prilosec otc. the number 1 doctor-recommended frequent heartburn medicine for 9 straight years. one pill each morning. 24 hours. zero heartburn. welcome back. often things that begin in california eventually migrate across the rest of the nation. and i m not just talking the hula hoop. consider the no-fault divorce began in california, decriminalization of pot took off there. recently, jerry brown signed into law the first prohibition of plastic bags. so when the los angeles city council voted 14 to one to increase minimum wage by 2020 making la the largest city many the nation to adopt a major minimum wage hike, the rest of us better pay attention. the lone councilman who voted against the bill the only republican, did not speak during
2020, making it the largest city in the down adopt a major minimum wage hike. it s a huge win for labor groups and for broader national efforts to alleviate poverty. joining subcommittee housing and urban development secretary julian castro. thank you very much. i know you ve been working on the opportunity citing measures of the president. how do you how do you react to the $15 minimum wage? i was happy to see what los angeles did of course. this is following on the heels of what s happened in places like seattle. and my hope is that we ll see more of this and it s particularly meaningful because this of a local effort. so i m glad to see that. and it strikes at the heart of what a lot of folks are concerned about out there in our country today which is this issue of making sure that in this 21st century america remains the undisputed land of
the fight for higher minimum wage just got a big boost than ikea. starting on january 1st they will raise the minimum wage. that minimum wage hike is 40% higher than the $7.45 and amount to 17% increase for half of the chain s u.s. workers. though the exact hourly wage at each store will be determined by location. ikea is the latest retailer to join a growing group of u.s.-based companies who have chosen not to wait on the federal government and to raise the minimum wage at the respective businesses. in february, the gap announced it would raise its hourly minimum wage to $9 in it u.s.-based workers and follow
a minimum wage hike, extending unemployment benefits and the keystone xl pipeline. the married freshman congressman caught kissing a married female aide he s he will not seek re-election this fall. he intends to complete his term despite calls for his immediate resignation. one member of congress has something else to worry about tonight. new york republican michael grimm is facing a boat load of federal charges. senior correspondent eric shawn reports from the federal courthouse in brooklyn tonight. reporter: he was a u.s. marine and former fbi agent turned congressman. now new york republican michael grimm has the dubious distinction of being arrested by his former employer. he is charge with a slew of federal crimes. among them filing false income tax returns, mail, wire, and
new jersey governor chris christie is a republican politician who is basically governing in a blue state. he ended up vetoing a minimum wage rise that the rest of his state government had passed. and then the voters overturned his veto. and the republicans are afraid the minimum wage bill be raised by a ballot initiative, as well. so the republicans have been scrambling to try to pass a law that will let them block a minimum wage hike. a minimum wage hike which people in this state really like and that they know people would vote for if they get a chance. so faced with this popular policy of raising the minimum wage we have seen blue states raising the minimum wage. red states fighting not to raise it. but oklahoma, oklahoma is taking it to a new level. not only is oklahoma not raising the minimum wage, oklahoma is the only state in the country that has now banned raising the minimum wage. they re not just not raising it