through a collective bargaining arrangement between the steel workers union and some of its participating employers. i'll give you a couple of names. united states steel, which has been around for more than 100 years and should be a familiar name. arselar matau, which is a large steel company in the united states that has works in places like cleveland and western indiana but all over the country are just two of them. and we're not a dues-seeking organization. we actually go out and do a lot of town hall meetings with small and mid-size manufacturers at no cost to them. we've done 35 of these town hall meetings around the country, so we've been able to meet literally hundreds and thousands of workers and small and mid-size manufacturers to hear their points of view about what needs to be done to strengthen our economy. >> next call from trenton in texas. a republican. welcome. >> caller: gentlemen, good morning. i appreciate your made in the usa approach, something we've needed a long time. my question and statement, i guess, in 1999, the cia director under clinton was interviewed, and he had six lawyers on stage with him picking everythi

the united steel workers union agreed do a new contract with shell oil and bp. a tentative three-year agreement affects 30,000 workers in oil related industries nationwide, including te ining a refinery. the deal was announced hours last night before the midnight deadline. it includes a 2% pay hook this year. the contract still has to be ratified by union members. >>> 4:46 right now. the park city utah has a sundance film festival and san jose has a film festival. last night the kickoff at the san jose athletic club. our own christina lorn was on hand to get the party started. she also emceed the event. nearly 200 films will be shown this year in and around downtown san jose. it runs february 28 through march 11. they had a pretty good turnout last night. holy smokes! >> you look stunning in that red dress. >> oh, thank you! >> i'd have just worn that today. >> i love talking to other media partners about how they watch us in the morning. so it is really cool to get together with the media and get some feedback about our show. they like the ladies in the morning

the united steel workers union agreed to a contract with shell oil and bp. a tentative three-year agreement affects 30,000 workers in oil related industries. nationwide. including a refunery in martinez. it was announced before a midnight deadline. the agreement needs to be ratified by members. but expected to include a 2% pay hike and 2.5% boost over the next two years. >> groan idea. some are seeing red when the google luxury shuttle buses drive by. nearly a third of google employees board the g bus shuttles like this one you see here for commute to the mountain view campus. the church of los gatos allows employees to use its lot. the church asked google to schedule stops around the school bell. goog al greed. parents say the buses block a bike lane. police asked the bus drivers to pull into the parking lot which they will start doing beginning tomorrow. formal agreement needs to be hammered out between the town and google. >>> jeff ranieri in the weather center. find out if we will have more spring weather in february tomorrow. >> yes, you were calling it

origin was via importation of crude oil or bishman. >> so that means that the steel industry that purchases the oil, the united states steel produces this oil -- purchase thez oil, the tooth brush industry purchases this oushl the football industry, that they purchase i mak with, it steel o whatever, that can be exported under the markey amendment. is that not correct? >> i'm not sure that that's clear either because the clause that follows this says it will be entered into domestic commerce for final disposition because final disposition is not defined. the product and where that line ends with the products, what happens with it is not clear. for instance, a refined product that then those chemicals were used to make a product that then it would prohibit selling that product overseas without more clarity on what final disposition is. >> so when the tooth brush factory purchases the oil to make the tooth brushes, is there anything that would in this amendment that then in any way restricts the export of those tooth brushes? >> i think that the amendment is unclear because that -- to the extent those chemicals

. >>> the united steel workers union says it's reached a tentative deal with shell on a new three-yearcontract recovering refinery workers nationwide. the union represents thousands of refinery workers including te tese --tesero. they were still at the bargaining table last night and safety measures are a sticking point. >>> let's check in with sal. let's see what sal is focusing on. >> i'm focusing on the wet roads because even a little bit of wetness causes more traffic than normal. the bridge, it's misty and foggy. we have flight delays coming in for san francisco airport. it's on twitter. we checked with the airport and the problem is that the planes are coming in a little extra slow. of course they turn around and go out delayed as well. this is a look now at the bay bridge. you can see some of that wet weather moving through. steve will be here in a moment. but for driving, it's not great. but there is a lot of slow traffic at the toll plaza. and if you are driving in contra costa county, we have slow traffic building not only on 4 but the 680, 24 approaching orinda. >>> let's go

united steel workers union represents the refinery workers. a local representative told us 18 refinery workers have died in the past three years across the country and safety measures are a sticking point. >> we're the ones doing the work. and we're making lots of money, we're looking for safety, we're looking for better health. coverages for our family. >> reporter: the union representatives here in the bay area tell ktvu they expect negotiations here will continue into the wee hours of the morning. >>> union workers walked picket lines today at kaiser hospital across california. the labor dispute include 1,500 workers who provide medical care. thousands of other nurses joined in sympathy. >> what's this about? >> patient care. >> reporter: the strikers mentioned patient care for especially patients with mental health issues. >> many of our patients have waited six weeks or more to get into more return visit appointments. we find this inexcusable. >> reporter: the hospital counters. >> we provide excellent care for our members. we've been rec

united steel workers union represents the refinery workers. a local representative told us 18 refinery workers have died in the past three years across the country and safety measures are a sticking point. >> we're the ones doing the work. and we're making lots of money, we're looking for safety, we're looking for better health. coverages for our family. >> reporter: the union representatives here in the bay area tell ktvu they expect negotiations here will continue into the wee hours of the morning. >>> union workers walked picket lines today at kaiser hospital across california. the labor dispute include 1,500 workers who provide medical care. thousands of other nurses joined in sympathy. >> what's this about? >> patient care. >> reporter: the strikers mentioned patient care for especially patients with mental health issues. >> many of our patients have waited six weeks or more to get into more return visit appointments. we find this inexcusable. >> reporter: the hospital counters. >> we provide excellent care for our members. we've been rec

united steel workers union has it reached a tentative bill..on represents thousands of workers. if the announcement of the national agreement averted a strike but the deal -- they told us they are still at the bargaining table and safety measures are a sticking point. >>> in a 6-5 vote the san francisco board of supervisors gave okay for two rules in the plaza. it would ban smoking. the critics argue that unfairly targeted the homeless. sleeping at the plazas will only be banned between 8:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m.. >>> it is the season of love for california skunks. wildlife experts say moneys of skunks are migrating to find love meats. for obvious reason that is bad news for people that live in that area. female skunks constantly spray when they have mated to keep other males away. other times males will spray right back. residence are being advised to bring any. >>> we will tell you if wall street likes facebook. we'll tell you all about their ipo coming up. >>> also trouble at si. the outbreak that shut down one of san francisco's best known hi

refineries reach a new three-year contract with the united steel workers union avoiding a potential strikestroik could have idled 6% of u.s. refining capacity boosting prices for gas, jet fuel, diesel and other refined products. the last time refinery workers went on strike was in 1980 and lasted about three months. >>> automakers report their january sales today. it is expected sales rose 4% from a year ago and were flat from december. that's actually a positive sign that the industry continues to build momentum because sales typically drop off sharply in january following the blitz of sales and incentives during the holidays. back over to you. >> thank you. >>> 5:19. apparently it will take a lot longer to demolish the old eastern span of the bay bridge than first thought. caltran says it will now take between five and seven years to remove the span to oakland at a cost of $244 million. the original timeline was two years. the complexity of the demolition and removal of hazardous materials is blamed for the delay. work should begin days after the new eastern span opens in 2013. >>> a cam

trans canada touting 75% of the steel in this project in america, either canada or the united states. so i tried to reach out to trans canada and ask them clarifying information. i know yesterday in opening statements my good friend tim murphy, we sit on the steel caucus together was touting the wonderful effects of jobs created in our country in the steel industry. i share that concern with tim. we work very hard to help u.s. steel manufacturers. i reached out to the permit applicant trans canada and several other sources to try to get some clarifying information on where 75% of the steel used in the keystone pipeline domestically sourced from north america would be. unfortunately the best answer i could get seems to be there's a single pipe manufacturer in little rock, arkansas, providing most of the steel for this pipeline. the trouble with that is the manufacturer doesn't actually use u.s. or north american steel to make their pipe. in fact, the little rock plant very clearly told me they make their pipe out of foreign steel. in fact, they have already imported 148 miles of ready

. >> it has been confirmed a german steel giant is selling the majority of its stainless steel unit to a finnish competitor. staff a protest against the billion-year deal, which they feel will bring significant job cuts. the sales contract rule out layoffs for the next four years, but it will not stop the closure of a major plant next year. action, german blue chips finished the final trading day of the month with gains but retreated from session highs in late trading -- onto tuesday's market action. in frankfurt, germany's blue- chip dax closed higher. your stocks 50 index of leading eurozone blue chips up 5.5%. across the atlantic in new york, the dow jones currently trading slightly lower, down by 0.2%. the euro lower against the dollar trading at a value of $ 1.3887. a plan to create millions of new jobs in a further planned to boost the eurozone economy, which involves tapping 82 billion euros of unspent funds from the eu budget. unemployment across the eurozone as a whole now stands at more than 10%, the highest level since the euro debuted a decade ago. not even europe's leading

steel is a fine company, okay? but don't sit here and blow smoke up our you-know-what by telling us that 75% of this product is being sourced in the united states or north america when that is simply not true. >> yes, i would. >> he knows i'm sympathetic. i've got steel mills in my district, u.s. steel is located there. we should get him the answer. our staff note says that 50 keystone steel originated from the united states and the second largest source was from canada. if that's not true, we should get your answer, and i would ask to do that. >> thank you. and let me reclaim my time and say that i believe you'll find out that the steel in canada has been imported from russia and that the steel in this country has been kbroimported from indi. if i'm wrong, prove me wrong. >> if the gentleman would yield, i would be happy -- it's important to know. >> will the gentleman yield? >> if i could just continue. devotion to steel workers, which they're not as friendly with me even though i work on it. remember the plumbers and pipefitters support this. >> i support this. i just don't like being bs'd, okay? anybody else on my time? >> thank you

steel production fell about 8% in january. hardest hit, china and japan. output in each of those countries fell by 10 persh. not hurting, the united states. which is a good piece of news for this country's economy is apparently for our defense. which brings us to tonight's number. one quadrillion. one and 15 zeros. that's how many tons of steal it would require to build a death star. this is true, apparently. aaccording to a pair of lee high students, it's 87 miles in diameter and has the same denlsdenls density as a modern

which means united states roughly you know more than twice as large as china but china makes ten times the amount of steel three times as many vehicles they purchase they consume twice as much beer they export three times as much as many high tech exports as the united states does. three times as much cotton five times as much coal other lists go on and on the so the cell phone markets three times as large so i just wondered how you know if we get duct printed my. any government transfer payments what would the g.d.p. of the united states really be you know i think that's really a bubble that nobody sees is that the american g.d.p. is a complete fabrication and i'd also highlight the manufacturing numbers you know many people including academics high level policymakers united states will tell you well we don't need to worry united states is still the largest manufacturing economy you know the federal reserve has admitted they don't break up the value add in those numbers so you know you know this is nine million people working in manufacturing i can drive within an hour of where i'm sitting right now if i

states export to china look at the real numbers the major exports from united states to china last year was corn so it beans scrap steel and scrap plastic. looks more like a eighteenth century economy what we see in united states the other hand what you see is china exporting their number one export united states is now electronic equipment. manufacturer manufactured look tronics so china story twenty years ago on the low wage low value added in it's very new work of many american companies are going to get global competitors coming out of china in future yeah you mentioned scrap metal scrap paper yet if you look at the list of exports from the top twenty states that export to china from the united states number two or number three on the list is always garbage america's excellent exporting its garbage to china like scrap paper for example which of course china recycles into cardboard cardboard boxes and resells back to united states and has made many many billions of dollars for people over there who are not afraid of doing a day's work of course in america that's not in the cards anymore it's more about getting that

united states. and it uses u.s. steel and u.s. labor. it also will see to it that the refining is done in the united states and not in china because the united states will get the business but more importantly it will also do so in a careful and responsible fashion, which we will not see done if it is done in china. and we need the oil. the oil is going to come and it is going to be produced in one way or another and we might as well toe z to it that the benefit are derived by the united states. having said this, we are simply codifying the process, expediting the matter and avoiding a prodigious wealth of litigation which will occur and which i can assure you will be handled very well by the environmentalists in their opposition to the pipeline and the production of the oil. having said that, we might as well see to it that we use an understood process that will give acceptance to that process and that we do so in a way which confers the benefit on the united states, jobs in the united states and other things but which does it in a way w

united states steel, which has been around more than a hundred years, shod be a familiar name. arcellor mettal, which is a large company that has worked in places like cleveland. those are just two of them. we are not a dues-seeking organization. we do a lot of town hall meetings with small and midsize manufacturers at no cost to them. we have done over 35 of these meetings around the country. we have been able to meet literally hundreds and thousands of workers at small and mid- sized manufacturers to hear their points of view about what needs to be done to strengthen america. host: next call from texas, stephen, a republican, welcome. caller: the morning, gentlemen. i appreciate your usa approach, something we have needed a long time. my question and a statement, i guess, in 1999 the cia director under clinton was interviewed ganz had six lawyers on stage with him and taking everything he said apart. -- interviewed him. he said we can make a car 60 miles at gas eiks told himhe sh don't do that because we will lose out on money. if congress people lost their paychecks over thi

the younger boys are going to school in a steel truck container used to bring over united states military supplies. 80 kids going to school in a truck container. the girls are outdoors going to school in the dirt with one mat one black board that keeps blowing down and they keep picking it up in the wind and one teacher. to me, the courage and hope that resonates when i see those kids - some of these young woman, walk 1/2 hours to get to school. it's time we need to help support them and that they have the opportunity and privilege to all go to school. so, i'm - sometimes people ask ar organization and the board mass upon derd this to say half of our staff is illiterate. why do you hire illiterate people to work with literacy organization. these men and women worked for a long time for us and they're willing to go in some of the most difficult, remote or dangerous areas to risk their lives year after year just to get one girl in school and i call this is the most over achieving under qualified staff on the planet. you know, some people ask me, well isn't it difficult or dangerous over the

because it was -- they said it was protectionalist legislation, saying you had to have steel purchased within the united states on certain projects. they didn't know who was going to debate against me. they finally got wright who was then -- not the speaker, but he was speaker pro tem to debate me. he was the only one who agreed to debate a pregnant woman on the floor of the house. but i have to say that it was like having 434 godparents. everyone was just wonderful and i was fortunate. you know, i was fortunate that i could go through that whole thing and i stayed until just before the baby was born. and the most conservative republican was the one who made the motion to grant me maternity leave. and it was -- i got through it. i traveled with the baby back and forth from california, just like before every two weeks. fortunately, she was not a lot of difficulty or trouble or sickly or anything like that and i was able to do it. my husband was very cooperative and helpful. an i did it for six years. but it did become a problem for me in terms of how she was going to go to school. i thought i was going t

units. it will be comparable to what you see here. stainless steeleverything, find the ceilings and hardwood floors. rent will range from $2000 to upwards of triple that amount. >> as one of the reasons why we are so confident and building another 212 units next door. >> on the meantime, the page and then you can couple the bookstore, tripling his footage. >>> says the bags are getting less fragile, more regular business with more regular customers. molly mullen has lived here two years and she says, figure for what you wish for. >> the place we are, if good news. >> they had to tear out one of the big parking lot here. the management says, and on, more parking is coming and construction should be done by the end of 2013. >> you don't need the parking. you could just drink there and stumble home. >> that's what i've heard. >> stockton is facing the dubious distinction. it could become the largest city in american history to file bankruptcy. the city is facing at $35,000 deficit. stockton was the hardest hit by the housing and foreclosure crisis. tues

united states in the last year? >> well, you know, most of our deals are announced like steel, for example. 're always looking for opportunity ins the united states. the united states is down, but not out. we still have trust in the united states. but the united states has to get in order. the republican, democrats, house and congress have to meet together and this solution for the problems of the united states are solvable. >> let's talk about the money you just put into twitter. $300 million you invested in twitter. what's so attractive about this company to you? >> usually, we don't enter into venture capital entities. but twitter has passed that phase, obviously and they are no more venture capital phase. more than 300 million tweets every day. i believe the potential for twitter is dramatic and big. this company is a force to reckon with. and i believe that the future of twitter is very promising. >> what's the business plan of twitter. you say today you met the ceo and the cfo. do you have confidence that they're going to be able to make money? >> you bet. otherwise, we wouldn't have i

this is because of a june 2010 united states supreme court opinion called new process steel versus nhlb. in new process steel, they appealed and the 7th circuit court of appeals. the primary issue resolved by the court was whether or not the nlrb could issue an administrative decision with two members resolving the case. the statue contemplates a full compliment of five board members. one of who is the chairman. section 3-b of the act permits the board to relegate its authority to a panel of three members. when the administrative decision was made in new process steel entered, two were in place, the chairman and one member. the supreme court said in order for it to issue a viable decision, at least three individuals must compose the board itself. it is official action taken by an nlrb composed of two or fewer individuals is ultraverous and cannot be enforced. the court rendered this decision despite the fact that the two-person board resolved almost 600 cases and fully appreciating the board's argument that it had the desire to keep its doors open. the court concluded that the statute d

benefit in the united states, even in california, from the increased economic activity that would have occurred if the direct jobs in manufacturing and welding and fa bring indicating that steel were in the united states. we don't want that ever again. if it's our taxpayer money, from whatever source, then make it in america, use our money to buy domestic-made buses and trains and steel. we've got work to do. i put this one up here not to get away from the transit system and public transportation systems which are critically important, but we have 150,000 miles of road that need repair. the transportation bill that had been offered by our colleagues on the republican side doesn't even get close to keeping up with what we need in the highway system and repairing the bridges that are falling down or could fall down across america. we have work to do. we need to re-ignite the american dream and part of that is the world's best transportation system. unfortunately, over the last decade or two, we have seen that decline in american status in transportation, whether we are in the third world or second world, we're surely not in the first world for hey transportation or the public t

steel is auto and maybe energy. hey, don't forget -- don't forget the huge investments from united states steel right up there next toant in republic steel. they believe in ohio. listen to this, folks, i just don't -- i can't believe it. the unemployment rate in youngstown has gone from 11.5 to 8.3% in the last year. the mahoney valley is alive again and they deserve it. [applause] >> hamilton ohio, they were going to move their shock absorbers to mexico, not only are they not moving them because we got down there and we worked with them. not only are they not moving them to mexico, they're moving people in mexico to hamilton, ohio, to make shock absorbers. johnson controls up near toledo, a whole new generation of battery-making, something that we can put in our cars that's good for the environment, something that go in our cars that will bring about a new generation -- generational change in the way we power our cars, right up there in toledo, ohio. and whirlpool, this is really cool. whirlpool is moving a bunch of their stuff from germany to toledo, ohio, why? market, location, workers, it all fits together, doesn

unit? >> i hope not. >> what do you want? >> i want to be released from prison. >> prison psychologist reggie matias hopes steele will be well enough eventually to be transitioned to a less restrictive unit. >> we have a program where they work in general population, they do that for a week or so, maybe two. if it looks like it's going well, then they'll move them up to a dorm and they can go to work from there. essentially they would be discharged from the chronic care unit. >> i heard you've been doing much, much better these days. >> i'm trying to. >> yeah, good. the plan is as soon as you get back to your usual self, we'll get you back out there working. you worked in the kitchen, right? >> yeah, i worked in the kitchen as a cook. >> i heard you were popular. >> i'm the best cook over there. >> that's what they said. they said the food was good. >> that's because i have a passion for cooking. >> but when the subject of getting a job in population arises, steele suddenly changes his tone and accuses the doctor of deceiving him. >> you lied to me so much in the past out there in population, that i don't know if i can trust

united states. and in places like youngstown and the old steel belt, if we had a tax policy that would incentive advise converting buses and trucks over to natural gas because of the boom we have, you're talking about relying on american energy right under our feet, tax incentives to make those new engines and trucks and buses here in the united states in places like youngstown and akron cleveland, ohio. that's exciting. people want that vision for a bright future. and we're not giving it to them because we're dealing with ideology. >> let me get some more phone calls in here. patricia is a republican in minneapolis. patricia, as we take your call, let's take a look at the unemployment rate nationally compared to ohio as well as u.s. manufacturing jobs in that state. good ahead, patricia. >> caller: yeah, the only one stuck on talking about tweezers is your guest there. let me tell you what fair isn't. it isn't fair that half the citizens in america don't pay any income tax at all. i know they pay the other taxes, but so do the people who are working and risking and investing their money. and he doesn'

steel city, nebraska. you're right that under the laws of the united states, the state department is responsible for evaluating any request for such permits that do cross an international border. at this point i obviously cannot make any comment on a hypothetical application and permit and i do think that your concerns and the concerns of others about the pipeline both pro and con suggest that it's important that the process follow the laws and regulations because whatever the outcome it's likely to be controversial whichever way the decision is finally made. it is taking place within the context of u.s. gas and oil supplies increasing daumtically domestic and in fact we are now beginning to export domestic supplies and i believe that we have to continue to develop supplies everywhere. that's an absolutely critical component of our energy security going i think that when you look at the request here, there were up until the very end of the process that we were engaged in, serious questions raised. most particularly from one of the states on the proposed pipeline route, other states made their own determination

united states. now, that's not what we've heard from our businesses like steel and chemical and plastics. they had representatives sitting where you did the other day. and a very troubling study came out from the energy information administration, a part of your department, indicating that natural gas exports could increase prices by more than 50% and cost american industry and our natural gas customers as much as $43 billion. i'm looking at the chart that estimates, for example, what we would be dealing with in terms of the applications on offer now. it's about $13 billion cubic feet of gas exported per day. that's what we're talking about now. so the applications exceed the amount that eia made that study based on. they looked at about $12 billion cubic feet per day. so i want to get your sense of how you're going to objectively look at this question and i'd like you to disabuse me of the theory that you already made up your mind. when i looked at the quote from the recent meeting, i said, shoot, it looks like dr. chu has already made up his mind. to me, for example, 13 billion cubic fe