if i had to guess, i would say the answer is probably not very much. but congressman ellison, i go to you. what do you hope to hear from former senator clinton? maybe my memory is failing me but i think she did mention about some concerns she had with investor state resolution process. which was a big sticking point for this. but she has not come out and voiced support or criticism of it exsplis it as of yet. i can tell you this people around this country know that trade has led to them losing their jobs. i can tell you, if you look at just baltimore, they had about 30,000 members of the steel workers, only about a decade ago. now they ve got three. and i can tell you that all those folks who could have been working as boilermakers and steel workers and all that stuff, who used to live in baltimore and now don t have good union jobs that hurts.
staunchest supporters that would be labor unions are lashing back to kate rogers on the fallout. it s not just the u.s. chamber of commerce. speaking out against the epa s sweeping new regular layings on carbon emission. union leaders are not pleased with president obama either. some say this shows tensions are high between environmentalists and working class members of the democratic party. so, for example, cecil-s, president of the united mine workers of america international issued a statement against the rule, saiding they will, quote, lead to long-term and irreversible job lawses for thousands of coalminers, electrical workers can utility workers, boilermakers, railroad workers and others without achieving any significant reduction of global greenhouse gas emissions, end quote. according to union s analysis says the rule will cost 75,000 job losses in the coal sector by
putting in the kind of work that s going to make jobs. and that s what needs to happen in this kind of environment and the president inherited this from bush. can congress create jobs in we always hear that government can t create jobs. it s congress fault? somebody ought to step, in for example, and help the boilermakers in pittsburgh, boilermaker union 154 that are losing their jobs because the obama epa is shutting down a coal plant. clayton: estimated 400 jobs will be lost. exactly. if the epa is dedicated to destroying the energy sector in this country, except for quote green jobs then the cock should step. in look, the president is, in fact, the leader and he goes from being on vacation to going on a bus tour. he is not negotiating. if he called in speaker boehner and minority leader mcconnell and said, look, i know you don t like me but as a matter of urgent national priority we have
welcome back to first look. i m lynn berry. and in sports, if you love nonstop do-or-die college basketball, this was your big weekend for you. here s nbc s mario solis. good morning. if your bracket wasn t already busted, it might be now. we ll start in the midwest where 11th seed north carolina state pulls off a huge upset. had a three-point lead at the half against georgetown. held on to it all the way through the second. jason clark with one last chance for the hoyas. but his three is off the mark. n.c. state is on to the sweet 16 with a 66-63 wing. great finish between purdue and kansas. the boilermakers had the lead the entire game up till the final minutes. the layup, purdue has a shot at the buzzer, but the bang is closed on sundays. kansas rallies to win it, 63-60. they ll play nbc state. north carolina had no problem taking care of creighton, but the win was not
violated probation after an oil spill on alaska s north slope. and finally, a mexican anti-poverty official has been fired. he posted a facebook comment saying poor people smell bad. the boilermakers boil. the red wings beat the blues. which teams dominated nfl pro bowl straight leg raising shuns? the shamrocks wilt against miami s heat. you re watching first look on msnbc.