, this is also there, and there is hope for you on the other side your table is in the eyes of a martyr. In the name of allah, the most merciful, the most merciful, i greet you, dear compatriots, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the first page of the program that returned to normal after about a week or two of the election, and now, on the eve of the government week, we have to he went to the government officials and asked them what they did in the last year and two years and what was their plan tonight, the guest of the program on the front page is mr. Seyyed soulat mortazavi, the honorable minister of welfare and cooperative work, and the welfare of the disabled. I have reached the service of the honorable people of iran, dear iranians inside our islamic homeland, iranians who are outside of this border and land and are finally connected to the news network in some way. Rajaee, the beloved president of the Islamic Republic of iran i respect the late martyr bahoner, it will be the bes
Social security is my lifeline. Is my lifeline to remaining an independent person and being able to live my life, happily. Those of us who have worked all our lives and paid into Social Security expect Social Security to be there because we paid into it. Not a gift. We earned it. Its Household Finances and it goes into the checkbook and its use for every day Living Expenses. It will have a Significant Impact on our life because we want to run her house and does well is to do other things in retirement. That would be a serious cut in our income. Please welcome are chief executive officer joanne jenkins. [applause] cemented morning and welcome to this bipartisan discussion about the future of Social Security. We are honored today to hear from to congressional leaders who have put forth ideas to save and protect Social Security. Republican senator dell cassidy from louisiana and democratic congressman john lawson who represents the First District of connecticut. As a lookout over this roo
Today. My name is bethany allen. Abrahimian. Im the china reporter at axios and im here today at Hudson Institute to speak with nuri terkel a senior fellow here at hudson about his new book which we have right here called no escape and let me first introduce nuri he is a senior fellow here. He is a lawyer. He is vice chair of the Us Commission on International Religious freedom, and he is cofounder of the wieger human rights project. He is one of the most prominent people who has been speaking out about the weeger situation that we go repression and the weaker genocide in china for years, and im thrilled today. Be able to talk to him about his book learn more about his his life story his his hard work the challenges that he has faced and what he sees Going Forward for the uighur people. So, thank you so much for joining us today nouri. Thank you very much for coming to have this conversation with me, bethany. I would first like to ask you about the book project itself. How did it get s
The president has done it on an executive order. We will keep pushing at it. It is obviously not in our power to force congress to act. We can make the case for it. We can have the American People make the case for it. Were going to continue pressing because it is the right thing to do. The cbo report gave the ammunition against it. A job loss and Poverty Alleviation program on the backs of Small Businesses. If you look at the report, it would take 1 Million People out of poverty. There are a lot of views on the economics of the minimum wage. I know that the studies done by a number of people, including Nobel Laureates has the opposite effect. We have time for that debate. Someone who had your job, larry summers, is writing we are becoming a Downton Abbey economy. Do we have to be . I think it is more of a prediction than assessment. If you do the right things, we can create opportunity. One thing about American People generally is if they are doing well, they dont begrudge other peopl
Can you survive on 7. 25 . Good afternoon, im christine romans. This is your money. That swach a reality for 1. 6 million americans, another 17 million earn only slightly more. These are the people who prepare your food, clean your offices and stock the shelves at your local supermarket. If president obama gets his way, those workers will get a raise. Now, the minimum wage today buys 20 less than 50 years ago. The white house wants to trays from 7. 25 to 10. 10 an hour. Some republicans and Business Leaders say raising the minimum wage will hurt the very people its supposed to help. Liberals stay will lift nearly 1 Million People out of poverty. Both sides this week seized on a new report from the congressional budget office. Heres what republicans see. They say employers will be forced to raise prices at the checkout. That would hurt consumers. Or they do cut hours. That could hurt their employees. And in some cases they could be forced to cut jobs. Just how many . Around 500,000 jobs