comfort. since the duke of edinburgh s death. rather less than that. so this is a family which has suffered one death quite recently, and which is now having to deal with the illness and the declining health, as we understand it at the moment, of, as you say, their mother or their grandmother. it is perfectly possible that she will recover from this, or perhaps not recover, but that she will get over whatever issueit that she will get over whatever issue it is that has because the doctors to speak on the way that they have, so we must again stress that we don t know what the true situation is. we are merely anticipating and expecting that the palace will feel it necessary to say something. but as you say, at the heart of this is a family which is providing comfort to the queen, and one must hope that that is the situation that is taking place within balmoral castle at the moment. nick, thank you. the time is 6:01pm. if you arejoining us here on bbc news, we are reporting the
for scotland- for scotland. yes. this is surely a monarch who for scotland. yes. this is surely a monarch who personifies - for scotland. yes. this is surely a monarch who personifies the - for scotland. yes. this is surely a l monarch who personifies the union for scotland. yes. this is surely a - monarch who personifies the union of monarch who per5onifie5 the union of the crowns of 1603 as much as she does anything else. the constancy that we talk about that applies to her reign actually goe5 that we talk about that applies to her reign actually goes way back before her reign in terms of the royal family s relationship with scotland predating the act of union, the union of the parliament in 1707. indeed the queen has been a constant figure a55ociated indeed the queen has been a constant figure associated with that union of the crowns. not, it has to be said, always without controversy. in the silverjubilee speech which the queen gave in 1977 at westminster when she talked about t
painful if you are a member of the middle class. since union wagmembership has declined wages have stagnated. our question today should union power be curtailed? this from michael. he says it s because of the unions or factories are closed down. they drained all the profits from investments back into the company to overpay workers. this from david. union powers should be increased. when are people in this country going to wake up? the rich folks have been sucking away at the power that the middle class had and the ignorant masses just willingly let them suck away. from mike, if you enjoy a five-day work week thank the labor unions. many of the benefits union and nonunion workers take for granted were fought or. keep the comments coming and the conversation going. facebook.com/carol cnn. all right. thank you, carol. sure. here s a guy, he shoots, he scores, but a hockey fan leaves without the big prize.
bill rogers says because of collective bargaining deals, union workers earn 15 to 20% more than nonunion counterparts. rogers argued without collective bargaining available to much of the middle class, wages have stagnating. in 1983, union members were 20% of the workforce. last year, unions represented less than 12% of the workforce, and rogers says with that decline the wage gap has whitened. in 1988, the average income was 33,400, and 20 years later only 33,000, and the richest americans, their income increased 33%. talk back. should union power be curtailed. let me know what you think at facebook./carolcnn. it is amazing and surprising when you look at the numbers.
it s hard to believe. the wage gap is bigger than it ever has been in the history of this country, and you talk about the poverty rate in this country. it s the highest since 1948. so something is awry. it is because of the lessening the union power or something else. that s what we are asking our viewers. we expect to hear a lot. here s a look at what s ahead. speaking out exclusively to cnn, the woman accused of providing girls for italian prime minister silvio berlusconi. she talks about these allegations. stuck in the blistering arizona desert for five days, if you can imagine, this man what he did to survive, unbelievable. for the first time in a decade, health insurance companies are seeing a decrease in medical expenses. big question is, will you? finally, a cat in florida with sticky paws. house pet by day, clep toe