you are part of one family, the uaw.s one big -- big organization against the corporate greed pushing back insane, i deserve human dignity, i deserve to be able to take care of my family and these kinds of things. i think globally the economic oppression happening across the country, and you see labor organizing working class coming together and fighting and saying we can do it if we come together and fight against this i think commonon enemy of corporate g gd come of this other ring of sasaying you deserve less than, feel wholole.rve to that is one thing about my father who only had a fourth grade education. when he came to this country at 19, he nether that she never got a paycheck until he got into the plant. the uaw made him feel like he belonged because he was part of something bigger than him. he was showing up for others all of the sudden. and i feel like a lot of ourr mere presence there is also showing up for others that are outside the united states. there was a young girl, eight years old in sacramento, califo

i spoke this morning to a room full of 1000 uaw workers, many of whom who voted for donald trump lastime. i am not going to bash him, but i had a straight talk, and my best moment was when someone tame up and said thanks for talking to us. you changed my vote. i do not know who i will vote for in the democratic party, but i'm not voting for the president because he is not protecting people on health care. it will take a lot of us having conversations. he could change how people felt if he would do something about pre-existing conditions or do something to lower the positive prescription drugs. it will be a grassroots effort this year. emme kratz will have to learn to talk about the issues -- democrats will have to learn to talk about the issues that matter for the people. we did not do a good job in 2016. we have to do a better job this cycle. david: let's talk about one of the issues usually at the top of the list -- the economy. let's talk about michigan. in november, will that be an issue that will cause men and women you know in michigan to say i might've voted for donald trump la

the fall, the third or fourth day into it the chair of general motors ended all health care for all uaw. the ceo could do it just like that because it's not a right. it's not guaranteed by the law. if you are leaving your health care up to the fact that your employer is going to actually follow through, if you think that's something that's permanent, if you tink it's a system that works, i mean, i made whole movie about this about just people who have health care and how the insurance companies, the private insurance companies will fight you tooth and nail if you get sick, if you have a family member in the hospital, they will try to deny every single claim because it's the only way they make a profit. so they have to do that. that's just why we have to remove profit and private health insurance from the system. >> i know. >> we would not allow a private police force, a private fire depart, a private library. the things that we consider to be rights in a democratic society. this is -- this is where -- and the union -- ask any uaw member in detroit or flint what -- on that day when the c

to negotiate for worse and more expensive insurance which cannot be circumvented as you saw in the uaw our children and families and people we love her hostages to our employers have you've ever try to organize against the employer's or dare demand your fair share of the fruits of the labor then their bodies are held ransom so in mind and body and spirit. but then it gets worse because the cost of healthcare keeps increasing most cost increases occur because hospital ceos are pharmaceutical companies or close personal friends charge more money for the same services fundamentally us healthcare market all prices are fake. in the us the average inpatient procedure cost 40 percent more than the exact same for the exact same patient when performed in france. they are just fancy tubes that print money and they cost five times more than the same machine when scanned in australia. sometimes it is the literal same machine based upon arbitrary factors like time of day or whose paying for it. prices are fake and medical costs are high because medical prices are high. over the past decade we have

before -- i wrote a book about it, and connie and my guest from the state of the union, dave green, the uawresident of the lordstown plant that gm shut down and the president didn't help us fight back. we were out on the senate floor, and tina smith, the mayor much duluth, came up with the governor of utah, his guest for the state of the union. he wasn't going to tell us what he was thinking, but i said to him you have more integrity than most people in this place and more than virtually all reps, and of course he didn't tell us anything, but he knew this onslaught would happen. he's very for a many with the right-wing base and very familiar with the hate politics they play. he's pretty animately understands what trump does. so the way trump went after him, trump and the right-wing media, the way they went after vindman, trump making fun of vindman's accent, a man who served this country so very well, no lot on his record at all, all republicans know that there is a russian proverb that a blade of grass that grows up the highest gets its head cut off first. every republican may not know tha

the uaw, it was the first contract back in the 1930's. my uncle was in that sit-down strike. they took over factories for 34 days. they would not leave. general motors turned off the heat. this went from new year's eve until january 11. they turned off the heat. they turned off the water. they would not let any food be brought in until the women of flint decided to arm themselves with baseball bats and went down to the factories and broke all of the windows to throw food to their husbands and sons and brothers. it was the women who helped win that and it was franklin delano roosevelt who finally called up the governor of michigan and said, tell the national guard to take their guns that are pointed at the workers and their families, turn the guns away from them and point them to the pinkerton agents and to the police who are beating these women who are trying to bring food to the factory workers. and once roosevelt got in, our first democratic-socialist president, because all those words mean, as we know, democratic means democracy. we believe in democracy. we, bernie, myself

new labor contracts with uaw and all the strikes. they had a pension write-down.ealers were down 8%. sales across all regions were down 8%. the only saving grace was china. bottom line improvement, 61% increase in china. a lot has to do with restructuring. i will end with this. i asked specifically the cfo and the coronavirus how that factors into guidance. they said they didn't factor that into guidance. you saw the shares tank. comparison to tesla. in 2019 tesla sold 367,000 cars. ford sold 2.4 million. back to you guys. melissa: kristina, thank you. showing no signs of slowing down, the chinese government is urging a more aggressive response as new virus cases are spreading rapidly. we'll bring you the latest comments. what do you have, connell? connell: we're countering a booming economy or talking about it when we come back. congressman greg meeks, democrat from new york, member of house financial services committee will join us live on capitol hill about how democrats are planning to respond to the president's state of the union. we'll be right back. ♪. i se

the results follow that uaw strike that ended in october.nected to discuss the impact of the coronavirus on its sales in china. that during the conference call with analysts. after the bell we get results from fox corporation, the parent of this network, fox business. analysts are looking for a loss of two cents a share on revenue of $3.6 billion. cheryl: we all love a parade but rough news for a retailer we all know. they're announcing they are down-sizing stores and people. lauren: but no surprise here, when we get the details. tracee carrasco here now with them, tracee, good morning. tracee: macy's will close 125 of its least productive stores, this is expected to happen over the next three years. on top of that, macy's will also close its cincinnati headquarters and tech offices in san francisco, cutting about 2,000 corporate jobs. macy's says it plans to focus on opening smaller stores in strip malls where more people are shopping. more than 100 macy's locations have closed since 2015. ebay could soon have a new owner in continental exc

the uaw warning that production of general motors vehicles here would be hurt because of a lack of parts coming out of china. the good news is, for the united states, we have interest rates dropping even further, hitting record lows. that helps americans lower energy prices. we still have ful on employments. we have enough resources to whether this prayer with a virus like this, it's self first, ask questions later. >> melissa: it fits perfectly into the president's argument about bringing things home here to america and being more independent ourselves. we look at what's happening with energy independence and the fact that we've had all the fracking, et cetera. so much freedom of movement from the middle east. this fits into this argument that we cannot be to all the asian nations for manufacturing, for labor, for all those kinds of things. >> jon: i think that's a very good point. it also helps make the argument for a clean energy economy, as well. it's also creating local jobs and that sort of thing. i want to go back to a point you made earlier and with the president said, which is t

the strike is not authorized by the local uaw union that represents student workers across the university of california system. the trump administration is facing public outcry over a proposal to weaken the national environmental policy act. the law was enacted in 1970 to address growing concern with runaway pollution and the potential impacts of major projects like highways, dams and mines. the trump administration is attempting to fast-track new rules that govern how nepa is implemented, slashing the environmental review time while eliminating any consideration of climate change as a potential impact of a project. supporters of the changes include the u.s. chamber of commerce and the koch brothers-funded american petroleum institute. earlier this week, the council on environmental quality held a public hearing in denver on the rule change. an indigenous-led rally opposing the nepa regulatory rollback was held nearby, criticizing the proposed rules as well as the limited access the public had to the hearing itself. advanced online registration for the hearing was required and filled up w

members of the uaw 2865 will gather at the plaza at 1:00 pm. >>> looking live now at the golden gateridge, which is set to remain toll-free for pedestrians and vice questions. assembly member phil ting has introduced a bill banning fees including the golden gate bridge. with the current ban expiring in january 2021, teen's new bill extends to another 10 years. and taking a live look at the richmond/san rafael bridge right now,, where the bicycle and pedestrian path will be closed forhoea starting monday thromarch 13th. the bridge will be closed from 9:00 a.m. to 2 pm monday through friday to allow caltrans to expect the bridge's and structural integrity. >> today would have been a good day to back to work. traffic on the roads. warm weather today. >> yeah, no doubt, definitely. >>> mass transit is always a good choice as well. but that might have been caltrain might've been a good option along the 101 through the peninsula because we have this major trouble spot all morning long. the good news is, i finally have good news, you can see on the live shot, all lanes now open. 101 near br

. >> reporter: the local uaw union hall, we found another disinfected trump voter. >> just the way heor. >> reporter: like a lot of neighbors, sarah burke is a fan of pete buttigieg. >> i think as far as maybe trying to beat trump. we need to get somebody in the mix that was not in that mix with the last election. >> reporter: others like christensen are not sure if they'll swing back. >> you may go back to the democratic party. >> reporter: he says he's leaning republicans but not at the democratic nominee has a better plan for agriculture. >> i don't know if anybody can be certain until you can evaluate both. >> reporter: you're a persuadable voter. >> absolutely. >> it is a powerful position to be. >> reporter: on a friday night in another quarter of the county, things looking different at the bar. >> 2008, you voted for president obama. and 2012, obama again. and 2016 you voted for trump. >> yes. >> reporter: owner vickie, democrats may hurt themselves with all this impeachment business. i think people are so sick of this and everything. >> reporter: that's what you are hearing ar

when you take a look at ford, remember the uaw strike was in there the first two weeks of october. $3.6 billion compare ford versus general motors ford also reported earnings. they didility yesterday after the close of business and in ford's earnings this was not a good report at all it missed in the fourth quarter due to poor execution. they've had a number of problems with the explorer launch it lost $1.7 billion in the fourth quarter and guidance below estimates. when you take a look at shares of ford, as one point it was down more than 9% as analysts are saying where is the growth going to come from from ford guys, back to you. >> phil lebeau, thank you. as we speak, we've got gm vehicles parked outside of the new york stock exchange. they had their meetings here as well and we've been very focused on the electric vehicle movement and how that's been powering tesla. i think gm would like to be a part of that conversation. >> they're trying to be. i think the street was okay with what they had to say stocks bouncing. in fact, all of the auto related stocks except for ford bounci

we have been working with the teamsters and uaw. bringing them in, coming in, and having workshops with them firsthand, so we can understand their needs and making sure we are proactively thinking of and addressing these things. we brought in four agencies, a department of labor, of course, health and human services and commerce. so hopefully we can have something produced for you soon. it really is a very interesting thought process we're going through when trying to protect the future and impacts for specific people. stay tuned on that one. lastly, automated vehicles comprehensive plan. this has received funding from congress but it is the most devilishly tricky problem we have because we have to predict the future and the future of what our regulations are going to say which no lawyer is comfortable doing. we have to predict what research we have to do, tie all these things together and that's why it was critical it put out av 4.0, so we have outlined what the department's roles are, what we're focused on, what we're doing, you h

. >> 2020 for you guys should be a clean year you don't have the uaw contact to come up you look likeorth america with the plant closings in the last year and a half and relatively fairly strong market still in north america. >> it's 2020 we expect to be another strong year and clean year as you put it we're expecting about flat eps for nonoperating items and we're doing that despite a softer u.s. industry we're expecting about half a million units down in the u.s. we're expecting china to continue to be down as well as markets in south america and we're able to maintain earnings and we have that today. >> and we talked to steve carlyle. the president yesterday, china is critical to cadillac. it's critical for general motors it's your largest market the coronavirus appears to be a jump ball. you already shut dwrourn plant f -- down your plant for the holiday. and that's extended out. what type of long-term q-1 impact do you expect from china? >> as you said it's a fluid situation and what we have done now is the safety for employees and we're concerned for everyone that's impacted and

were up in new hampshire, and i went to one of the bernie sanders' rallies, one of the members of the uawe vote. bernie sanders values are june values. that's why he is not in nevada. is he in south carolina trying to keep that as his who y leapt into second place. i saw a soundbite from you don peoples he said pete buttigieg is not going to win because is he simply too inexperienced. when you listen to the chief of police in south bend. he had this observation, harvey mills did about mayor buttigieg, listen. >> there is no reason that people all throughout our community should be afraid to walk down their streets at night or any time during the day for fear of being shot. you know, mayor pete has done a great job of putting down some great sidewalks and streets in south bend but what about the neighborhoods? what about where it really counts where crime is soaring and violence is out of control? we have had our second homicide today. we are at six already for the year. and we're only a city of 100,000. that angers me. steve: that's the union chief. ainsley: do you think he would ever say

macomb, wayne county is a huge percentage of uaw families.g to be to him proposing single payer and taking away your health plan? >> well, i think first and foremost, you know, the president talked about supporting coverage for preexisting conditions and yet we all know he has been in court since day one to try to get rid of the affordable care act. so one of the points i made last night is that every democrat running for president has embraced health care expansion, really ensuring everyone has access to quality affordable health care. so they all may have different plans but the goal is the same and whether you are fortunate enough to be represented by a great union or you are someone who is struggling in an hourly job or two of them and still can't make ends meet, the fact that there's one party that is trying to expand health care, various ways of doing it, but that's the goal and another that's just trying to rip it away is a very stark difference in what democrats offer going into this election. >> right now back to macomb and wayne cou

how some of these candidates can win michigan when they're going to throw all those union workers and uawre in the union, they've got a terrific health program. >> we promised equal time so i'm going to let a sanders surrogate deal with some of this as well. john kerry out there busy on the trail. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> thank you, sir. i turn to chuck rocha, a senior advisor on the sanders campaign. let's get right to it. john kerry said something that you're also seeing on ads, which is that your guy is going to take people's health care away. response? >> medicare for all will cover everybody. that's why you've seen him win the first three states. it's the number one issue with latinos. bernie sanders won 73% of the vote. >> cover everybody. we're not on a tape delay so i can get in quicker. >> let's do it. >> cover everybody, but what he's saying is, yeah, you're going to cover people, but they're not going to get what they had. everyone remembers the debate of are you going to lose your health care under obama and that was a more moderate or measures approach. this