they say. they talk about how this is helping the rich. this is helping the executives and companies. that list that you and brian just read, nonexecutive employees, hourly 3,000 hourly employees at fifth third bank. hourly employees at wells fargo. this is helping the little guy. the guys who made $13, 13.50 an hour. now they it will be making $15 an hour. steve: it helps. ainsley: listen to what the democrats are saying now. now we know they are popping champagne down pennsylvania avenue. there are only two places where america is popping champagne, the white house and the corporate board rooms, including trump tower. otherwise, americans have a lot to regret. after all the president s promises, after all republicans brazenly transparent misrepresentations to the personal people, the true face of what republicans stand for has been revealed.
chris? chris: james, thank you. immigration officials have arrested 83 people in new orleans and two tennessee cities. a newspeople report quotes in i.c.e. spokesman saying that 54 people have violated several immigration law, but have no serious criminal history. former suitable executive martin shkreli has been convicted on federal charges of deceiving investors in a pair of failed hedge funds. shkreli is the eccentric businessman who gained infamy when he raised the price of a life-saving drug from $13.50 to $750 per pill. he was acquitted on five other counts. more heat in the northwest, more flooding in southern california. the wicked weather continues out west. chief correspondent jonathan honda is keeping track of all of it tonight from los angeles. frightening moments for about 200 passengers onboard a metrolink train just outside of
chris? chris: james, thank you. immigration officials have arrested 83 people in new orleans and two tennessee cities. a newspeople report quotes in i.c.e. spokesman saying that 54 people have violated several immigration law, but have no serious criminal history. former suitable executive martin shkreli has been convicted on federal charges of deceiving investors in a pair of failed hedge funds. shkreli is the eccentric businessman who gained infamy when he raised the price of a life-saving drug from $13.50 to $750 per pill. he was acquitted on five other counts. more heat in the northwest, more flooding in southern california. the wicked weather continues out west. chief correspondent jonathan honda is keeping track of all of it tonight from los angeles. frightening moments for about 200 passengers onboard a metrolink train just outside of
warned bin lad ento strike in the u.s. in 20001 his first summer in office. devastation left my you are contain katrina, that was in august. his attorney general albert oh gonzalez also resigned in august. so as trump prepares for his first official vacation as president, we d like to remind him that the white house is a lot like hotel california. you can check out anytime you like, but you can never leave. that wraps things up for me. ali velshi picks things up right now. hi. katy, have yourself a great afternoon. we have breaking news. a verdict has been reached in the securities fraud trial of pharma bro martin shkreli. he is guilty on three counts. and before we go on, it is important to make a distinction here. you will remember him for drastically increasing the price of a drug called der aprim, pushing the price from $13.50 to $750 per pill, making it
minimum wage of $7.25 an hour but states are allowed to make their own rules and 29 of them passed state minimum wages as high as $11 an hour. in 2016 voters in four states, arizona, colorado, maine and washington passed ballot measures that gradually raised their minimum wages to as high as $13.50 an hour by the year 2020. the federal minimum wage was first introduced in 1938 during the great depression and was set at 25 cents an hour. it has been raised many times since, but the last time was eight years ago during the last recession. and some working full-time at today s minimum wage can t break the federal poverty line of $24,600 a year for a family of four. i think the fact that the u.s. has been slow to raise minimum wages after a year of inflation suggest that we re lagging behind that we can raise it somewhat. supporters of raising the