they have increased the amount of money that s going early childhood education. governor scott to improve the accessibility. governor snider in michigan. there is early learning nation rising up. i don t know whether the folks in washington realize that or not. the business community is very much in favor. that is real tli key to getting people out of poverty. look is head start perfect? absolutely not. should it be improved? save the children is now running head start programs that were struggling. we need to invest more dollars intelligently. i met with the governor a couple of year ace go and i said look if they re not doing a good job, you should fire us.
we re having a consideration about the my brother s keeper program. we re building action plans and me tricks to be sure we know what goals we re trying to reach. the obama administration is engaged in the hopes that by taking this conversation around the country we can bring it back to washington and congress can start doing it s job. new york city mayor is going to be in there. a call for a $15 minimum wage. would president obama back a minimum wage of $15 that many fast food workers and now the mayor of new york city are calling for?
if you deliver resulteous can get compensated and grow the programs. i wish washington would get in line. to help kids lift themselves out of poverty. save the children action network. thank you. assistant to the president and white house director of the policy council. i want to get your reaction to the fact that the war on poverty has failed. the war on poverty resulted in reducing poverty by a third. so when they talk about the safety net we have to understand that the safety net does prevent hardship in this country but it s not enough.
so convincing to a lot of people. i think the white house needs to make a slightly stronger case still. we re about to find out. still ahead as we continue this morning here is what president obama has to say about it. that s why he s not here. he s in washington d.c. as we speak quarterbacking this effort. senator ron widen missing out to a visit to his own backyard to win votes for the trade bill back in washington. he takes the time to talk to me about that and why he is prepared to filibuster to stop renewal of the pariot act. that s in just a bit. [announcer]when we make beyond natural dry dog and cat foods.
stupid. here to talk about what s next for the trade deal is the senior political reporter with the huffington post. and also with the daily beast, betsy. i m going to throw this question out to the entire table. we have this interview coming up later in the show. he is no one s idea of a sen tryst. he s not only on the side of president obama when it comes to this trade deal getting passed he stayed behind in washington when the president was in his own home state of oregon to help drum up votes. he seems to be going against voeks like elizabeth warren i m just wondering how do you figure out where you stand on this issue.