It done. We will hit it done. The American Dream, a fair shot for everyone, demands no less. I yield the floor. How much time do we have left . There is eight minutes remaining on the democratic side. Madame president in a few moments we will vote here on the president s and whether we will bring the minimum wage bill to the floor and of both, and a few minutes it will be clear where each senator stands, who in this chamber is going to stand with millions of americans who work fulltime for a living but are left in poverty or the brink of poverty struggling to make ends meet. Who is going to vote to give these good people of fair shot at the American Dream and who is going to vote against them . We are going to find out and just a few minutes. There is no question that working families need a race. A 14 million children in america , one in every five family would get a wage under our minimum wage bill. Businesses need a raise. Over 600 economists, seven nobel prizewinning economists hav
Good evening everyone, and welcome to the support group, we invite you to sit down have a shoplifter drink soft drink or maybe something a little stronger, what has happened to the stocks that went up last year, why have the shares that loved you so much in 2013, facebook and amazon, turned cold . I cant promise any definitive answers, a few weeks ago at least we had crimea or china or yellen to point to. But in the past few weeks including this one the worst for the nasdaq and s p, including this one, maybe it is just momentum in reverse, the stocks went up for seemingly little reason when they rose, now theyre fallen just because they can. You are forgiven if you want to avert your eyes, the dow falling, suffering its first weekly loss in four. The nasdaq, which is actually higher shortly after the opening bell fell hard down 54 today, closing below 4,000, techheavy nasdaq now down 6 and a half percent since three weeks, biggest decline, and s p seeing the biggest drop since june 201
Life on minimum wage. Last week i had bronchitis, and i went to the emergency room. Now thats going to be a shorter paycheck because i was sick. We dont get sick paid days. Ifill those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Bae systems. Thats inspired work. And the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill thailands military seized power, dissolved the government and suspended the constitution today. The coup followed months of Political Violence and deadlock. Jonathan miller of independent Television News reports. Reporter thailand, tonight, as soldiers cleared str
Welcome to the support group, we invite you to sit down have a shoplifter drink soft drink or maybe something a little stronger, what has happened to the stocks that went up last year, why have the shares that loved you so much in 2013, facebook and amazon, turned cold . I cant promise any definitive answers, a few weeks ago at least we had crimea or china or yellen to point to. But in the past few weeks including this one the worst for the nasdaq and s p, including this one, maybe it is just momentum in reverse, the stocks went up for seemingly little reason when they rose, now theyre fallen just because they can. You are forgiven if you want to avert your eyes, the dow falling, suffering its first weekly loss in four. The nasdaq, which is actually higher shortly after the opening bell fell hard down 54 today, closing below 4,000, techheavy nasdaq now down 6 and a half percent since three weeks, biggest decline, and s p seeing the biggest drop since june 2012. Well, our market is calm
Higher pay, paul solman looks at life on minimum wage. Last week i had bronchitis, and i went to the emergency room. Now thats going to be a shorter paycheck because i was sick. We dont get sick paid days. Ifill those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Bae systems. Thats inspired work. And the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill thailands military seized power, dissolved the government and suspended the constitution today. The coup followed months of Political Violence and deadlock. Jonathan miller of independent Television News reports. Reporter thailand,