u.s. call center worker and consumer protection act that bill cuts off federal loans and grants to corporations that outsource american call center jobs unfortunately for american workers though the bill failed as house republicans line. up against it voting it down while most democrats supported the bill so now corporations once again have free rein to outsource as many call center jobs as they'd like to stimulate the filipino economy while turning their backs on the american economy so what does tuesday's vote say about the republican party and how they really feel about hardworking americans change larson joins me now he's the legislative director with the communication workers of america chain welcome thanks tom you're going to be here with us thank you what does this say about the republican party and their attitude toward american workers well you know it just goes to show they have a great have a great opportunity yesterday to bring up and talk about a real critical bill call center consumer worker protection act in they punted so there's pont they said no they said flat out no we're not

u.s. call center if they ask. and here is another thing and this kind of seems it require an agent to identify which country they're in. right now it's all over the worl so this is kind of odd. >> there is another question, say i thought you had to be 10 years old to get a california state id. is that right? >> you can be any age. could you have to ask, but they have cards. you to be 16 to get a license, however to get a california id you can be any age w way our world is going with flying around the country might not be a bad i idea to take your kid in there. so they have an official id. >> if the bank has to reimburse me how do they get reimbursed and there is a bottom line they call the american's bankers association say banks take losses all the time shlgs defaults on loan, fraud them anticipate a certain amount of all of this happening here and that is included in budgets which means you need to include it in their budge yits so they're paying but you are paying. >> and this is a neighbor ripping off banks th

u.s. call center industry has lost over five hundred thousand jobs over the last six years and republicans in congress don't want to stop the bleeding the chance to stop the laws of more american jobs republicans said no what does this say about how republicans really feel about american workers. down the official ante up location on the phone pulled touch from the queues ops to . lunch on life on the go. video on demand. tease minefield calls. and r.s.s. feeds now in the palm of your. question on the dot com. more news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. trying to corporations rule the day. please.

this would require call center employees to notify u.s. consumers where they are located and -- and will require that call center to transfer calls to an american call center if requested. the u.s. call center worker protection act is supported on both sides of the aisle and i ask all my colleagues in the chamber to stand with american consumers, particularly, but also of these american jobs and support this legislation and again, support the effort to make sure we can have a vote on the house floor for that and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from utah. mr. bishop: i yield myself three minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. bishop: i appreciate many of the comments that have been made here. in the memo of understanding, which controls what the border patrol does, border patrol is able to go area they want to on foot or horse back. they may go on a motorized vehicle on existing public road but there is

u.s. china and russia china relations. i'm sitting down with arvind subramanian leading economist fellow at the peterson institute for international economics and the center for global development his book is called eclipse living in the shadow of china's economic dominance president obama vowing that chinese leader. is a really dominating i mean many in the u.s. would say that the u.s. is still the richest country in the wall that is the most powerful economy at the moment china's g.d.p. for example is smaller than that of the united states. but if you measure it in terms of purchasing power it's as big as the united states second china is already the world's largest trade. tree china is a net creditor it finances the u.s. and the u.s. is a debtor so it's this combination of the size of the economy the fact the big trader and the fact that it's a creditor confers a lot of power today and over the next ten fifteen years all these numbers are going to go in china's favor so the china is going to become an even bigger economy than the u.s. and even bigger treated in the u.s. and continue to be you know financing the u.s. so that combination is making china very dominant in. if you want example one

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practice of shipping work from the united states to overseas call centers and factories making computer components. the jobs went from the u.s taiwan, japan, singapore, malaysia, south korea, ireland, and france. make no mistake, this report could be a game changer. because romney is running on his business record.

practice of shipping work from the united states to overseas call centers and factories making computer components. the jobs went from the u.s. to all over the world. jobs shipped to china, to india, to taiwan, japan, singapore, malaysia, south korea, ireland, and france. make no mistake, this report could be a game changer. because romney is running on his business record. he claims experience in the private sector qualifies him for the white house. and he's had the audacity to hit president obama for jobs outsourced. >> how is china so successful in taking our jobs? this president has watched that happen. he complains. he says he would take them to the mat. but they've walked auld over him. if i'm president of the united states, that will end. we will not let china continue to steal jobs from the united states. chinese are smiling to the bank taking our currency and taking our jobs and taking a lot of our future. i'm not willing to let that happen. >> not willing to let that happen, but the fact is he did. and on the same day of this new report coming out, romney's campaign comes out with a brand new ad in swing states lik

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call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800-974-6006 tty/v. >> the u.s. economy suddenly looks a lot shakier this morning. consumer alert, new employment for may that economists predicted would go up a lot. in fact, went up just a little, only 69,000 new jobs created. 11 news reporter steve handelsman has more. >> it's a punch to the gut for americans looking for work like these today at a job fair in north carolina. stock markets dive, the setback for retirees. and it's terrible news for president obama. when the numbers were tallied for may, only 69,000 jobs were added. the fewest in a year. unemployment ticked up to 8.2%. car sales were up, jobs at manufacturing are looking good. but there were deep cuts in construction. federal, state and local workers laid off because tax revenue is down. some blame the crisis in greece. >> europe is a big issue here. you add europe to this uncertainty and it's why people are pulling back on hiring. >> mitt romney on cnbc blamed barack obama. >> the president's policies with regards to taxation, regulation, as well a

call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800-974-6006 tty/v. >>> now eye oi good morning maryland." >> maybe you saw the guy who prainched the u.s.th the -- prairchgd the u.s. open with the -- pranked the u.s. open with the off the board bird calls jeanne moos talked to him. >> reporter: the bird call that stole the show from the birdies webb simpson made to use the -- wint open. victory interview when all of a sudden. >> i got off to a slow start but i knew that -- >> reporter: look at anchor bob costas' face and that was not security that yanked away the bird caller. that's the executive director of the u.s. golf association. next thing you know san francisco police had the guy in a british flag hat cuffed and the u.s. open champ cracked wise. >> i enjoy -- enjoy the jailhouse. >> reporter: did he. >> san francisco police arrested me and took me to the station and when i got there the guys were cool and making bird noisess. >> reporter: san francisco police say the bird caller appeared intoxicate and he said he had a few beers. the golf association didn't press charges and british father of six andrew dudly was released. he cal

economics and the center for global development called eclipse living in the shadow of china's economic dominance. and obama vowing that chinese leader. is a really dominating i mean many in the u.s. would say that the u.s. is still the richest country in the war that is the most powerful economy at the moment china's g.d.p. for example is smaller than that of the united states. but if you measure it in terms of power it's because the united states second china is already the world's largest trade. three china is a their credit.

called unconstitutional by a u.s. appeals court. the defense of marriage act defines marriage as unions exclusively between a man and a woman. the issue at the centerether the federal government can deny benefits to same-sex couples. let's talk about it more with holly hughes here. holly, the law is likely on its way to the supreme court. what are supporters or opponents, i should say, of doma going to argue here? >> what they're going to say is that the federal government cannot deny benefits when the state has said your marriage is legal here. this is a difference between federal rights and state's rights. and they don't want fralg government to be able to define a marriage when their own state has said, yes, you are a married couple to a same-sex couple. then the federal government steps in and says, yeah, but because we don't like that under this doma act, which was enacted around 1996, therefore, we're going to deny you benefits, so you can't have retirement benefits of your long-term partner or now your spouse, your legal spouse. the opponents are saying that's not fair. the states have always been able to it fine marriage and the whole histo

reporter: the disagreement centers around an atf operation called fast and furious, which allowed traffickers for mexican drug cartels to buy more than 2,000 weapons from u.s. gun dealers. the goal was to track the guns and take down a major cartel, but it didn't work. two of the guns were found at the murder scene of a u.s. border patrol agent in 2010. holder has handed over nearly 8,000 pages of documents, but republicans want more. and say the white house use of executive privilege brings up new questions about the documents. >> it raises a lot of suspicion about how high up in this administration the decision to have fast and furious goes. >> reporter: this is the first time president obama has exerted executive privilege. he criticized president bush for using it. >> there has been a tendency of this administration to hide behind executive privilege every time there's something a little shaky taking place. >> reporter: now that a contempt vote is headed to the house floor, former house of representatives counsel stanley brown expects both sides to make concessions. >> some documents will be given to congress. >> reporter: if they vote in favor of cont

calling a prominent trauma surgeon a person of interest outside of a buffalo, new york hospital. timothy jordan is a former u.s. army special forces captain. the shooting outside eerie county medical center left a 33- year-old woman dead. that hospital was locked down for four hours following the shooting. a buffalo newspaper reports the 49-year-old surgeon had recently began having emotional problems. >>> casey anthony has broken her silence. the florida mother hasn't been seen since she was acquitted last year of killing her two- year-old daughter, caylee. in an unrecorded phone conversation, cnn's pierce morgan said anthony told him, the jury got it right. >> she said, well i mean, there's obviously several miscon senses. obviously i didn't kill my daughter. there's nothing in the world i am more proud of. she's my greatest accomplishment. >> morgan also says anthony told him she was ashamed in many ways of the person she was, but she has never been a party girl. her daughter went missing in 2008, but she didn't report it for a month. caylee's body was found five months later. >>> it has been two years since morgan harrington disappeared from a metalica concert. they are trying to hel

call centers. now, many would have viewed that call center as a symbol of outsourced jobs. yet, when i looked around i found u.s. companies right there. now, i'm not claiming that all of these products were manufactured right here in the united states, but many were manufactured here in this hemisphere. they had names on them like carrier air-conditioners. there was a westinghouse refrigerator there. dell computers and at&t phones. rather than stealing jobs from americans and this hemisphere, this call center epitomized the very way that global engagement benefits us all. it is simply inaccurate to claim that every job created overseas destroys a job here in the united states, and it completely misses the point. rather than demonizing those who are trying to build competitive companies that grow our economy and create opportunity for americans, we should be looking at what we can do to attract investment here to the united states. we should be looking at what we can do to empower entrepreneurs to revitalize our economy and restore our job market. mr. speaker, attacking private enterprise won't create a single j

calling me that. [applause] >> tomorrow, executive director for the center for community change looking at the impact of president obama's announcement at the u.sto starting supporting and given work permits to young illegal immigrants. we discussed the republican party efforts to win the african-american vote. ken wallace talks about his book air force one, a history of presidents and their planes. >> this was held thursday and friday of washington, d.c. among the speakers he criticized president obama. he also said the republican party is not in conflict with the tea party. this portion is about 15 minutes. >> thank you some much. are you ready to fire barack obama and save america's? ? it is a blessing to be here. you are a blessing to us. this is an extraordinary job. tell me just talked about wisconsin. he is talking about what that was all about. was there over theove weekend, i ran into teams from all over the country. thank you for everything you have done for what we have gotten done in wisconsin. people ask about wisconsin. what was wisconsin about? i know you are not party people. even in their own party we would ask the question wha

u.s. jobs overseas to lower wage countries like china and india. bain's holdings spanned a number of firms that were known as pioneers in the practice of sending jobs to call centers and factories making computer parts abroad. the federal government has auctioned off sections of the gulf of mexico for offshore oil drilling for the first time since the area was hit by the worst offshore oil spill in u.s. history. company submitted $1.7 billion in winning bids for areas off the coast of alabama, louisiana, and mississippi. will company bp reportedly won dozens of leases to drill in the region near the site of its historic 2020 -- 2010 spill. environmental kurds tried to block the sale with a lawsuit that was earlier this week, saying the drilling would imperil an already battered ecosystem. and those are some of the headlines. this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. >> welcome to all our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. we begin today's show with a look at solitary confinement. on any given day, tens of thousands of prisoners in the u.s. are held in prolonged isolati

call 1-877-729-fios. contact the verizon center for customers with disabilities that's 1-877-729-3467. at 800-974-6006 tty/v. ♪ fios. a network ahead. >>> the 112th u.spen championship is under way right now in san francisco. the most watched grouping is sure to be tiger woods, phil mickelson and master's champ bubba watson. another interesting storyline, andy zang of china will compete for the title. the youngest player to ever play in a major golf tournament. you can catch the first round action later today right here on nbc 4 from 3:00 to 5:00 and also coverage of the second round tomorrow at the same time. coverage starts saturday and sunday at 4:00 p.m. >>> so, if you're watching the open and then that puts you in the golfing mood, we have bargains for the greens to tell you about. how to golf in our area on a budget. well, that's not easy, is it? >> it is, actually. we are teaming with golf courses here in the washington area, a lot of great ones. >> a lot of them pretty expensive. >> but a lot run by the county. we'll see some that are a bargain. >> start by telling us about the golf course that has such a great view. >> you can't beat east po

u.s. that according to the national interagency fire center. you can see from this map where the hot spots are. in arizona what is being calledtained. that blaze has burned more than 16,000 acres near the town of crown king. this began as a house fire and quickly burned out of control. the nation weather services issued a red flag warning for the northern part of that state. that is because temperatures are so high and the humidity is so low it's ripe for a fire to be easily ignited and to spread rapidly. in new mexico firefighters are trying to get a handle on two fires still burning, including one that's become the state's largest in the history of new mexico. 390 square miles, 18% contained. no estimate on when that one will be out. back to you. martha: a tough situation, thank you very much. bill: we have new video of a school bus crash near inndianapolis. watch this now. it's surveillance footage. as you can seat driver is alone. there are no kids on board, thankfully. he's 73, the driver is, thrown from his seat during a bumpy turn. he's not wearing a seatbelt. then strag else to grab the steering wheel, the bus crashin

u.s. authorities are almostowerless to stop it. they often claim to be american police officers, despite a heavy accent. >> my name is officer william johnson. i'm calling you from ic-3, internet crime complaint center. >> reporter: and the calls come at work and at home. sometimes dozens an hour. >> your name and your social security number is under state investigation. >> he kept telling me this was going to be the worst nightmare of my life. and i couldn't get it out of my mind. it was horrible. >> reporter: the calls to cindy in new orleans, started long after she and her husband had paid off an online loan. but she was told falsely, she still owed more. >> and that i was a no go deadbeat. and that i would have the worst -- i would spend the night in jail. and my family wouldn't be able to get me out. >> reporter: so, she spent them almost $2,000 to pay off a debt she did not owe. and she is not alone in falling for the scheme. >> we know these folks have collected at least $5 million from american consumers, that they've made at least 2.5 million phone calls to at least 600,000 different numbers. >> reporter: federal authorities say the calls can be traced to call centers in india, to the city

u.s. government? >> when you hear this guy calling, a lot of people get intimidated and upset because the voice comes on and we're used to foreign voices on the phone with service centersnd arrest you. hang up! don't speak to these people. you don't owe them money. check with your own credit bureau on that. there is tips now. if you think a caller may be a fake debt collector, the first thing, what's your name? what's your address? what's your number? give it to me. if i owe the money, i'll pay it. number two, stop speak. may be fun to play with them across the pond, but don't. don't give them any personal information. they'll say, what's your social security number? give me your exact address. give me your master it is card. no! contact the creditor. if there is a national creditor involved. then report it to the federal trade commission and your state attorney general because they're looking to indict these people of the the f.b.i. is involved. they're bringing civil suits in california and other places. you're incredulous with this. >> gretchen: because this is not so funny. some people they call actually might owe money to debt collectors, but not this them. >> not

call fairy tales or reality, for me in both my days in the u.s. senate as well as secretary of the interior and being a member of the president's energy team, we try to center our work around the real energy work and do what reflects what it is the american people want us as their leaders to do. and i believe when you take an honest look at the achievements over now almost four years, you will actually see that there has been great progress that has been made in the all of the above energy strategy. the all of the above energy strategy was not a slogan we picked out but something we started working out on day one when my partner and i walked into the department of interior on january 1 and said we're going to work on the all of the above energy strategy and it's going to include the production of oil and gas, because that's essential to our country but it's also going to open up a host of things important to our country. that's where i spend my world on now for the last 3 1/2 years, and i'm pleased to say that we have made significant progress on those fronts. the statistics speak for themselves. you have heard a few but i will repeat a few. on the broadest

u.s. trained engineer has ties to the islamic fundamentalist group the muslim brotherhood and yesterday, called for the release of a known terrorist responsible for the 1993 world trade centeroved to shield attorney general eric holder from prosecution. this after the house voted to hold holder in contempt of congress for withholding documents related to operation fast & furious. the d.o.j.'s move prevents the case from going before a grand jury. the case do go before a civil court and my favorite story of the day, brawling baldwin is at it again. alec baldwin has attacked another photographer, this is one day before alec's wedding. >> he's going to go -- >> they're breaking my arm! >> he's going to go. >> all we're doing is taking your picture. >> i want you to shut [beep] up. get out of here! >> shut up! shut up! leave my neighbor alone, ok? hear what i said? >> yeah. hear what i said? ok. little girl. >> he said you're a girl. nothing says i'm a big, tough man like clutching a pink stuffed animal, pal. >> he's got a daughter. >> his photographer is setting baldwin off after asking questions about his upcoming wedding later this evening. he punched another photographer in

u.s. is working with other countries including china to establish what he called a new framework for export finance. this is a little less than an hour. >> hello. welcome. i'm president here at the center. we're really excited for today's remarks. as you all know, they support this by supporting exports to the world. the chairman of the bank has long been the focus. i'm excited to have him here. he will be discussing an annual competitiveness report. we believe the best way to revitalize the u.s. economy is their policies and investments that create jobs and insure everyone can participate. as we have look for changes exports have been a key driver of growth. his work has been central to the bright spot that we are seeing in the u.s. economy. the heat is being challenged never before. the driving force is striving. u.s. companies and markers are finding it harder to exceed levels of prosperity said americans have enjoyed. they get more access to foreign markets. they can compete on an even playing field. we're seeing challenges in the world. investments are ensuring that we may not see a level playing field. the work has been so central. in addition to being chairman of lucky torters,