and that the chambers of commerce how how much impact they have in specific foreign policy issues like me authorization of sanctions. generally those are big lobby groups particular the u.s. chamber of commerce is quite a powerful group it does tend to concern itself first and foremost mostly with domestic matters a little bit less practiced and a little bit harder to gauge the exact impact of the foreign policy which would be the u.s. chamber of commerce does have longstanding and intimate relationships in the republican party and has a history of being quite influential in making republican party political issues come to the fore and get more publicity will have actions like this been done in the past and and if so what were the results can you elaborate. true there's always vocal opposition to any foreign policy or domestic policy move that hurts specific importers specific export or specific lines of business this may be larger but we also do see particularly although not exclusively on the american right a willingness to go much further be much more vociferous and much more critical of this president president obama than we've generally seen as a historic norm in te

u.s. chamber of commerce said take a closer look at some of the quotes they expressed deep concern over the sanctions as they cood they would rather harm american manufacturers and cost jobs to u.s. citizens history shows that you know lateral sanctions don't work so the head of the chamber of commerce and it's time to put american jobs and growth first rate over night explains why u.s. business has gone on high alert. as the u.s. and its western allies consider a third round of economic sanctions against russia two of the biggest u.s. business organizations are publicly warning that the move would create long lasting damage to america's economy the u.s. chamber of commerce and the national association of manufacturers are running advertisements right now in the new york times the wall street journal and washington post saying the only effect of additional sanctions would be to bar u.s. companies from foreign markets and business opportunities to firms from other countries u.s. companies fear that even temporary targeted sanctions against russia would damage their export markets and poison

u.s. chamber of commerce and the national association of manufacturers plan to run newspaper advertisements tomorrow in the new york times wall street journal and washington post warning that more sanctions risk harming u.s. workers and businesses companies from the united states represent the largest source of foreign investment in russia and these companies fear sanctions will hurt their bottom line however as the eight to nine billion dollar fund against french bank b.n.p. perry for violating sanctions against iran and sudan shows us foreign policy objectives will claim business interest victims in the west now that we're taking we're talking about the business interests of the u.s. firms and not just some foreign bank we will have to see if foreign policy aims to america to the will of american the best.

u.s. car manufacturers they have a huge interest in the russian market with general motors and ford both selling tens of thousands of vehicles here last year and the u.s. chamber of commerce and the national association of manufacturers have launched an ad campaign to explain just why new sanctions will backfire they say it will leave u.s. companies scrambling to keep up with firms from other countries earlier we spoke to the president of the franco russian chamber of commerce and industry. it should have been because they actually. put it you could see. white no. talking about it going to be could sanctions so we need two ways over them that they should not do it to the again they should use diplomacy to do so dude the ukrainian the place he's using it and taking him to host the g.'s companies with the us you are pinned on french company. something which isn't acceptable for us what the sanctions are doing is isolating the united states' economy and instead of isolating russia they were meant to isolate russia but given the trend of world trade for all of the exports that russia has and for diplomacy there isin their backfiring in isolating the united states it's a very

u.s. chamber of commerce. wonderful to have you on the program.sed that a 2.9% contraction print on the economy last week? >> everybody was surprised. >> a shocker. >> it was a shocker. but you have to look at it in the context of what we would describe as some of the causes, and what we see going on in this quarter, which is more hiring than we had a year ago. some improvement in exports and a little better feel in spite of what's being done to business day in and day out. >> let's talk about that. i think most people were expecting the contraction because of the weather. we had horrible weather in the first quarter. but 2.9% is indicative it's more than the weather. >> you can put a lot on the fact that companies were not aggregating their inventory, which they normally do in the first quarter. you put those two things together, you still have a hole left, but not as big. >> what about business today? you're speaking with ceos all of the time. why are they sitting on $2 trillion in cash and not putting that money to work? >> well, you wonder abo

u.s. to lift sanctions against cuba. stay with us. ♪ >>> it's a cliche, but it's sort of true, money talks, and the u.s. chamber commercend nearly $75 million talking to politicians on behalf of its 3 million business members. that may them the top lobby in all of washington, d.c. and the chamber last year ball game the first organization to spend more than a billion dollars in lobbying since 1998. before that, in 1997, tom donohue took over the group. and he knows how to talk and he's not shy. i sat down with him today and started by asking about the global crises playing out in iraq and ukraine, and what he is hearing from his members about the u.s. role in this con mrikt. >> my members, who remember, are the united states business community, large and small and businesses from around the world that operate in the united states, and they are not talking about either of those issues. they are talking about the seriousness of the circumstance in iraq for the people there, for stability in the region, for economic engagement, for trade and investment, which are underway, and we, the chamber have been involved in iraq in

u.s. chamber of commerce and the national association of manufacturers plan to run newspaper advertisements tomorrow in the new york times wall street journal and washington post warning that more sanctions risk harming u.s. workers and businesses companies from the united states represent the largest source of foreign investment in russia and these companies fear sanctions will hurt their bottom line. however as the eight billion dollar fund against friends begbie and p. perry for violating sanctions against iran and sudan shows us foreign policy objectives will claim business interests victims in the west now that we're taking we're talking about the business interests of the us for just some foreign bank we will have to see if foreign policy aims to america to the will of american domestic business lobby. the european central bank's recent action in their attempt to fight deflation and stimulate the eurozone. the question is will it work to get more insight on this errand spoke to ethics strategist mark chandler of brown brothers harriman to get his take on the situation. whether in effo

u.s. chamber of commerce, and there are not very many, if any, issues that they would agree upon other than the fact -- and this goes back years. i mean, years ago we had a conference here in washington this which tom donohue, then the u.s. chamber, and rich's predecessor, josh sweeney, came and said the same thing they said recently in boston. i mean, that is the most essential way, because it creates jobs, and it's an investment in the future. and everything else we're doing is we're kicking the can down the road and creating liabilities for the future be instead of -- future instead of assets for the future. and that's the key thing. >> dick, i want to thank you for, one, an extraordinary book and, two, an extraordinary life. and knowing his passion for solving problems and hard work, i can tell you that there are chapters yet to be written in this book, and he will be adding to everything he's done. dick, i can only say that thanks for being such a good friend to me -- [applause] buy lots of books. dick will be outside, and he will sign some of them for you. appreciate it. thank you ver

u.s. chamber of commerce and more. i can't wait what you heard. ali. >> i'll play it back on my show. this is the biggest lobby group in the country. it's got a lot of members. he was saying in the last 5 years or so there's been such an uptick in american companies doing business in the middle east, they've really seen this as the undiscovered country if you will, and that they have had missions and involvement, and taken back by the setback in iraq and actually quite worried about it. here's what he told me about the business dealings in the middle east. >> we're very involved in saudi arabia, the gulf, iraq and we're doing this from the claib's -- chamber's perspective based on the theory that if you can stabilize economies and put people to work it's good not only for countries that achieve that objective but good for the neighborhood and the broader neighborhood of people that invest there. and i think we're making some progress, although i must tell you: it certainly in last days have been very, very frightening. >> the reason this is important tony, you might be saying who cares

u.s. chamber of commerce. e talking about eric cantor's defeat and the role or not that the tea party played. here's what he had to safe. >> the headline is sort of interesting, your headline, headlines in the press, the tea party beats candidates. tea party had nothing to do with this. they didn't put any money in it. they didn't have any people there. it was sort of an attractive, you know, professor in a very, very conservative district in virginia. >> so terry, tom done hoe may be technically correct that this wasn't a tea party victory, etc., but is it wrong to think of it in tea party terms? >> not entirely. the tea party and the agenda that the conservative movement has very much been a dominant force in the republican party over the last five or six years, particularly, but where tom is correct, and where it is significant is that the tea party grurengs the big groups, didn't push all in on this candidate. they didn't spend a ton of money on him. in fact, the person who spent the most money on mr. brat

u.s. car manufacturers also have a huge interest in the russian market with general motors and ford selling tens of thousands of vehicles last year alone and the u.s. chamber of commerce and of the national association of manufacturers have launched an ad campaign to explain just why new sanctions will backfire they say it will leave u.s. companies scrambling to keep up with firms from other countries earlier we spoke to the president of the franco russian chamber of commerce and industry it should have been because they actually. put it you could see that white no. talking about it going to be quote sanctions so we need two ways over but. they should not do it to the again they should use diplomacy to do so do the ukrainian the place he's using it and taking him to host the companies with the u.s. europe in a french company this is something which is an acceptable follows what the sanctions are doing is isolating the united states' economy instead of isolating russia they were meant to isolate russia but given the trend of world trade for all of the exports that russia has and for diplomacy it's their eyes that they're actually running in isolating the united states

u.s. chamber of commerce already studied it and said it would cost $225,000 jobs, and if you believe that biassed, the best piece of data to look at is what happened to the clean air act. brenda, this was passed in 1970 with various amendments and it was studied in 2002, and just through 1987 it costs about 600,000 jobs, and then there was another study done in 2011 and said the cost was over $65 billion, just for the amendments that they put on in 1990. brenda, whatever passed here, it didn't matter if you are for the environment or against it, the point is it is going to cost jobs? unequivocally, yes. >> chuck, what do you think? often times businesses say when you throw regulations at them you cause uncertainty and make them not want to fire. >> it's going to come out of daddy's pocket, and we have a good case study here. there is nine northeastern states that came together and implemented their own cap and trade program and since 2009 they reduced emissions 27% and saw economic growth, so this can be done and if the renewable jobs are made in america and putting people in work, i can

u.s. and its western allies consider a third round of economic sanctions against russia the two biggest u.s. business organizations are warning that the move would long lasting damage to america's economy the u.s. chamber of commerce and the national association of manufacturers reportedly plan to run advertisements in the new york times the washington post and the wall street journal saying the only effect of additional sanctions would be to bar u.s. companies from foreign markets and cede business opportunities to firms from other countries u.s. companies fear that even temporary targeted sanctions against russia would damage their export markets and poison relations with russian customers business leaders say potential restrictions on technology transfers would also harm u.s. energy companies that do business in russia this is precisely what moscow warned back in march when foreign minister lavrov said any sanctions imposed on russia would come back to hurt the united states the white house told bloomberg news that the obama administration has had frequent conversations with business leaders on the issue and understands their concerns but that the u.s. can't just go on with business as usual now the obama admin

u.s. car manufacturers they have a huge interest in the russian market with both general general motors and ford spending tens of thousands of vehicles here last year now the u.s. chamber of commerce and the national association of manufacturers have launched an ad campaign to explain just why the new sanctions will backfire they say it will leave u.s. companies scrambling to keep up with firms from other countries earlier we spoke to the president of the franco russian chamber of commerce and industry this is what he had to say. it should have been because actually. the political system is such that white no. talking about it going to be called sanctioned so we need two ways over it but tell them that they shouldn't do it to you again they should use diplomacy to do so do you condemn the crazies using and taking into host. companies with us your pin or french companies this is something which isn't acceptable for us what the sanctions are doing is isolating the united states' economy and instead of isolating russia they were meant to isolate russia but given the trend of world trade for all of the exports that russia has and for diplomacy each their ice is their backfiring and is

u.s. chamber of commerce to really try to refocus. while there's been a lot of focus on the african-american democratic vote, potentially, i think there's also an element of republicans who weren't concerned that senator cochran might lose coming out and saying, hey, we've now woken up to this reality that he could and we're going to come out and vote for him. so i think those two forces are at work, and i think cochran's team is much more optimistic that they can pull this out than they were three weeks ago. >> kasie, one of the things that got a lot of national attention was this announcement by outside the state conservative groups that they were going to send conservative poll watchers in, specifically into democratic districts to try to watch polls and ensure the integrity of the election. it got a lot of attention i think in part because this is the 50-year anniversary of freedom summer and it i think rubbed a lot of people the wrong way. the idea of having outsiders go into black districts to try to police their polling. did you

u.s. chamber of commerce. new zealand negotiators asked the japanese to open markets for dairy products, but japan's delegates argued for keeping tariffs on certain agricultural products. >> we need a high-quality comprehensive deal. if a partner doesn't want to, we'll be able to do a deal with a smaller number of people. >> he understands japan's leaders need to consider the views of the nation's farmers but shinzo abe needs to free up japanese markets. >>> tokyo share prices are moving in a tight range. analysts say some investors are placing buy orders following an overnight order in new york. others are selling to lock in profits after tokyo share prices gaped more than 400 points in the last three days, and the index trading at 15,416. up 0.36%. switch to currencies now. dealers in tokyo are moving back from active trading. the dollar remains in a tight range against the yen. currently trading at 101.83-85. traders are cautious, following a mixed bag of economic data such as weekly jobless claims, manufac

u.s. chamber of commerce opposes.is the chamber's executive vice president. >> our economy is soft. we have grown but not growing at the rate we need to. we need to go up 3.5%. if we are going to take measures that would perhaps restrain companies from hiring people that is not good. >> calls the president's economic records mixed. >>> coming up that thing on your wrist, your smart phone, your car all communicating with each other. like it or not it is the hottest trend in tech. we will show you what is next for the internet of things. ster than tums smoothies assorted fruit. mmm. amazing. yeah, i get that a lot. alka seltzer heartburn reliefchews. enjoy the relief. i've come up with a family emergency plan. what is it? it's difficult to talk about. so i'm not telling you. i'm so glad i won't have to remember anything. me, too. announcer: visit ready.gov/kids for tips and information. >>> the internet of things is the next mega trend. wearables, cars and homes are at the core with support from you the connected consum

u.s. chamber of commerce are working to scuttle the deal. there is an alternative plan. it has been suggested to raise the gas tax by 12 cents a gallon. some drivers think it makes sense. >> you use the road, you have to pay. >> reporter: but others hate the idea. californians are already paying the highest per-gallon tax in the country. >> it's tough to fill up your tank as is right now. >> reporter: california's gas tax and the federal tax added in 71 cents a gallon tops in the nation. and the bottom line in all this is the general fund is going to be used to supplement the highway trust fund for the rest of this year, because this is an election year and with all the members of the house and a third of senate up for reelection, getting a tax hike, that's a big political pothole, mark math urks nbc bay area news. >>> when we return back to our breaking news, in the fairfield area, near the 680/80 interchange, a traffic mess at this point. but this neighborhood near rodriguez high school in flames. several homes. we'll have the latest report, next. >>> welcome back. you

u.s. chamber of commerce, the new rules could also mean consumers will pay $289 billion more for their electricity through 2030. environmental watchdogs say benefits would far outweigh any costs. "in fact, it's going to have strong economic benefits, not costs. the epa estimates that for every $1 that is spent to implement this proposed rule, american families will see $7 in health benefits, so on the whole, a very positive impact. aiding in the cutting of carbon emissions is the nation's increasing use of natural gas and renewable energies. carbon emissions have fallen by about 10% during the past eight years. federal investigators reportedly attempting to uncover insider trading involving. billionaire investor carl ichan, pro golfer phil mickelson and las vegas gambler william walters-- may have hit a rough patch. it centers around a large rally in clorox stock after ichan made a $10 billion dollar bid to buy the company. reports that ichan, mickelson and walters were under investigation for insider trading-- surfaced friday night. but one attorney says that may have blown the case. "i don't thi

u.s. chamber of commerce, people who represent the businesses of this country, the industrial might of this country support h.r. 6 because they know, they know when we can produce our energy in our own back yard and help our allies to a greater prosperity for themselves, we're doing the right thing with h.r. 6. this bill's a confluence of two policies that we tried to promote but often failed to achieve. the policy of domestic job creation. 45,000 people could be taken off the unemployment rolls because of h.r. 6. the other policy we achieve with this legislation is to give our friends and allies a greater degree of freedom, a greater ability to be independent from russia, aggressive neighbors that just decide one day to invade. mr. chairman, h.r. 6 is the work of a bipartisan group of lawmakers who've worked over the past several months to make sure that we have the support, not just from the republican side of the aisle, but strong support from both sides of the aisle, democrats and republicans who believe we should answer the call from our friends and allies for energy security, for econ

u.s. chamber of commerce and the national association of manufacturers are running news newspaper advertisements right now in the new york times the wall street journal and the washington post right here you could see the advertisement they are asserting that the only effect of additional sanctions would be to bar u.s. companies from foreign markets in seed business opportunities to firms from other countries that in the as they say that we are concerned about actions that would harm american manufacturers and cost american jobs history shows that unilateral sanctions don't work it's time to put american jobs and growth first now while u.s. business leaders are sounding the alarm meanwhile dow jones is profiting off of the problem it has an advertisement online offering advice of course for a fee to any u.s. companies that are facing any risks are losing any profit so here you see at least one entity trying to make money steer money towards its pocket as these sanctions are patricia would damage their export markets and poison relations with russian customers business leaders say potential restr

u.s. chamber of commerce the business roundtable the national association of manufacturing the national federationof independent businesses the lobbying organization of small business the whole wholesaler and distributors association and the national restaurant association six big business lobbies and when george w. bush wanted to get his tax cuts passed call rove his political lieutenant in the white house sat down with a guy that nobody has heard of outside of washington named kirk gundogan and he was the mastermind the field-marshal of the gang of six and they went to work they got those tax cuts passed that story is largely untold because that's a hidden story about the way washington works so if we're going to change things and move america back in the direction it's fair for the middle class and for most people we're going to have to confront that power and deal with it. well and you call this paul's army lewis powell not only wrote that memo in seventy one but in seventy six by recollection serves me correctly he was the lead author of buckley versus vallejo which began on the idea that mon

u.s. chamber of commerce as he spoke to maria bartiromo on "sunday morning futures." >> was a shocker. to look at it in the context of what we would describe as some of the causes, and what we see going on in this quarter which is more hiring than we had a year ago. >> here to break down these numbers, brenda buttner, anchor of "bulls and bears." first of all, just get right to it. tell us why gdp down, how do we get it back up and can we. >> the administration is blaming the really dismal gdp number on the weather. and it was a very tough winter. but that would account for maybe 1%. i mean, nearly 3% contraction. a recession is officially two consecutive quarters of contraction. that is huge. i think business investment was down 11.7%. now, it's not because companies don't have must be money. they're sitting on $2 trillion in cash. but they just don't want to spend it, because they're afraid of what's coming around the corner in terms of regulations and all the rest. >> but they have been holding and sitting on this money for a long time and we're not -- they're not hiring people as a

u.s. chamber of commerce, thomas donahue, said if the republicans don't pass immigration reform, then theyan, think about that. think about who the voters are of the yikes! but the u.s. chamber of commerce is the least of your worries because now the big dogs, the influential republican donor class and leaders are weighing in and telling the republican party you must lead on this issue. sheldon adelson, the man who dough vated $93 million to republican aligned pacs in the 2012 election the. let's deal with reality and pass immigration reform which said as a republican it's my view efforts to complete immigration reform should be led by our party. some on the outer fringes of the gop may disagree but the truth is we are humans first and partisans second. frankly the democrats don't have a monopoly on having hearts. now if you thought the influential republican figure supporting immigration reform ended with him, think again. rupert murdock had a thing or two to say in his recent article entitled immigration reform, can't wait. he went right at what people are looking for when it comes to im

u.s. chamber of commerce and the national association of manufacturers are preparing to publicly break with president obama over the prospects of more sanctions against russia and anonymous sources told bloomberg news that the two major business lobbies are planning the published newspaper advertisements and the new york times wall street journal and the washington post tomorrow stating that more russia sanctions risks harming u.s. workers and businesses the u.s. and european told russia that it could be further sanction if it does not make efforts to deescalate the crisis in ukraine but in a positive move separatist leaders agreed to a cease fire proposed by russian president vladimir putin taken military intervention in eastern ukraine off the table asked the upper house of the russian parliament to revoke its march ruling that russia could use troops in ukraine and brazil or president of the parliamentarian assembly of the council of europe called this a positive step take a look. this crisis has a tremendous impact on the military inside of the people who are deployed this displaced to

u.s. chamber of commerce, various trade associations like the internet association, individual companies like cisco, at&t, verizon, google have all come out in very strong support of this. civil society has come out in very strong support of this. technical experts also have come out in support of this. i think we were facing questions because it's not determined exactly what the transition plan will be. the strength of the multistakeholder process is to give the community the opportunity from the bottom up to develop a plan, and that's what we've done. some folks would like to have had us nail down exactly what the plan had to look like, but that would have depried the community -- deprived the community of a discussion they really need to have to determine how to transition the united states out of this role that we currently play. the fact that we don't have it nailed down yet because we're going to let the process work, i think, was uncomfortable to some people on the hill who wanted to know exactly how this would play out. our responsibility over the next several months will be to keep c

chamber of commerce, not typical of what we've heard from republicans. >> i can describe eric cantor's vision very perfectly by the chamber of commerce. the u.s. amber of commerce, big business guys, at a business roundtable, every decision eric cantor makes is exactly what the chamber wants them to do. look at obamacare. who gets exempted from obamacare? big business. >> sabrina, when did the chamber of commerce become the enemy of republicans? >> it is still an enemy of the tea party. dave brat did get a fair amount of backing from the tea party and got support from club for growth, even though they were not actually present during his actual campaign. they've only embraced him now that he defeated eric cantor. there's this revived movement to kind of take down the gop establishment. they see a window to resurrect that fight. you're seeing it play out now in the race for the gop leadership position. >> are republicans concerned that you're going to have a faction, a populist faction within their own party that is against one of the pillars of their base, which is big business in the chamber? >> i don't think they're too concerned yet. they ta