So so were not the old cwa that people think about where it was just telephone employees. Host how is it that you can represent those other people under the umbrella of cwa . Guest well, weve merged a lot of other unions. For instance, the last one we merged was the flight attendants union. And weve represented these folks, for instance, the printers came in to cwa in 1987, and weve been merging other unions since then. Host what are some of the Telecommunications Companies where your workers are represented . Guest at t, frontier, verizon, tmobile, you name it. Host well, speaking of verizon, just a 45day strike just recently ended. What came out of that . First of all, what was the strike about . Guest the strike, from our point of view, was about one thing and one thing only, jobs. And job security. And i think for verizon it was about a lot of things. We managed to come out of it with what we wanted, and i think we did very well. I think verizon also did okay, you know . Were not a
This is a special captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Reporting tonight from the Democratic National convention in philadelphia. Pelley and theres breaking news here tonight, and not the kind that Hillary Clinton wants. A new email scandal. This time at the Democratic National committee. And it has cost the chairman of the dnc her job. Florida congresswoman Debbie Wasserman schultz announced that she is stepping down at the end of this convention. Nancy cordes begins our coverage. Nancy . Reporter scott, Wasserman Schultz was already a lightning rod for Bernie Sanders supporters even before these hacked emails were made public. And so now with democratic officials desperate to bring those officials into the fold and union fie the party in advance of the convention, the decision was made that she had to go. Debbie Wasserman Schultz. Hello, south florida reporter Wasserman Schultz announced her resignation just one day after introducing clinton and
Fear. Bigotry. Smears. I just was so saddened by it. President obama is down to his last six months in office and he talked about the race with John Dickerson on todays face the nation. In 2008, a lot of your supporters said, look at the way he ran his campaign, if he runs the presidency like his campaign, hes going to be in good shape. Why isnt that true for donald trump, whos run a pretty remarkable campaign, beating 16 other politicians . In 2008 i dont think they were referring merely to the fact that i had won. We were really well organized. We had a great culture that there was no whiff of scandal to how we approached getting elected. We told the truth. I do think that the body of work of a person matters. And i would say that i genuinely believe theres never been a candidate better prepared for the presidency than Hillary Clinton. Not eisenhower, not George Herbert walker bush . Those are pretty i said more prepared. I didnt say that they were chopped liver. But the skill sets t
The images coming in from the scene. And the Security Breach at a major american airport. A man with no ticket breezing by the tsa, boarding the plane. Good evening. From philadelphia tonight, where the Democratic National convention hasnt even started, and we already have our first major controversy. The chair of the dnc, Debbie Wasserman schultz has resigned due to leaked emails. Meantime tonight, the democratic ticket now revealed. We have new reporting on what tonight, senator tim kaine coming to hillarys defense when asked about the name calling from donald trump. And cecilia vega, youre here with me. Reporter this is supposed to be about party unity. Instead, this is the exact opposite. On the eve of the Democratic Convention, tonight, a bombshell. Party chairwoman Debbie Wasserman shultz resigning after wikileaks released thousands of internal Democratic National committee emails suggesting the party favored clinton over Bernie Sanders. An 11thhour effort to blunt the controvers
This is a special captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Reporting tonight from the Democratic National convention in philadelphia. Hello, south florida reporter Wasserman Schultz announced her resignation just one day after introducing clinton and her new running mate in miami. In a statement this afternoon, she said the best way for me to accomplish these goals is to step down as party chair at the end of the convention. A handful of the 20,000 hacked emails showed her aides musing about how to blunt Bernie Sanders momentum earlier this year. In one, the dncs chief Financial Officer wrote, for kentucky and West Virginia can we get someone to ask his belief . Does he believe in a god. He had skated on saying he has a juicish heritage. I think i read he is an atheist. Nobody has apologized to me. Reporter sanders long argued that the dnc which was supposed to be neutral in the primaries had its thumb on the scale for clinton. Debbie Wasserman Schult