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if you re caught and not from mexico no. they seek asylum. that s not true. you disagree with that? we have a huge problem you re i want to bring amanda in. we had a huge problem when people were coming across the border. we saw kids in cages sleeping on the floor. i don t understand this argument. it means more people are going to be cramped into facilities. reducing the number of beds across the board is going to make conditions much worse. if we want to keep families together, right, don t they need more beds so that the family separation no. a lot of people don t need to be detained. that s right. they are not dangerous. right. seriously. but these are people seeking asylum. you re saying why are they
we left the politics at the door and put something together that we managed. we don t need people from california or florida or seattle or anywhere else coming in to tell us what we should pay our people. i think what we did is responsible and i m proud of that work. i have to squeeze a break and pick this up on the other side. we are always having this debate about is this definitely the definitely where jobs will be? i want to figure out what that level is. i want to bring amanda in. we ll be right back after this. get outta here! i made this belt with traditional, bold, and peanut butter chocolate chex mix. you guys are cute! i ve got trail mix, peanut lovers, chipotle cheddar, dark chocolate, hot n spicy. turtle, cookies n cream, italian herb & parmesan, sour cream n onion, and brownie supreme chex mix. and it rotates. 20 flavors, lots of pieces. chex mix pick your mix. now try popped in white cheddar and sweet and salty.
calling them to act on raising the federal minimum wage. minimum wage for imposing federal contractors. amanda, we were talking about this with you earlier. this seems like an extension. the idea of raising the minimum wame is installed in congress. we heard mitt romney and a few voices out there saying we need to be the party of blue collar people and this is one of the things we have to do. do you see any more wiggle room or is this up to states and cities because nothing is coming out of congress? i don t think anything will come out of congress, but what president obama is doing is bringing it up as a national conversation. we are seeing more states look at it. we are seeing more people at the state and local levels bring it up. with seattle, $15 an hour. that seems high, but if the minimum wage were indexed to
benefits young people. bright lights beckon as he sets his sights on home base. politics in washington encumbered him and he is trying to short circus and seek creative approaches in leaving a lasting mark even if congress won t help him. he finds himself in a poignant moment. the mid-term is closer and his legacy is on his mind. what will can he do to create lasting change to fulfill the promises he made in 2008 and 2012. to help assess this, i want to bring in richard wolf who wrote several books. the most recent is the message, the reselling of president obama. amanda is the senior report managing editor with the huffington post and erica is a public policy expert, president and founder of the progressive project. let me start with you. you know this administration so