40% points since the mass wave of unskilled migration began. the reality is that come if you just use common sense -- yes, i will use common sense -- the reason why some companies want to bring in more unskilled labor is because they know it reduces wages and labor costs. our job as a country, to is our duty? to a u.s. workers. if low skilled immigration was an unalloyed good for the economy, why we having growing at 1.5% for the last 17 years at a time of unprecedented new low-wage arrivals? the facts speak for themselves. hand, like i said, you have alter high school workers who are at the back of the line, which makes no sense in the year 2017. let me go to neil monroe. targeting the black unemployment rate which is

again, we are ending unskilled migration. but we are also making sure that the great inventors of the world, the great scientists of the world, the people who have the great piece of technology can come into the united states and compete in a competitive application process, a point-based system that makes sense in the year 2017. let me go to you. >> to questions. you did personalize it with the new york times. normally, this would not be a question, but will the trump organization stop bringing in foreign workers on visa programs to set an example for other businesses in the interim before this bill becomes law? stephen: as you know, the only way to have immigration policy work is to have it be national. you cannot have it be a different for different companies. nonimmigrant visas is a different thing. there was a debate on this where he said emma as a businessman, my responsibility is to operate my business under the laws of the united states. my job as the president of the united states is to pass laws and make sure we hav

it's hitting unskilled, legal immigration.ally reducing the amount and takingmigration away the rights of some immigrants to come into the country if there unskilled. let's head to something else. the goldman sachs ceo and chairman like -- lloyd blankfein addressed at a 10,000 small businesses event. alix steel was there. she asked blankfein about business sentiment and proposed changes to the volcker rule. >> the one thing that people are talking about the administration -- there are some things already getting done that you have to say, which is there's a bit of a change in sentiment and attitude, and i think the way rules are implemented, the of the new class of regulators that are coming in. we operate obviously in the are aial services but we big corporate advisor. we get involved in every industry, and every industry is regulated. in this day, a lot more highly regulated than they had been. i would say almost an instantaneous -- in some cases, doesn't need approval. some case it does. certainly doesn't need legislation,

let me first address the issue of unskilled immigrants. we bring the unskilled people from all over the world to pick up the progress, who will never develop machinery that do it automatically and move forward behind and behind and behind. china will become the second technological power after china and india. so that's the issue of legal immigration and unskilled workers, ok? now is the issue of immigration of so-called skilled workers, right? we brought millions and millions of engineers from asia , and by the same token, we enied the education of millions of americans, ok? the indians would get the education from pennies from the government, ok? take n the u.s., we say $200 to become an engineer. here we will never pay this long to become an engineer, because here you have to compete with an engineer coming from india, willing to work for 15 bucks an hour, and this is the reality, ok? engineer in this country. host: sorry about that. i think we lost the signal, but thank you for participating this morning. it was last week that they wan

we're ending unskilled chain migration. but we're also making sure that the great inventors of the world, the great scientists of the world, the people with the next great piece of technology can come into the united states and compete in a competitive application process, a points-based system that makes sense in the year 2017. let me go to you. >> two questions. one you did personal idea within "the new york times." normally this wouldn't be a question. would the trump organization stop bringing in foreign workers on visa programs to set an example for other businesses in the interim before this bill becomes law? >> as you know, the only way to have immigration policy work has to be national, has to be uniform. you can't have different rules for different companies. this bill doesn't deal with guest workers and nontemporary visa, which you're asking about. that is a separate thing. the president is clear when you look at his debate during the primary, as a businessman my responsibility is to operate according to the laws

we are ending unskilled chain migration. we are also making sure that the great inventors of the world and the great scientists of the world can come into the united states and compete in a competitive application process appoints based system that makes sense in the year 2017. >> normally this would not be a question but will the trump organization stop bringing in foreign workers on visa programs to set an example for other businesses in the interim before this bill becomes law. the only way to head immigration policy work is it has to be uniform. you can have different rules and procedures for different companies. this does not deal with guest workers. i think that's what you're asking about. the president was clear during the primary where as a businessman my responsibility is to operate according to the laws of the nine states as it exists. they make sure that we have immigration system that prioritizes american workers. just as a technical matter you are talking about different aspect of immigration system. today we ar

at the same time, to the point about economic growth, we're constantly told that unskilled immigration boosts the economy, but again, if you look at the last 17 years, we just know from reality that's not true. and you look at wages, you can see the effects there. if you look at the labor force, you can see the effects there and so again, we're ending unskilled chain migration, but we're also making sure that the great inventors of the world, the great scientists of the world, that people who have the next great piece of technology can come into the united states and compete in a competitive application process, a points-based system that makes sense in the year 2017. let me go to you. >> two questions. one, you did personalize it with the "new york times," so normally this wouldn't be a question but will the trump organization stop bringing in foreign workers on visa programs to set an example for other businesses in the interim before this bill becomes law? >> well, as you know, the only way to have immigration policy work is it has to be national. it has to be uniform. you can't hav

at the same time economic growth we're constantly told that unskilled immigration boost the economy, but again, if you look at the last 17 years, we just know from reality that's not true. and you look at wages you can see the effects there. if you look at the labor force, you can see the effects there. and so, again, we're ending unskilled's chain migration, but we're also making sure that the great inventors of the world, the great scientists of the world, that people that have the next great piece of technology can come into the united states and compete in a competitive application process, a points based system that makes sense in the year 2017. all right. let me go to you. >> yes. two questions. one, you did personalize it with "the new york times," so normally this wouldn't be a question, but will the trump organization stop bringing in foreign workers on visa programs to set an example for other businesses in the interim before this bill becomes law? >> well, as you know, the only way toif immigration policy work is it has to be national. it has to be uniform. you can't have

the green card reforms in the act will give american workers a pay raise by reducing unskilled immigration. this legislation will not only restore our competitive edge in the 21st century, but it will restore the sacred bonds of trust between america and its citizens. this legislation demonstrates our compassion for struggling american families who deserve an immigration system that puts their needs first and puts america first. finally, the reforms in the act will help ensure newcomers to our wonderful country will be assimilated, will succeed, and will achieve the american dream. i would like now to invite senator cotton and senator perdue to say a few words. thank you very much. >> thank you, mr. president. i'm excited to be here with sen. perdue and president trump to introduce the new version of the raise act. it should help american workers get a decent pay raise and have a higher standard of living. two, it should help promote economic growth and make america we can all agree the goals of our nation's immigration system should be to protect the interest of working americans, includi

so there is a direct correlation between the mass unskilled, low skilled migration we have seen over the last few decades and stagnant wages and standards of living for working. >> tucker: wouldn't it be clarifying to import lobbyists from abroad work less than our lobbyists or united states senators. don't you think that might change some minds. >> lobbyists, lawyers. there is no end to this that you could import people to compete directly against people in washington, d.c. and might sing a different tune. there is simply no doubt people who come here unskilled or low skilled have direct impact on the wages of americans. whether their ancestors came over on the play flower or took the oath of citizenship who are competing for those very same jobs. >> tucker: senator purdue about 60 million the estimate is speak other than english at home. dramatic increase over the last 50 years and getting bigger every year and bad obviously to divide the country. do you think your bill would do something to change is that? >> phil, there are several categories that we use in a merit based system.

they are, by definition, unskilled and low-skilled.n that 40 year window, if you have a high school degree or less, your wages have fallen. if you have more than that, so if you are not competing with those very same immigrants, your wages have increased.om so there is a direct correlation between the mass unskilled, low-skilled migration we have seen over the last few decades and stagnant wages and standards of living for working americans. >> tucker: wouldn't it be clarifying to import lobbyists, for example, from abroad work for less than our lobbyists or united states senators. don't you think that might change some minds. >> lobbyists, lawyers. there is no end to this that you could import people to compete directly against people in washington, d.c. and they might sing a different tune.tl there is simply no doubt that people who come here who are unskilled or low skilled have a direct impact on the wages of americans. whether their ancestors came over on the mayflower or took the oath of citizenship who are competing for those ve

if an unskilled immigrant who didn't speak english was blocked, apparently everyone here on the panel today wouldn't be here. that speaks to genius of amer a america. >> but president trump would be happy if all of us weren't here. that is a goal actually. the problem with this policy is that it's not data driven, not fact-based. the facts are that immigrants have an impressive track record when it comes to entrepreneurial spirit, when it comes to employing people. they actually do better than their then native born -- meaning immigrants are something like 13% of the country, but they are 20% of all the entrepreneurs in the country. here's a few statistics. it flies in the face of the facts of what they contribute, karoun. >> assuming all the people contributing are the ones coming in with very, very deep trust funds and bank accounts that can immediately start spending money on hiring american citizens for jobs, is a flaw to how things work in this country. it sits in a strange moral place for people because so many people in this country have living relatives, ancestors that came, n

my grandfathers came over not speaking english and unskilled.t's the story of america and why people are going to be passionate about this. we should be able to have great policy debate without everybody being accused of being racist. >> you only want an english speaking visa is a complete change from what america as for generations done and that fact. we're going to talk about this. whether you agree or not, you need to acknowledge what a dramatic shift that would be. next, a top republican asked why is the trump administration so different on russia? and donald trump passing up a role in sharknado 3 only to see a billionaire rival get the part. mike and i are both veterans, both served in the navy. i do outrank my husband, not just being in the military, "sharknado 3" only to see a billionaire rival get the part. she thinks she's the boss. she only had me by one grade. we bought our first home together in 2010. his family had used another insurance product but i was like well i've had usaa for a while, why don't we call and check the rates? it

. >> they know unskilled labor drives down wages and reduces labor cost.ent to whom is our duty, to u.s. citizens and u.s. workers to promote rising wages for them. >> white house correspondent steven miller said the focus should be on the american workers. >> they know unskilled labor drives down wages and reduces labor cost. our question as government to whom is our duty, to u.s. citizens and u.s. workers to promote rising wages for them. >> the proposal is a legislative long shot and not a immediate priority of the republican-controlled congress far more important tax reform, racing the tax ceiling and raising the federal budget. >>> investigators trying to figure how a gas leak triggered a deadly explosion in a private school in minneapolis. the massive blast reduced part of the building to rumble two were killed and nine others hurt. >> if you look at the building behind me see the hole to the left of the chimney that's what the force of this blast did to this brick school. now three people are still in the hospital. one in critical condition. fire of

apprenticeship, you don't have that much money at the start, but the prospect is very much better than an unskilledfor example. it could take the best pa rt for example. it could take the best part of a decade for the majority of refugees to find employment in germany. but as long as the economy is booming, those crunching the numbers are not too concerned. we have a lot of money. we have a strong system taxes. so we can finance the task to integrate the refugees, to qualify the refugees, also. back at the waterworks, he is ready for his first assignment. and with the economy tightening, 0dyssey makers will be hoping that many follow in his footsteps. joe mellor, bbc news, berlin. —— policy makers will be hoping. and what's yours, could also be ours, these days. that's the thinking behind the sharing economy that's taking off in various parts of the world, including china. but how far would businesses go to push this sharing concept? john sudworth had a look around the chinese city of beijing. but what about all sharing? the company behind this venture plan to make 20 million footballs and basketba

a high level of unskilled immigrants, some legal, some illegal, are going to depress wages. that's not a complicated economic theory. the irony is that the pushback is going to come from the chamber of commerce. and then the limousine liberals on the left who gain by having low skilled people doing their lawns and looking after their children. the people who suffer from illegal immigration, depression of wages are those who are the less educated. it isn't only white rust belt workers. its african-americans, hispanic immigrants, legal hispanic immigrants. i think we should face up to the fact that if you want to help though wage stagnation, one way to do it is not have a flood of low-wage workers, unskilled workers who compete with americans. that's kind of uncomplicated. >> bret: this is not the last time we will talk about this. next up, new war authorization bill in the works. and the president signed the sanctions bill. ..nctions bill. >> the president favors tough measures the punishment of rogue regimes in north korea. he also sending signals that we won't tolerate inte

would prevent new immigrants from collecting welfare and help americans by reducing the number of unskilled workers entering the u.s. but those opposed say it will hurt industries like agriculture and hurt the american economy. >> video shows a lightning strike hit an airport worker. >> and new details on the train derailment in pennsylvania involving hazardous materials as the whole town has to be evacuated. bottoms up, philadelphia is about to raise prices on liquor and wine. cecily tynan? >> we have a few lingering clouds across delaware with showers. i'll let you know when and where to expect storms and talk about big changes in the forecast. >> ducis rogers has the latest in the pete rosa ga when "action news" >> a small western pennsylvania town remains evacuated at this hour because of this highly, firey freight train derailment. csx doesn't know when anyone will be home or how long the clean up will take. it started in behindman a hundred miles southeast of pittsburg when 32 cars went off the tracks. some had hazardous material. several of the train cars are still burning. one has m

crucially the green card reforms, the raise act will give workers a pay raise by educing unskilled immigration, this legislation will restore competitive edge in the 21st restore the it will sacred bonds of trust between citizens.d its host: two different takes on the nnouncement from editorial piece, the "washington post" with this editorial, forget mr. trump ed masses, embraces a plan that would flash the immigration and harm u.s. economy, the washington times with a different take calling it a good start on reform.tion the president endorses a common sense plan. cotton perdue act, tom cotton of arkansas and david georgia, two republican senators working on this legislation since early this year getting the backing of president yesterday, officially at the white house. florida, line e, for republicans. go ahead. caller: good morning, i having me on this morning, i like to comment briefly on north korea. i'd like to let you know that i believe that american government contribute to this. the clinton administration, if ou remember, they sold china computer technology to get accurate and we see

. >> they know unskilled labor drives down wages and reduces labor cost.s government to whom is our duty, to u.s. citizens and u.s. workers to promote rising wages for them. >> the proposal is a legislative long shot and not a immediate republican-controlled congress far more important tax reform, racing the tax ceiling and raising the federal budget. >>> investigators trying to figure how a gas leak triggered a deadly explosion in a private school in minneapolis. the massive blast reduced part of the building to rumble two were killed and nine others hurt. >> if you look at the building behind me see the hole to the left of the chimney that's what the force of this blast did to this brick school. now three people are still in the hospital. one in critical condition. fire officials said contractors were working on one of the building as the time of the blast. >> the careful search through the rubble at the academy stretched on for ten hours. late wednesday a second victim pulled from the blast is zone, a beloved school alum custodian. >> both bodies in the

. >> give american workers a pay raise by reducing unskilled immigration. >> bill coauthors by senatorrer 'perdue and cotton. create a skill-based point system for visas, instead of focusing on business and family connection, open op argue that would manager the economy, trays likesspecially industries like. >> filled with carbon min oxide was 10 sensed to 15 months in jail for involuntary manslaughter. >> she was mindful of the actions is when she now stands convicted. >> carter faced up to 20 years in prison for her role in 2014 death of 18-year-old conrad roy, carter was 17 at the time. >> here is a look at what is coming up nex next on chasing n. >> a shameful display, what an embarrassment. >> i think that people have come to a new place, where they think they can stay anything that i want to anyone they want. >> have you right to freedom of speech, you don't have right to freedom of consequences. >> these are it's time, america. there's work to be done. it's not going to be easy but there's grit inside of you. and if you need extra motivation the grad fund at strayer university can

we do not need so much unskilled labor as we used to. we have robots.here are robots being used in agriculture that pick the fruit. so i think the point system australia ands in canada indica probably work here. i think we should try it. that is my comments. host: a couple of pieces from yesterday and today on the economic impacts of the policy, first from the libertarian institute, the release pretty much right after the event that happened yesterday that we showed you. saying the bill to cut legal immigration will not work and is not an effective bargaining chip. they say in the legislation it will not raise the wages and it does not create a skilled-based immigration system. the washington post today in their lead editorial took on this topic, the editorial board writing "having the number of legal immigrants, having the number of legal immigrants would deprive an array of businesses of oxygen in the form of labor. where implement is extremely low. by restricting the supply of legal immigrants, it would sharpen the demand for undocumented immigrants.

that would reward immigrant applicants based on their individual merits and limit low-skilled and unskilledentering the united states. one of just a couple things that happened this morning, the president signed the russian sanctions bill, although in a statement he did say that legislation in his view is significantly flawed that he's signing the bill for the sake of national unity our kayla touche and john harwood are watching both of these pots boil today. john, we'll get some reaction from you >> well, first of all, on the raise act, which david purdue and tom cotton have joined president trump to introduce, keep in mind, this is something that would reduce current levels of legal immigration this is something that has the potential who slow down and inhibit u.s. economic growth because one of the long-term limit takesations on growth is supply because of the aging american population so that is something that does appeal to his base, but it also presents a potential problem for business second thing is, his statement on the russia sanctions bill is remarkable consider that yesterday vi

unskilled workers are beneficial to tax revenues. they tend to be younger, healthier, scared to take full advantage of the offerings the u.s. has -- they pay more. that is not the way to solve the issue. host: you disagree with the proposal yesterday to cut legal immigration by half? guest: i disagree with it, but not with the revenue implication. the u.s. has been benefiting from immigration in a number of ways. social security benefits from immigration. the real problem -- we need to address the spending side of the ledger, not necessarily mindless spending cuts. guest: if we do not address the --ua host: shane has been waiting in florida. go ahead. grew up in a reagan household. i have seen a lot of things happen in my life. mansions in the trailer parks have grown. growing up in a reagan household, everything i was is notin finding out true at all. the rich people getting everything and the rest of us are getting squat. host: bring that into the tax reform debate. guest: this comes down to political corruption. there are lots of

would prevent new immigrants from collecting welfare and help americans by reducing the number of unskilledorkers entering the u.s. but those opposed say it will hurt industries like agriculture and hurt the american economy. >> video shows a lightning strike hit an airport worker. >> and new details on the train derailment in pennsylvania involving hazardous materials as the whole town has to be evacuated. bottoms up, philadelphia is about to raise prices on liquor and wine. cecily tynan? >> we have a few lingering clouds across delaware with showers. i'll let you know when and where to expect storms and talk about big changes in the forecast. >> ducis rogers has the latest in the pete rosa ga when "action news" continues tonight. ♪ ♪ "feeling alright" plays ] with simply right checking from santander bank, just make one deposit, withdrawal, transfer, or payment each month to waive the monthly fee. and there's no minimum balance. you're all right with simply right checking from santander bank. ♪ are you feeling all right, baby? ♪ ♪with simply right checking from santander bank. having a ba

skilled and unskilled workers, local artisans and traveling itinerary artists, some of whom after working on the virginia capitol, went north to washington, d.c. and began working on the subsequent united states capitol. when you have a good building accumulating important history and has important people and event associated with it, you don't give up on the building. for over a hundred years we used the capitol as first build and it was a rectangular rome nan style building with the southportico. but by 190 # we realized the building was getting old in the tooth and needed renovation and plus it was too small for 20th century purposes and rather than give up on the building, what we did was we gave it a new roof, we gave it monumental front steps, leading up to the south portland -- portico and we added to balancing classically styled wings. the west wing became a senate wing and the east wing became a house wing. we are presently located in the 1906 era entrance hall. and before the 21st century, the general public could come up the exterior front steps on to the portico and through so

the other hand, on the low skills side, i think the evidence is mixed, it's not u allow many more unskilled workers in. it increases demand for goods and services in the economy, which puts additional demand for worker, but it's not clear domestic workers are displaced in that situation. >>. >> you also make the point that would change the ratio of workers to retirees. which changes the workers paying taxes to support some of the social pro >> since they tend to be younger than the indigenous population, they're retire ng fwraeter number, the number is going down and so to the extent that we have greater expectations, we'll have more workers per retie rear. with costs for retirees. >> you looked at numbers, done some models, chris, what would cutting immigration to the extent, legal, to the extent that this senate bill that the president endorsed in part yesterday, what would it do to overall growth? >> well, the arithmetic is simple. sort of abstracts from bunch of thick things. we're dwroeing at about eight tenths. if you cut the immigration part in half, we're talk about two tenths comin

a population that's mostly immigrant and largely unskilled. she believes the latest immigration proposal is a step in the wrong direction. >> the economy here in california is really depen dent on immigrant labor. reare not going to have people picking our grape, picking our lettuce and other produce. the egg industry is entirely dependent on immigrant labor. >> reporter: we talked by phone with pleasanton congressman who sees the trump un-american. >> the president is trying to have every american take an sat test at the border. >> we need more high skill immigrants. >> reporter: the former chairman of the contra costa county republican party doesn't see anything wrong with legal immigrants having a higher level of skill and some proficiency in english. >> it makes sense because people who already know english are more likely to be able to assimilate and accept our culture and customs. >> reporter: according to the state controller, undocumented immigrants make up about 10% of california's work force. laura anthony, abc 7 news. >>> for the se

businesses that often rely on unskilled workers. >> so this idea of skewing the entire green card pool to area of the economy, i think, is very misplaced. >> reporter: still in question, what's going to happen to undocumented immigrants brought here as children? known as d.r.e.a.m.ers. back in january the president said to expect an announcement soon but now 27 weeks later, diane and kendis, and we still have no answers. >> soon, of course, a relative term as we know. maggie rulli live from washington for us, thanks, maggie. >>> the white house insists that the president did not lie when he claimed to have received two recent phone calls that never took place. >> the president said the head of the boy scouts called to praise his speech to the troops. but scout leadership said there was no such phone call. and he also said he got a call from mexico's president complimenting him on his work at the border but mexico said that call also never happened. press secretary sarah sanders offering up this explanation for the president's claims. >> on mexico he was referencing the conversation tha

when you have unskilled labor, 50% of them unskilled labor coming in and winding up on welfare, does help build a great nation if you are assimilating a business, would you bring in the best of talent or would you bring in anybody who applied? >> you do both. you do both. you do both. that's how you got the cuomos, whether you like us or not, we came in here like a lot of these families. they came in with very low skill but then they work hard, make a little money, put their kids in the schools and people get better and next generation you get a different job and two governors and a guy who talks on television. >> chris, for the last 25 years, 1 million legal immigrants come to this country for the size of montana for 25 years. wouldn't it be nice to know that you're trying to get somebody who's going to crack cancer and figure out the cure to it? if you had your choice, would you pick the best and the brightest or are you going to pick random -- >> you pick both. you have so many doctors in this country. you want to talk about what the problem is, how many times have you heard in pr

the president says it would give priority to highly skilled workers and limit the number of unskilled immigrants. >> as a candidate, i campaigned on creating a merit-based immigration system that protects u.s. workers and taxpayers. and that is why we are here today, merit based. >> trevor: somewhere right now hillary clinton is like, "oh, you think people should advance based on merit now? interesting. okay, interesting." ( laughter ) but, yes, trump wants to move america to a merit-based immigration system, which means you'll only be allowed into the country if you have a highly desirable skill, like, say, a nuclear physicist, or willingness to marry donald trump. ( laughter ) something that makes you special. ( applause ) only those immigrants. and we'll probably get more into this story tomorrow, but while the president is making it harder for people to enter the u.s., his confederate house elf, jeff sessions is planning to make life easier for certain americans who are already here. >> "the new york times" is reporting that the justice department is planning to take on affirmativ

just being them field laborers, unskilled laborers, they could come here and learn a skill. blacksmithing, carpentry, housejointing -- these are just a few of the skills that enslaved people learned, and jefferson consider this an improvement over being out in the fields with wheat or tobacco or the other crops. if you come here and you know that jefferson is the author of the declaration, the iconic words "all men are created equal," and you find out that he owned 600 slaves, he looks pretty bad. but i think in jefferson's mind, he was not a hypocrite, because he believed he was making changes to the institution of slavery that would pave the way for its abolition. in other words, he is trying to reform it. alleviate material conditions. he is changing housing. and he believes it is a gradual process that will inevitably result in emancipation further down the line. we know more about monticello than any other plantation in north america. it is the best documented estate. because of that, we know more about the enslaved people here than anywhere else. and i think we have be