[ ] mike: the list of candidates for the supreme court opening continuing to grow as lawmakers gear up for a capitol hill battle on who the president will pick to replace the retiring justice anthony kennedy. during his presidential campaign he promised that, if elected, he would appoint judges that would put an end to the landmark roe v. wade abortion rights case meaning many wondering what it could mean for women s reproduction rights and two guests are joining us now, and gentlemen, good to see you and happy independence day. you too. likewise. eric, susan collins is targeted by an abortion rights group. we ll listen now to this. oh, there you go. and so there it is. basically challenging senator collins, saying that trump has been loud and clear in roe v. wade. what about you, senator collins? and so what is the impact on the
and women s reproduction rights and terrorists. she didn t stop there, take a listen. boohoo mrs. clinton. i mean mrs. clinton is the same person who compared republicans to terrorists. for heaven s sakes, i wish mr. trump would throw more heat hillary clinton s way. i feel as though i m the only candidate who has been critical of her. so, that was something of a twofer there hitting hillary clinton and donald trump. fiorina has been taking it to clinton from the beginning of the campaign and she wants help from fellow candidates. we ll see if trump occasional blasts to hillary clinton steps up. meanwhile, kim davis is getting high profile political support today. republican presidential candidate, mike huckabee, plans to meet with davis and hold a rally outside the jail where she s spending a sixth day for
macy s, walmart, have all decided black friday should start on thanksgiving day. while the markets surged to new heights this week thanks to corporate profits, we continue to see measures aimed at curbing workers rights and protections and denying workers a living wage. starting this summer we saw fast food workers courageously taking to the streets sounding the alarms on how poorly they re treated by employers who rake in big profits. just as we have seen state measures to increase minimum wage, there s a new activism holding employers to account. one of the workers who has to work on thanksgiving, and president of the alcio, richard trumpka. we ll talk about walmart in just a minute. mr. trumpka, i want to start with talking about the erosion of workers rights. we saw it in wisconsin when we were talking about collective bargaining. i have to tell you, my mom used
to be in seiu. just the erosion of protection of workers rights in this country has been stunning. it certainly has. it s been an owl out attack on workers a t the state level and federal level. courts have attacked our rights. states have attacked our rights. governors have attacked our rights. as a result you re seeing wages t stagnate over the last couple decades. there s a backlash obviously to having some of the malls open. but one of the things i find most interesting on this attack on thanksgiving, you know, both the workers, but also for a lot of people who are also low income, they need to shop on black friday because they need those, you know, discounts in order to do their shopping. well, that s the sorry thing about the country right now. we have an economy that s 72% driven by consumer spending. yet wages have been stagnated
as a result of harry reid s decision to go nuclear, the senate will finally be able to confirm the many judicial and executive branch nominees that gop obstructionisms have blocked. one of these nominees is nina pillar, an outspoken critic for women s reproduction rights who president obama nominated to the d.c. circuit court. it s an incredibly important post. the d.c. circuit court rules on decisions made by federal agent sis. the same court that rumed against the contraception mandate in the affordable care act earlier this month. on tuesday the supreme court go ahead on a restrictive law that shuts down a third of abortion facilities in the state. on the same day voters in albuquerque, new mexico, overwhelmingly defeated a measure to outlaw abortions after 20 weeks. it was the first time a municipality voted on the issue. it s an ominous sign of the