Jennifer tonight were going to go straight to the state of michigan where more than 10,000 protestors descended on lansing, the capitol to raise their voices against harsh new antilabor laws. Right to work has got to go he wants to turn us around make 10 an hour, what are we going to do for our families . Jennifer preach it, sir. Despite the uproar outside the capitol, inside it, the Republicanled Legislature still passed righttowork legislation today. That legislation would muzzle the union voice in michigan by taking away the requirement that everyone whos in a union shop should pay union dues. You might ask why is that a big deal. Well if not everyones required to pay youre going to have people who enjoy the advantages of a union better pay and Better Benefits environment but who dont contribute to the unions survival at all. This only works if were all in it together. And more than that, this law is going to starve unions of their funding. From a political perspective in this democ
Jennifer tonight were going to go straight to the state of michigan where more than 10,000 protestors descended on lansing, the capitol to raise their voices against harsh new antilabor laws. Right to work has got to go he wants to turn us around make 10 an hour, what are we going to do for our families . Jennifer preach it, sir. Despite the uproar outside the capitol, inside it, the Republicanled Legislature still passed righttowork legislation today. That legislation would muzzle the union voice in michigan by taking away the requirement that everyone whos in a union shop should pay union dues. You might ask why is that a big deal. Well if not everyones required to pay youre going to have people who enjoy the advantages of a union better pay and Better Benefits environment but who dont contribute to the unions survival at all. This only works if were all in it together. And more than that, this law is going to starve unions of their funding. From a political perspective in this democ
America . And second, what do you mean by needs . Do you mean American Labor or American Capital . And when you say needs, what makes manufacturing so special . When we look at the crowd, most people here dont make things. They spend all day reading and writing and talking people. Whats wrong with the Service Economy . Why do we need a renaissance to be better . Im a great fan of the Service Economy. I think theres an enormous amount of value created there. When we talk about america, we think about the royal we. And i would also add the longterm health of the country as a place to do innovation. Okay . And the principal thesis in the book that comes out of our research is that unlike the reputation that a lot of people associate with manufacturing, we actually think the ability to make things is fundamental to the ability to sustain innovation over the longer term. Especially when you have products or processes. And i think that was mr. Immelt referred to that earlier today. When you
Jennifer im jennifer granholm. Tonight in the war room the answer is no, and we dont care what the question is. At least that seemed to be the running theme in a busy day at the office from the executive branch. Of course when youre dealing with the nra this is somewhat expected. Republicans have made no secrets that they intend to make the confirmation of chuck hagel very difficult. And jack lou who was nominated for treasury secretary will have a much easier go of it than hagel. Well, the conventional wisdom may be wrong. Alabama senator jeff sessions, who is the ranking minority member of the Senate Budget committee had this to say about jack lou. I tend to oppose this nomination. He doesnt bring the former new york fed chairman like secretary geithner and other very prominent people that weve had as secretary of treasury the premier financial position in the United States government more important because our president has no training, and really no understanding of class classical
Regularlyem on tv pushing for war with isis. They are identified as former u. S. Generals. What is left out is who they work for now. Military contractors that stand to benefit from another war in the middle east. Then the ebola crisis deepens in west africa. In the hardest hit countries, guinea, liberia, sierra leone, the number of new cases is moving far faster than the capacity to manage them. Toll nears 2500, we will speak with laurie garrett. All that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. An International Summit on combating militants from the Islamic State has opened in france bringing together around 30 countries from the usled coalition. The Obama Administration says several Arab League Countries have signed on for airstrikes in iraq and syria but no sustained campaign is imminent. Speaking at the white house, josh earnest said the u. S. Is at war with isil. Way that we are at war with al qaeda and its affili