lie. this steel comes from russia, india, and it s essentially a foreign pipeline made with foreign steel kped eheaded to a foreign market. it is terrifying that we are allowing them to use eminent dough nan to landowners. that kicks open the door for any other country to take land for their projects. not only is it foreign steel but a foreign corporation that s going to take our land. keystone xl has not started construction. they don t even have a permit to cross the border and haven t started the process to obtain a process in nebraska yet. leo, last year this show traveled to ohio and we talked to some of your union guys, a half a dozen guys who worked for republic steel and there are only two essentially steel companies in lorain, both of which were in the process of laying lots and lots and lots of people off. we found that these steel workers were open to donald
remember her from this moment in 2014 when she was photographed sitting on a chair shaped like a bound black woman, for mlk day. she later apologized. joining me now is leo girard and jane kleb, chairman of the nebraska democratic party and malcolm nance, msnbc contributor and author of the plot to hack america. thank you all for being here. jane, as part of the group bold nebraska, you opposed and tried to stop this pipeline from happening and you actually got a look in person at these pipes that are not made in america. your thoughts on this exemption from buy american steel. you know, i think this proves what a liar trump is. there s no other way to say it. he promised american workers throughout the campaign, he promised americans just a couple of days ago in his joint address to congress that keystone xl will be built with american steel and that is a flat-out
there, russia owns one of them. this man is one of vladimir putin s closest associates, his closest friends. he is worth a lot of money. estimates up to somewhere around $20 billion must say, and the trump administration would make a decision to benefit him personally, this is a man whose wife is best friends with ivanka trump. that tells you just exactly where the money is going. very interesting. we will keep on this story. thank you so much to leo girard, jane kleb and malcolm nance. coming up in our next hour, the media s desperate desire for donald trump to just act presidential. the latest on the russia ties and lies, and i ll be joined by actress and comedian kathy griffin and filmmaker rob reiner. mo a.m. joy after the break.
it added to donald trump s image among trump supporters as the champion of american workers, and now there is not one indication that anyone in the trump administration, including donald trump will propose an increase in the minimum wage or any policy idea that in any way benefits american workers. joining us now, robert reich, labor secretary under president clinton and is at university of california berkley. also with us, leo girard from the united steelworkers of america. so the new candidate for your old job strongly opposed to donald trump s campaign idea of raising the minimum wage to $10. an idea that i m not sure donald trump remembers he proposed. i doubt that he remembers it. lawrence, i don t think donald trump is very strong on
labor secretary under president clinton and is at university of california berkley. also with us, leo girard from the united steelworkers of america. so the new candidate for your old job strongly opposed to donald trump s campaign idea of raising the minimum wage to $10. an idea that i m not sure donald trump remembers he proposed. i doubt that he remembers it. lawrence, i don t think donald trump is very strong on principles. i mean, he is all about donald trump. he s about revenge. he s about dominance. he s about getting others to submit to him. in terms of the minimum wage, that is the farthest thing from donald trump s memory or imagination. but this guy that he has nominated for secretary of labor is not only opposed to the minimum wage, a federal minimum wage at all. he doesn t like the fact that there are overtime and team aim