Thank you for joining us. I am honored to be here with my women colleagues who have taken the lead on when american succeeds women succeed. And we have the leader of the issue here. She is the booster of it all shall we say and sets the pace for all of us. Donna edwards the share of the Workman Group is here. We have the vice chair of the ste steering community. You will be hearing singing from Michele Grisham from new mexico and judy chew of california is here of the asianpacific organization. At lunch we presented what we will present to you to our members. It was not only advocacy, but a case study on how we are using Traditional Press on this issue and rosa will talk about our 16,000 person teleconference. As well as the social media. So with that, shall we play it again . [video playing] give sherrys berries. Lets pea treated equal this valentines day. What a girl wants, what a girl needs is equal way for equal work. For valentines day flowers, chocolate and a fine dinner are all
Eroded from 1968. They will get that chance. We believe the minimum wage is absolutely critical to lift people so that they can be full participants in this economy. We have heard economist after economists tell us this is a demanddriven economy. If it is a demanddriven economy you have to have demand. Raising the minimum wage will increase demand. Raise the growth level in our country, create jobs and be good for everyone which is the central theme of this conference but they will get their chance. . How will republicans do you expect to get . I dont think we are every c confidant we will get 18 republicans to sign the discharge petition but we have some over here so perhaps thinks are changing. If they want to make sure people have an incentive to work they will pay them a wage to not leave them in poverty. I think the overwhelming majority of democrats will sign this. We presume it will be close to everybody. Well, we have been listening to some of the republican colleagues who have
President threatening to withhold federal funds from states that make it easier to vote during this pandemic. In one tweet, the president blasted nevadas transition to a mostly mail election, falsely calling it illegal and accusing the state of creating a, quote, great voter fraud scenario. The president put finance officials on notice tagging his budget director and the treasury department. In another tweet, he falsely accused michigan of, quote, illegally mailing absentee ballots to 7. 7 million people. When the state only sent out applications for absentee ballots. He corrected that part, but stood by the false claim that the state did something illegal, which it did not. The president was asked about his tweets yesterday. Well, i think if were talking about the mailin ballots, if people mail in ballots, theres a lot of illegality. They harvest ballots, you know all about harvesting. And people go out and they vote. If you need a mailin balanceout, specifically, im in the white hous
Channels of the vatican bank and also bribe money to Political Parties in italy went through the vatican bank. Reporter with dark financial clouds hanging over the vatican, the European Union insisted the bank open its accounts to public scrutiny. When it was too slow, tourists felt the pinch. When european bankers suspended the vaticans credit card facilities, visitors couldnt use plastic to buy Sistine Chapel tickets. 30 million of vatican money in italian banks was seized and only released when the church promised to reform. Now swiss lawyer rene bruelhart, who helped clean up other secretive european banks, has been brought in. But still the bank keeps many of its dealings private, and not just from outsiders. South african Cardinal Wilfred napier, who sits on a committee thats supposed to sign off on the vaticans books, told us he still cant get the information he needs. Im one of those 15 partners on the committee, we sign our names on the report, i want to know that im signing s
Hear from the owners of the lodge who found him in a cabin they knew it was him the moment they saw him. I thought it could be the end and he talked to us to calm us down and saying very frequently he would not kill us. He got in a shootout on tuesday after being cornered in a cabin. The former lapd Police Officer is believed to have killed one deputy and wounding another before the cabin went up in flames. Canisters which were called burners were fired into the cabin do flush him out but they did not intentionally burn in the ground. In santa clara authorities will detonate a usable bomb this morning. C. H. P. Officers found the bomb the scene home yesterday belonging to a 45yearold along with other explosive materials that were also detonated. The suspect is in jail without bail for making threats against a state representative. We are learning more about the man who worked directly with apple cofounder, wozniak and described him as a brilliant engineer. Right now, this is a live loo