nail-driving contest with a carpenter, and meeting with unemployed workers in cleveland yet another. the first friday of every month he's all over the airwaves, talking about the nation's falling unemployment rate. and when he's here in town, he's likely to be spotted at, at least until last month, at national spark. perez has been traveling the country preaching his gospel that hard work deserves a living wage. as head of the labor department, he's advocated raising the minimum wage to $10.10, push for paid parental leave, and work to reduce the number of workers who are categorized as contractors. he's been active on worker protections, often to the dismay of its leaders. in his first three months at labor, the department issued new regulations on wages, hiring, and chemical exposure. the son of immigrants from the dominican republic

thanks for your time. >> always a pleasure to be with you. >> labor secretary thomas perez. asked him about crude. the "journal" suggested $70 is the magic price for opec. transocean, this writedown. they are blaming declining day rates, utilization. >> transocean has the oldest rigs. they are overvalued here. there is depreciation of a rig. they haven't upgraded their rig force. that said, if you look at what happened in mexico, these are the big projects, plus russia, the sanctions. there are so many things going wrong with offshore drilling. it's shocking. transocean expected to do that to some degree. $70 doesn't matter. if you are in the permian, you're making a ton of money. if you came in at a high level it's marginal. where we know things are cut off, venezuela is where to watch. it could fail as a nation, even though it should be a rich nation at a certain point. these things, there are many moving parts. we are oversimplifying it. you can get a job further away from your house and commute. >> really, they are going to buy a house? >> inland empire numbers went down

we had labor secretary thomas perez and he referenced emergency having a positive effect on manufacturing has an upward revision. that is all true. but toms perez is a good government guy. and energy has survived big government but it wasn't helped by big government. i keep thinking of the tom stayer. the green guy and spent 70 million of his own money for the tuesday result. didn't fair well. because the renaissance supersedes everything impeding it or not helping it. and he also referenced he went on a european trip and talked about the u.k. and europe. and this is what he had to say on the screen. i want to expand here in america. this is what they're saying to him. i want to bring more businesses here. or business here for the fist time. this is a real bullishness across the world from companies about america. of course, mr. secretary, there are. and i'll just pick one number to prove why. if you look at the kilowatt hour cost of industry in germany based on the euro stat at the end of 2014 around it was around 14 e cents. in the u.s. in the same time period it was half. about 7 and a

next monday, october 20th, we will have thomas perez, the secretary of labor. and the next day, on october 21, we'll have bob osbee, commissioner of the big ten conference. and on november 7th, a few days from november 11th, veteran's day, we will have robert mcdonald, the secretary of veteran's affairs. next, i want to present our guest with a traditional press club mug as this is her debut at the national press club. it will be her first but i hope you will come back to receive more as you give us progress reports and the progress i'm sure you'll do. >> thank you. thank you. [ applause ]. for our last question, we had a few questioners ask the following -- the statue -- the bust of jfk in the kennedy center hallway many feel makes him look like he's had really bad skin. is there anything you can do about that? >> you're supposed to give me good questions. he has the craig gi good looks and that's how we're going to leave it. >> good answer. [ applause ]. i was going to say how about a round of applause for our speaker, but you did it spontaneously. [ applause

. >>> recently the national press club labor secretary thomas perez discussed jobs and the u.s. economy. he also talked about pushing congress to raise the minimum wage and urging companies to bring jobs back to cities, like detroit. this is an hour. >> good afternoon. and welcome. my name is myron belkind. i'm an adjunct professor at the school of washington media and public affairs, and the 107th president of the national press club. the national press club is the world's leading professional organization for journalists, committed

next monday, october 20th, we will have thomas perez, the secretary of labor. and the next day, on october 21, we'll have bob osbee, commissioner of the big ten conference. and on november 7th, a few days from november 11th, veteran's day, we will have robert mcdonald, the secretary of veteran's affairs. next, i want to present our guest with a traditional press club mug as this is her debut at the national press club. it will be her first but i hope you will come back to receive more as you give us progress reports and the progress i'm sure you'll do. >> thank you. thank you. [ applause ]. for our last question, we had a few questioners ask the following -- the statue -- the bust of jfk in the kennedy center hallway many feel makes him look like he's had really bad skin. is there anything you can do about that? >> you're supposed to give me good questions. he has the craig gi good looks and that's how we're going to leave it. >> good answer. [ applause ]. i was going to say how about a round of applause for our speaker, but you did it spontaneously. [ applause

including don brilly, the solicitor general or thomas perez who is also in the president's cabinet.white house in choosing her thinks he is move quickly think the process. but again republicans want to wait for another couple months. >> already confirmed twice. been the u.s. attorney two different times in the brooklyn office. i'm curious was a yesterday cnn was first to announce. and then ernest came ost announ hasn't maid a decision yet. >> good morning. as president i rely on my cabinet every day to make sure we are not just getting the job done but making progress for the american people. and in a country that is built on the rule of law, there are few offices more important than that of attorney general. the attorney general is the people's lawyer. as our nation's chief law enforcement officer, the person in this position is responsible for enforcing our federal laws, including protecting our civil rights. working with the remarkable men and women of the justice department, the attorney general oversee it is vast portfolio of cases, including counterterrorism, vote rights, publ

really been at the center of this, we're talking about thomas jackson, the police chief of ferguson. didn't see much of him last night. evan perezrrespondent. talk about the officer first. what happens with the officer, how does darren wilson move forward? we're hearing he wants to resign. >> he wants to resign and step down mostly to ease pressure on his fellow officers. they're getting a lot of pressure because of him and he feels like he can't come back to the force because it puts not only himself but also his fellow officers in danger, so that's one reason why he wants to do this. however, he wants to make sure that any agreement he makes for the city also makes clear that he did nothing wrong. he believes he did nothing wrong, obviously the grand jury has now cleared him of any wrongdoing so he wants to make sure that is established in any agreement that he makes in resigning. he had planned to do it on saturday, the grand jury finished work then. >> what you're hearing is what i heard from someone who is close to the? officer last night saying that he believes that he has been unduly made out to be a villain and wants to