caucus have signed this discharge petition to force john boehner into giving us a vote. now we will have to put pressure when we get all the democrats to just get the 20 republicans to say yes, just give us a vote. let democracy work. you know, when i look at this, there is no question, none, that the american people want to raise the minimum wage. here is one, democrats, independents, republicans, whites, blacks, hispanics, college grads, non-college grads, those who make more and less than $75,000 a year. congresswoman, are the only people who don t want a minimum wage hike republicans in congress? you got it. republicans in congress because 71% of americans say let s raise the minimum wage. it is wide spread belieft that no family can really live on
little bit of tracy martin. he spoke with reverend al sharpton on politics nation. let s play what he has to say. it seems like it s an epidemic where the value of african-american kids lives really don t mean anything. we ve got to stand up as fathers, we ve got to stand up as leaders and let this country know, you know, it s not okay to kill our kids. and, i mean, trymanine. tell me where you feel the state of that conversation is now? i think the question now is we ve seen through the sparking of different movements throughout our history, you take these very emotional, palpable moments and turn them into political action. early on when you saw all of that energy swirling around not just the case but the stand your ground laws and even the president and attorney general eric holder said we have to look at these. but a committee in the state
raising the question and people are now advocating like corine brown. i spoke last night with the father of trayvon martin. he spoke about an epidemic of injustice. it is an epidemic. it seems like an epidemic where the value of african-american kids lives really don t mean anything. we got to stand up as fathers. we got to stand up as leaders and let this country know it is not okay to kill our kids. i feel as though this country values kids more than our children s lives. he feels the country values guns more than our children s lives, congress woman. i think the law invokes people to be aggressive and once