there is a lack of union in the european union. and we have to work together. i think that is what we've gotten from the european electorate and that corresponds with what you gave to me. you are becoming nervous when you speak about the european union. [inaudible] [applause] i will not let each time we spend [inaudible] [applause] mr. president, ladies and gentlemen, the first priority today is and must be the refugee crisis. nearly 500,000 people have made their way to europe. the vast majority of them are fleeing from the islamic state were to take the ship into a tree. the most affected with over 200,000 refugees. minus 150,120,000. the numbers are impressive and for some they are frightening but now is not the time to take fright. it is a time for determined concerted action by the european union by its member states and institutions. the first of all the matters before the public considerations is a matter of humanity and human dignity. and for europe it is also a matter of historical attempts. [applause] we are all europeans

o credit union system u.s. federal credit union system and what it is doing to fight identity theft and fraud. ♪ are: aid organizations pressing the u.s. to take in more refugees from syria. the u.s. has taken in 1500 with an additional 300 expected in october. many has pledged to take in 35,000 -- germany has pledged to take in 35,000. yesterday, the house select committee on benghazi spent hillaryterviewing rodham clinton's former advisor. ads targeting presidential campaign donald trump. this is the "washington journal" for september 5. one --mployment figures, 5.1% across the united states, 173,000 jobs created for august. if the unemployment rate is dropping, we want to hear from you in our next 45 minutes on if you are seeing a change in the job picture where you live, perhaps with you and your family, your neighborhood. perhaps you don't see job creation at all. tell us about the unemployment picture where you live. if you noticed a change specifically, (202)748-8000 in the central time zone. in the moun

kind hink the particular of union are craft unions. industrial are in unions. these craft unions did serve ervice a barrier to keep preferred people in and help the relatives. trades e building unions. they're important in some parts philadelphia and was one parts of the country where they were important. it's not the majority. t occurs in manufacturing and transportation and so forth and this is an issue there. intoget crucial role in organizing workers getting to work and training the workers. i also want to ask you about these numbers are they recently reported on the income of people in right to work states versus states that have a stronger union presence. statesrage worker in with work to write -- rate -- right to work laws -- th -- than peopleke less in states with stronger unions. do you see this being factual at all? guest: i think it is probably the case that wages in states where there are no right to work typically earn about 3% more than workers in the same industries with the same educational attainment. inhink that is the consensus the literature

there are elections for unions, there's a democratic process in place for unionization. >> union dues, i have friends coerced to join public sector unions, and have not wanted to. because the politics. unions, and the dues they pay go to causes they find abhorrent. why cannot workers choose to be the. they have a noble history, there's no question that we desperately needed labour connections. >> you think we don't. >> i think unions should not have the finger on the scale to coerce workers to join or not join. bravo delta for doing the right thing by its workers, i took a delta flight. their flight attendants are australian democratsing. >> they did the right thing. however, there's a threat of unionization that hangs on above the decisions. >> perhaps there is. we know the nlrb made decisions that are hurtful to those that want to the start a business. employ labour who want to work freely, and the essence of the american way to have a choice. there's nothing wrong with having a choice. >> thank you. i want the republicans to continue to be antiunion. also asians, keep it up, and yo

union bosses. that is what our colleagues on the opposite side were upset about because guess who funds campaigns? we have statistics about our debate opponents if they pulled out that card because we always -- they always pull out the koch brothers, all these foundations that always obviously are from the right. we had it laid out how much of their campaign contributions came from the unions in case we had to pull the card out. i think they found out about it because they never brought it up in the debate. [laughter] chris: that was interesting. the workers' freedom is the angle we came at. workers will make less. we used your statistics, your statistics. this was an interesting one. to take all these numbers and bring it back to people, here is how we approached it -- they said, you know what, in non-right to work states, people make more money. i said you are absolutely right, they do. they would sit and look at me and ok, good, we agree on something. what i did is i had to bring it again cost o

far as new union members. now, now, i can just spout numbers, but i don't want you to take my word for it. i want to read you some quotes. this is something i never understood, that people think right to work hurts unions. to me, it helps them. you don't have to belong if you don't want to, so if i go to an organizing drive, you koent have to belong versus if you get 50% of you, then all have to belong whether you leicht or not. i don't even like the way that sounds. anybody know who said that? gary casteel, the uaw's current secretary treasurer. in michigan, the aflcio president said we don't know what to expect. we can continue to explain why membership is of value. same thing. same sentiment from the membership director of the state's largest union, the teacher's union. have we to increase our effort and he's talking about communicating with his members. sure, we have and we're stronger because of it. now, i like to say they're taking these sentiments to heart. i think some are, some aren't. we have run int

usore was a uso girl union -- in union terminal. it opened in 1941 and it served men and women who were traveling between the coast to give them a place to relax, write letters. if they had family or relatives visiting in cincinnati, there was a place for infants as well as a bunk room for them to grab a little sleep before they had to catch a train. union terminal had its fair share of famous people who had come through. there have been several presidents who came through the terminal. my favorite story is when harry truman came through. he went to buy a paper and the woman selling it did not recognize him. he actually signed the dollar and he bought the paper with hoping he would jog your memory. traffic began a steady decline after will or two. several factors -- after world war ii. several factors led to this. automobile, introduction of the highway system, faster air travel across the country made train travel largely unnecessary. there was already talk about leaving union terminal and adapting it to new uses cousin because the

[applause] >> there is a lack of european in this union and a lack of union in this union.se] >> translator: and that has to change. we have to change it, and now. work together to that end. i think that is the remit that we have got from the european electorate. and that actually corresponds to the remit you gave to me. i don't know why you are becoming nervous when you are speaking about the european union. [ inaudible ] >> you can't interrupt me. [ inaudible ] >> [applause] >> mr. president, ladies and gentlemen, whatever work programs or legislative agendas, say the first priority today is and must be the refugees crisis. since the beginning of the year, nearly 500,000 people have made their way to europe. the vast majority of them are fleeing from syria, the terror of the islamic state in libya, or dictatorship in eritrea. the most effected number states are with over 200,000 refugees, hungary, with more or less 150,000, and italy with 120,000. the numbers are impressive. for some, they are frightening. but now is not the time to take fright. it is a time for both dete

and union station.hey are right next to the capitol. and they are now starting to let people back in union station, but this entire area is where a number of the amtrak [inaudible] >> unfortunately we are not able to hear leland well. the announcements that are happening in union station were competing for sound. leland said according to the the reports we are getting, a man pulled a comboif in union station and a security guard pulled a gun and shot the man. so as we get more information, we'll bring it to you. jon? >>> a block or so away on capitol hill, republicans are moving full steam ahead on the nuclear deal. there was a resolution of disapproval that failed in the senate. we'll have a live report on all of this from capitol hill. lease the 2015 rc 350 for $429 a month for 36 months. see your lexus dealer. >>> phoenix is on edge after a string of highway shootings. police are asking for help in finding the person or persons firing at vehicles. one person described when his bus was shot. >> all i

union members. last year they added 50,000 new union members. michigan lost some in the united states beat the right to work states last year in new union members. if you go back a couple years to see it goes back and forth. seven years right to work states outpace not right to work states are forced union state as far as new union members. i can spout numbers out but i don't want you to take my word for it. i want to read you a couple quotes. this is something i never understood that people think right to work towards union. you don't have to belong if you don't want to. if iphoto and organizing drive i can tell workers if i don't like the arrangement you don't have to belong versus 50% of view all of you have to belong with elected or not. i don't even like the way that sounds. want to know who said that? kerry castille, dua w. current secretary treasurer. in michigan afl-cio president said we don't know what to expect. we can continue to explain to members by membership is of value. same sentimen

post unionization, mcdonald's, $15 an hour wage.hat's about a dollar on a meal, which is a sandwich, fries and coke. many can afford that. $15 an hour wage in manhattan, would not have much of an impact. the income is six figures. if we had, say, a uniform labour standard because they unionized nationwide and negotiated like autoworkers do, you see prices in small towns out into the country. not all of them, but some of them. >> professor spriggs, what do you make of that analysis? >> that is really a stretch. >> isn't is it in georgia to afford a happy meal than other questions. >> that's not a relevant question. if you organise mcdonald's, you may not want a national vote. getting to the point of collecting green cards to say we have newer workers to have the -- enough workers to have the vote, that may not be the way you want to approach it. workers now at a franchise can organise. nothing in that changes that fact. it doesn't change that reality. what changes is who has to come to the table. who has to come to the table is not j

perhaps a union would bargain over the number of games. if the school and union are at an impasse, would athletes go on strike? are these schools ready to make some tough decisions like cutting support to other athletic programs like lacrosse field hockey, or even raising tuition? >> the list of grievances these players presented are a list of grievances that players could have presented 5 or 10 years ago across the college community, but they haven't been addressed. whether or not you have the security of a scholarship, for how long, whether you have health insurance, stipends, transfers...we've been over this. we've been over this and over this and over this... >> it's bringing us into a sea of complete uncertainty. >> the ncaa says it will fight the northwestern effort all the way to the supreme court. >> i'm not saying the ncaa created institutional racism and poverty in the us. but the ncaa consciously benefits, because they put players from a particular background in a position where rocking the boat is lethal for their opportunities

today they combined to 22.4% to union workers. >> thinking about the union, the common pace of labour may have been now. increasingly it's latino. minority, and non-male, and that's changing how candidates are approaching the labour constituency. >> a field of candidates with names bike jed bush, chris christie, jindal and scott walker who said he'd work to make every state as they did in wisconsin. unions have been valuable to democrats. >> particularly important in this election, because he has more sent rift candidates. pulling to the left by senator bernie sanders. and a lot of that push is coming from the union movement. >> thus far in the 2016 cycle. bernie sanders has been supported by the nurses union, and hillary clinton has the american federation of teachers. the candidate await the alcio. most coveted. >> it doesn't pay off strategically to issue an early endorsement. hillary clinton is still the most likely candidate. if the aflcio endorsed her, she'd have no incentive to push for policies or vocalise on policies favourable to the union movement. >> with that the candidat

we are launched the energy union. we are step by step progressively completing the internal market because the internal market is -- we are taking initiative after initiative to promote prurpship in europe. the british government and more lovely than that of the british policymaker. the problem is that this cannot be rejected from this commission because this commission is doing exactly that and i would like our british friends to support the initiative of the commission in that very field the same is applying to the need to include and many trade agreements and regulations in the world, including the transatlantic fraid and investment partnership. i'm in favor of the ttp. but i am not in favor of giving up european standards. as indicated, the freedom of movement of workers cannot be touched. the same applies to the transatlantic partnership. we have our basic values. we have our principals and these principals cannot be given up during these negotiations. the it's and i am strongly in favorite, the trade commission,

toay, union terminal is home the museum center. it is also an important hub for the riodder community. it is home to many events and organizations, we host different events here connected to the different museums. living history events, science events and so on. lots of schools come here. it is important piece of the city's history. the iconic skyline, union terminal is included. everyone recognizes it. it is very much the visible face of the city. >> find out where our tour is going next online at c-span.org/citiestour . you're watching american history tv on c-span3. reporter for nbc. is this marion barry's place? that is a seat over there. i went to the office and called him up. mr. mayor, i just went to club 55. don't you realize people are watching what you do, where you go. they see you sit there all the time and watch naked dancing girls. was a positive phone. he said, is nice, isn't it? reporter on the political corruption in maryland, bc, and for dinner. >> attorney general from around the country signed the letter they ag

employee unions is now the majority of the union membership? >> sure. a typical right to work law, and wisconsin was a little bit different so i won't talk about act 10, i can let the senator speak to that much more authoritatively, but a typical right to work law for government employees, government employee unions, is the exact same as a typical right to work law for the private sector. it simply says that a union can't get a worker fired. whether it's private sector or public sector, a union can't go in and say, this person has to pay us or they lose their job. that's all right to work does, in both public and private. government workers, depending on the civil service laws or anything ancillary, can still negotiate over wages, hours, and working conditions, same as in the private sector. as far as a difference, for a typical right to work law, are really is none. >> now, the effect i found in my study was there were different wage effects for the government and in the private sector. i think the reason might be, the government unions are in

know if brady needs a union, we definitely need union. -- unions.ughter] [applause] obama: so the fact of the matter is even kids understand this. you are stronger when used in an together. and a job is about more than a paycheck. employees are more than just alled in a wheel -- cogs in wheel. they are folks that big of an extra shift to help out a worker who is in a jam, folks were trying to save for retirement after years of sacrifice, folks who clocked in every morning and stayed late to make sure the job was done right and then donated some of that money to their church or their ymca. there is a pride and a dignity inherent in any job, and whether you have got the security of the union or not. express thatl help sense of voice to what you do every single day, and i believe that all workplaces should reflect the work and the dignity .f our working families that is why we fought for worker safety. that is why we ought for the right to unionize, and that is why we are hosting next month to make sure that americans share in the blessings of this cou

the soviet union israel by communists. this has a huge -- soviet union is ruled by communist. -- communists. had to be threat that eradicated so all this comes together to make the war in the east a particularly savage affair. interviewer: how did it affect the general population and the soviets him a house of you it's? jeff: at least the units i looked at, the advance and they go through the baltic states. these people have been forcibly incorporated into the soviet union in 19 30, 1940. as liberators. going to get rid of the communists. as the germans pushed deeper into -- out of the baltic states and out of russia toward leningrad there are some russians who greet them in a welcoming manner. the germans are opening up, the soviets see them as allowing them to practice their religion. there are many people who were not thrilled with stalin's policies. as the year advances we see that this initial support of the germans dissipates. this is most noteworthy in the town where there is a small city, large town that sits outsi

to join the union. might grandfather was a member of the railroad union. there may be a long-term sort of issue. it's nobody's fault, it's just part of the way things are working out. lots of lawyers and lots of consultants will make money off of what they're doing over there , and the next white house will come in and change things or now ont 10 years from think they will be at a certain level where maybe 6.7% is about that level. certain industries that are heavy industries where the union movement is embedded, it won't be below that level but i don't see it going up. >> high. i am marked with investment news. i'm wondering, randy, if you can elaborate a little bit about the cadillac tax. what are the chances that congress will do something this fall, and what are the chances that the cadillac tax will be put aside because republicans want to repeal whole thing, the whole obamacare law dr. -- the whole obamacare law? >> of course the chamber opposed it to begin with. but there is no unscrambling the o

everyone wants to make history as the first union regiment or first union corps into richmond. weitzel says each group will take a different road in and converge at rocket landing. the different groups all take roads in. there's a bit of a foot race on some of the regiments where two meet, and when group would rush across the field trying to beat the other into richmond. as the troops enter, the 25th corps enters first. followed by godfrey weitzel. explosions are heard in the city. the city is on fire. the liberated slaves come out and greet the union troops as liberators. many drawings have been made of this scene of the federals entering, and you can always find godfrey weitzel. he did not dress in full major general's attire. here he is, shown behind a band from his 25th corps playing union songs as they march in in orderly procession into the burning capital. they stop at capitol square, which is the only place that people can get a breath of fresh air. the poor people of richmond have gone there with their belongings. at capitol square, another flag is placed above the con

al ever up next, a lack at the changing political rolls of unions in america. and a starving toddler found nursing on a dog. this weekend the nation is preparing. labor day, the traditional end of summer all times coinsided with the traditional beginning of a presidential race and that's changed. freedom is lost. ronald reagan lost his 1980 presidential campaign with those words but a year later he fired 11,000 striking air traffic controllers. very few labor groups support republicans. on top of that, membership has declined steadily. democrats have not lost -- today, black and hispanic workers combine 22.4% of union workers. >> in the 40s and 50s the common pace of labor might have been a white male. who said that as president he would make every date a right to work state as he did in wisconsin particularly in this election there's more candidates like hillary clinton being pulled to the left and a lot of that push is coming from the union music. seeking votes and awaiting endorsements if they tell themselves for the best alms of the presidency. michael shor

there was news that he was going to join the union. it was a rumor that echoed across the america all through the summer of 1861 and i later found out that the rumor began back at this little island as his lieutenant advisors were assaulting the press with these stories. he might come in raise his sward for america. this happened immediately after the battle of bull run. with lincoln's approval, the secretary of state invited this soldier of freedom to come and fight for the unity and liberty of america. he sent one of his most trusted diplomats to belgium and unofficially the head of secret service in the union diplomatic corps to this tiny island out in the middle of the mediterranean to ask garibaldi if he would serve in the union army. he had two conditions. one is he wanted complete command of all union forces. [laughter] a pilot must be in control of his ship. second he wanted to know was this war about the ami emancipation of the negroes or not? if it's not about slavery or universal emancipation, then it then it will be just an

there's a lack of union in this european union. [ applause ]. and that has to change. we have to change it, and now. work together to that end. i think that is what we have from the european electorate. that corresponds to what you gave to me. >> i don't know why you are becoming nervous about when you were speaking about the european union, sir. >> each time you respond to what you are saying because what you are saying is worthless. [ applause ]. >> mr. president, ladies and gentlemen, the programs or legislative agendas say the first priority to date is and must be addressing the refugee crisis. since the beginning of the year, nearly 500,000 people have made their way to europe. the vast a majority of them are fleeing from syria, the terror of the islamic state of libya, or detainership. the most effective number states over 200,000 refugees, hungry with more or less 150,000 in italy with 120,000. the numbers are impressive. for some, they are frightening. but now is not a time to take fright. it is time for concerted action by the european union, by its member sta

first of all this is not the soviet union. russia certainly not a democracy but as the soft authoritarianism and people are on line and they can still say what they think even if this guy has wiped out the organizations of democracy and he certainly has completely removed all the oxygen from competition. he is now the number one and there is no number two. there is a lot of bad behavior but i would say if somebody goes to russia periodically and cares about it we shouldn't confuse putin. there's an ente middle class that benefited for the last 20 years from the amount of open as they did have. it's been the most open time in a thousand years of russian history and i think we can hope that even with a strongman leader the influences that we the americans and western europeans have helped spread will prevail over time. >> i have a question. did the cia take care of natasha and her son after he was executed? >> i tell the story in the book and i don't want to spoil this for you but it's a sad story. i would urge you to read it. i

there is a lack of europe in the european union and the lack of union in this european union. [ applause ] and that has to change. we have to change it. and now work together to that end. i think that is the remit we got from the european electorate. and that actually corresponds to the remit you gave to me. >> i don't know why you are becoming nervous when you are speaking about the european union. >> [ inaudible ]. >> so, now, you can interrupt me from time to time. i will not at each time respond to what you are saying, because what you are saying is worthless. [ applause ] >> mr. president, ladies and gentlemen, whatever work programs or legislative agendas say, the first priority today is and must be the refugee crisis. since the beginning of the year, nearly 500,000 people have made their way to europe. the vast majority of them are fleeing from syria, the terror of the islamic state in libya, or the dictator ship. the most effective number states is over 200,000 refugees, hungry, with more or less 150,000, and italy with 120,000. the numbers are impressive. for some, they are frig

these big union jobs, unions like the united auto workers or steel workers were largely moved everseasor sometimes to the south where you have strong antiunion regime, what has then happened is that workers have lost voice in the arena, and so what happens? cuirpciÓns again, retake over the nation setting the agenda, fighting against union, fighting against workplace safety so that the regimes we do create la osha. they become underfunded. you have states fully committed, you have states such as wichciÓn -- wisconsin and michigan, you have the citizens united decision, 125 years ago corporations are able to control the agenda and workers can't, unless you have income inequality and you have the beginning of social movement to fight b that. [laughs] >> it's a story with solutions. we can recreate stable good work for people, but what we have to do is hold corporations legally accountable no matter where they go. and they have to be accountable no matter who they sub contract to andsu no matter where they pt their countries. companies like wal-mart can say, this isn't our problem, no, it

we'll speak with dolores huerta, who helped form that union about the current state of unions in america. >>> and rwanda, havns have elecd paul kigame once again >> al jazeera america, weekday mornings. catch up on what happened overnight with a full morning brief. get a first hand look with in-depth reports and investigations. start weekday mornings with al jazeera america. open your eyes to a world in motion. >> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm antonio mora. coming up in this half hour of international news, how queen elisabeth ii has changed the monarchy. >>> but first a look at the stories making headlines across the u.s. in our american minute. >> in pasco washington, a prosecutor ruled out charges against police officers who shot antonio zambrano. evidence shows the officers used legal force. cincinnati fired its police chief after an independent review of the department. in a memo today the city manager explained jeffrey blackwell showed poor leadership at a time when cincinnati is showing a dangerous spike in violence. chief blackwell was facing a no confidence vote from t

efforts to unionize. drivers decided to join a teacher's union. others are resistant. >> workers for companies like uber are treated as they're not inemploy inemployees. >> i worry they don't get involved and go to meetings to find out what is going on. >> reporter: members like elizabeth martinez say they hope more young people join unions saying organized labor fights to benefit all workers. in san jose, abc7 news. >>> 50 years ago this week, cesar chavez would help launch a nationwide battle for farm worker rights. chavez learned the craft at this meeting hall in san jose. now, the building stands a step closer to being a national landmark. it is on east san antonio street, obtaining status as a california historic landmark. >> president obama signed an executive order that will guarantee paid sick leave for people working for federal government contractors. union leaders cheered for the president when he took the stage in boston. the president's order will take affect in 2017, giving workers up to sev

john: but the union says correctly that both the union and nonunion workers have lower wages. >> buty also have a lot more jobs i don't even believe these workers in south carolina field they are underpaid. they sweep them up a line around the block with pretty good salaries. john: what would you say to these two? >> you cannot dissolve the middle-class to think we will have progress we spend money we produce revenue that we built the middle-class pay as more people will spend more. >> if the unions are so wonderful then why do you have to force me? why can i not choose? and they don't have a response why should we force people to join if it is a wonderful thing? to join the argument please follow me atwitter or i'd like my facebook page. how important is that first job? >> washing dishes. >> but where do jobs come from? who creates jobs? >> stimulus i guess? you're down with crestor. yes! when diet and exercise aren't enough, adding crestor lowers bad cholesterol up to 55%. crestor is not for people with liver disease, or women who are nursing, pregnant, or may become pregnant. tell

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wouldral be handed over to the soviet union.e these concessions. finally, f.d.r. also said he would gain his concurrence. the secret agreement reflected in part an ingenious solution to a fundamental conflict of interest between the united states and soviet union over china. long-term soviet strategy had been to establish buffer zones around the borders of the states, as was then occurring in eastern europe. and asia, the buffer zones -- in asia, the buffer zones were outer mongolia, manchuria, korea, and the islands. the soviets had long ago established estate in outer mongolia, exerted substantial influence, and were poised to take a page from japan's book in seizing manchuria and korea. states for close to half a century had espoused a strategy of the open door which meant undeserved support for china's territorial integrity. american and russia strategies were indirect conflict, particularly over manchuria which in 1943, f.d.r. had promised to return to china. f.d.r.'s solution to this conundrum was to propose that in return

the union organize tokers yet fired -- organizers get fired, the union organizers sometimes get murdered, the government ignores them because the government is basically owned by the apparel companies. it's like 10% of the bangladeshi parliament is apparel contractors in bangladesh. they don't want any reforms. but look at the united states. are things getting better for workers in the united states? no, they're not. the erase youerasure of these bg union jobs like the united autoworkers and the united steelworkers, with those jobs largely moved overseas or sometimes to the south where you have strong anti-union regimes, what has then happened is that workers have lost their voice in the political arena. with every lost union job, that's less money that workers have to influence the political realm. and so what happens? corporations genre take over -- again retake over the agenda. fighting against unions, fighting against workplace safety so that the regulatory regimes we do create like osha, for instance, right? or like the environmental protection agency. they become underfunded. you h

the african union soon regained control. are quiten union tightlipped at the moment in terms of casualties. there was a briefing note sent to diplomats which said 50 soldiers have been killed. 100 are currently unaccounted for. the death toll could rise substantially from here. this is a significant attack. >> these soldiers are from uganda. you have met with ugandan troops. what is the operating environment like there? duncan: i was in a nearby town in april. the bases are rudimentary. they have razor wire protecting them, but not much else. no concrete walls. it's easy during the nighttime to launch attacks. mortars distract the troops in the base and then the infantry can cut through razor wire to invade the bases. they are quite vulnerable. understood that there was a failure by attack helicopters to mobilize to help the troops on the ground. a lot of challenges at the moment for the african union and their remaining -- they are remaining tightlipped at the moment. former warlord nicknamed the terminator is on trial toda

it's the union bosses. that's what our colleagues on the opposite side were upset about, because guess who funds campaigns. and we have the statistics for a lot of our debate opponents sitting there ready if they pulled out that card, because we always hear about, you know, they always pull out the koch brothers and all these foundations that always obviously are from the right. so we had it laid out how much of their campaign contributions came from the unions, in case we had to pull that card out. i think they found out about it because then brought it up in the debate. that was interesting. so the workers' freedom, that was the angle we came in at. workers will make less. we used your statistics, your statistics. this was an interesting one. so to take all these numbers, and again, bring it back to people, here's how we approached it. so they brought up the argument. they said, you know what, in non-right-to-work states, people make more money. i said, you know what, they absolutely do. they would kind o

>> an external border at the edges of the european union. the question which arises there, if hungary is turning bam people seeking to enter hungary, it is running the risk of its own obligations under the convention, to determine the status of someone who presents himself at the border, that is a separate question of the borders between european union states. that second issue seems to be about the struggle to control the flows of refugees moving from one country to another. and that's in essence if you like a squabble between european union states as to who should share the burden of supporting and providing protection and assistance to the refugees fleeing from syria. >> adrian berry thank you very much indeed for speaking to us on al jazeera. >>> russia says it will continue military supplies to back syrian president bashar al-assad. >> certainly the supplies are ongoing and will continue. and strain people how to use this weaponry and there is no mysterious secret about it. >> stepped up their campaign to take control of the city of ale

even brady is happy he's got i a union. they had his back. >> president obama uses tom brady to make his point during a speech in boston while slamming the gop. it's 5:30 on the east coast, 2:30 out west. this is "way too early." ♪ >>> good morning. it's tuesday, september 8th. i'm louis. americans enjoy an extra day of vacation, candidates were working hard over the the labor day weekend. we begin with vice president joe biden. he marched in pittsburgh with cio president and joked about his 2016 decision. biden made good on his i promise to run the route shaking hands and taking pick can which you ares amid cries of run joe run. he spoke at a rally, a smaller gathering of steelworkers where he praised bernie sanders and teased a white house run. >> by the way, this isn't just joe biden, pro labor, liberal democrat et cetera talking like this as the populist will say, populist biden got up and said tod today. they'll probably say competing with bernie sanders -- doing a hell of a job by the way -- competing with bernie sand

efforts to unionize.rivers decided to join a teacher's union. others are resistant. >> workers for companies like uber are treated as they're not inemploy inemployees. >> i worry they don't get involved and go to meetings to find out what is going on. >> reporter: members like elizabeth martinez say they hope more young people join unions saying organized labor fights to benefit all workers. in san jose, abc7 news. >>> 50 years ago this week, cesar chavez would help launch a nationwide battle for farm worker rights. chavez learned the craft at this meeting hall in san jose. now, the building stands a step closer to being a national landmark. it is on east san antonio street, obtaining status as a california historic landmark. >> president obama signed an executive order that will guarantee paid sick leave for people working for federal government contractors. union leaders cheered for the president when he took the stage in boston. the president's order will take affect in 2017, giving workers up to seven

. >> you establish border controls around the european union. what then happens to this wave of humanity that is fleeing desperate situations, particularly in syria wher, where they're facing barrel bombs and the use of chemical weapons in some places. what then happens to these people? >> then we can agree on the very fact that the situation might be miserable in turkey and lebanon. they're not facing immediate danger, and it is unacceptable that refugee refugee would take the illegal way of coming to europe through greece, macedonia and serbia and hungary. there are no wars going on in that countries, and these people are risking their lives for a reason, we don't know. it is the perspective of humanity that we're calling out that this should be stopped. illegal migrations should be stopped. and instead. if it cannot control the borders. if we're not able to differentiate with the refugees and economic migrants we're not going to be able to give precise answers. that's what is happening in germany at the moment. europe is going to be able to c

but you have to remember were the first leaders of the soviet union ever to live in the soviet union.l the others are in special cocoons. they didn't know what life was like in the soviet union. both grew up and they made by way the bureaucracy and so on. they lived there. they understood. and i believe it's correct, i'm not absolutely -- it must have been a shock to him to contrast with the so -- soviet union. so he was different without a doubt. he was a very bright observant guy, but he actually lived in his own country. he went back home and would go to a special place and so on. >> last question. yes. yeah. >> i mean lisa anderson in hoo, -- hoover institution, is there any evidence that what was happening in united states in terms of the success and builtup of the economy and the other efforts that have been discussed, that they decide that this led to the selection of a younger more vital open leader in gorbashev? >> i think that during the first reagan presidency they tried their upmost to cope with the sort of threat, the sort of pressure that you're talking about in internat