the pizza man has a direct connection to whirlpool. herman cain supervised the firing of thousands of iowa workers as a member of the whirlpool board of directors. how inconvenient for him to show up today. so he didn't. the republican candidates who came to pella, really a nightmare waiting to happen for anyone who earns a living in the manufacturing sector. pella, iowa, is famous for one thing. that is making windows and doors. pella windows and doors have been around a long time. they've been in iowa since 1925. deregulation led to the crash of 2007 and pella lost market share ever since. what have they done? cut 20% of its workforce over the last five years and the numbers are growing. pella is going to shut down a plant in fairfield, ohio, next year, which will eliminate 160 jobs. last wednesday, pella announced they're shutting down a factory in columbia, south carolina, laying off 147 people by the end of the year. no republican, not one, has any answer for those folks. it's all wall street, washington talk. every republican can

the pizza man has a direct connection to whirlpool. herman cain supervised the firing of thousands ofç iowa workers as a member of the whirlpool board of directors. how inconvenient for him to show up today. so he didn't. the republican candidates who came to pella, really a nightmare waiting to happen for anyone who earns a living in the manufacturing sector. pella, iowa, is famous for one thing. that is making windows and doors. pella windows and doors have been around a long time. they've been in iowa since 1925. deregulation led to the crash of 2007 and pella lost market share ever since. what have they done? cut 20% of its workforce over the last five years and the numbers are growing. pella is going to shut down a plant in fairfield, ohio, next year, which will eliminate 160 jobs. last wednesday, pella announced they're shutting down a factory in columbia, south carolina, laying off 147 people by the end of the year. no republican, not one, has any answer for those folks. it's all wall street, washington talk. every republican

>> what went wrong in newton, whirlpool. the maytag company was a very wealthy company for many years. they knew how to make money and they knew how to make the best product on the market. >> and then whirlpool just came in and changed everything? why, why did they do that? what reason was given to the workers? >> i don't know that any reason was given to the workers other than the fact that they bought the plant. they didn't blame the workers. they didn't blame the union. they just bought the plant and made the announcement they was going to close a year later which they did. >> max, when you think of what you hear about whirlpool, in the last quarter, they had a -- they more than doubled their net profit to $177 million but is laying off thousands of workers. what does this tell you about what's happening in america, max? >> what's happening, in my mind, is these job creators, as the republicans like to call them, they're creating jobs, but they're not creating jobs here in the united states. they're creating jobs offshore

tze pizza man has a direct connection to whirlpool. herman cain supervised the firing of thousands of iowa workers as a member of the whirlpool board of directors. how inconvenient for him to show up today. so he didn't. the republican candidates who came to pella, really a nightmare waiting to happen for anyone who earns a living in the manufacturing sector. pella, iowa, is famous for one thing. that is making windows and doors. pella windows and doors have been around a long time. they've been in iowa since 1925. deregulation led to the crash of 2007 and pella lost market share ever since. what have they done? cut 20% of its workforce over the last five years and the numbers are growing. pella is going to shut down a plant in fairfield, ohio, next year, which will eliminate 160 jobs. last wednesday, pella announced they're shutting down a factory in columbia, south carolina, laying off 147 people by the end of the year. no republican, not one, has any answer for those folks. it's all wall street, washington talk. every republican can

>> what went wrong in newton, was whirlpool. the maytag company was a very wealthy company for many years. they knew how to make money and they knew how to make the best product on the market. >> and then whirlpool just came in and changed everything? why, why did they do that? what reason was given to the workers? >> i don't know that any reason was given to the workers other than the fact that they bought the plant. they didn't blame the workers. they didn't blame the union. they just bought the plant and made the announcement they was going to close a year later which they did. >> max, when you think of what you hear about whirlpool, in the last quarter, they had a -- they more than doubled their net profit to $177 million but is laying off thousands of workers. what does this tell you about what's happening in america, max? >> what's happening, in my mind, is these job creators, as the republicans like to call them, they're creating jobs, but they're not creating jobs here in the united states. they're creating jobs offshore

. >> reporter: in the domestic economy whirlpool announced it's closing a plant in arkansas. whirlpool purchased maytag with the big manufacturing center here in central iowa, which will be getting some of those jobs. >> right, they're going to add 160 jobs. alcoa will be producing more aluminum for the auto industry, they'll be adding a couple hundred jobs, real good manufacturing jobs in deafen part. so we're having some success. but we're not satisfied. we want to do a lot more. >> tom: governor, do you find yourself competing more and more with other states for jobs? >> we're competing in a world economy. so the competition is not just our neighboring states, it's all throughout the world. and we need to make sure that we're reducing the regulatory and tax burdens that are an impediment in our state but also our nation because of the high corporate income tax, because of the penalty to bring profits back from overseas to reinsist here is at a competitive disadvantage. >> tom: the companies you mentioned that are looking to iowa to expand, whirlpool, alcoa, have they been

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while whirlpool profits are up 124%. joining me tonight is congressman jim mcdermott of washington. congressman, good to have you with us tonight. >> good to be here, ed. >> democrats are losing the message war on this. or am i wrong on that? what can democrats do to convince people it's corporations who are not paying taxes, not low-income americans? >> ed, this is just another log on the fire for the occupy wall street people. everybody knows this thing's unfair. and when you have the republicans walking around on capitol hill saying we've got to reduce the taxes on business when the top 500 biggest companies in the country are paying less than 18% on average, they're not paying very much in taxes. and then you've got these 30 at the top who are paying absolutely nothing. in fact, they get money back. that is not true for everyone else in our country. every individual. it is simply not fair, and it's not going to work. >> this is what john boehner said about the country's biggest anti-tax lobbyist, grover norquist. listen to this. >> speaker boehner, grover norquist was on the hil

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get over 10% off all whirlpool washers and dryers and 60% of coats for the whole family. shop early on preview friday. real deals. real savings. sears >>> well, it's the time to check "the pulse," beginning with some incredible animal stories this morning. >> this surfer and the two kayakers seem to be enjoying a beautiful, normal, lazy day in santa krudz harbor. when all of a sudden, two humpback whales lunge out of the water. look at that. and plunge back down. >> it was just for whale-watching. authorities say they and other spectators are getting a little too close for safety. >> some questions whether this vio is real or not. you know. one of our producers noticed the water didn't ripple enough for it to be real. >>> animal stories also produce some amazing images just like this one. a two-run rhino being hoitsed high above the african hills. look at that. the animals are being flown to a remote area away from poachers. >> the animals are put to sleep before their 15-mile journey to safety. the airborne trip puts much less stress on the rhinos than a ride in a truck

., we have to be prepared to pay the amount of money that those executives can get elsewhere in the whirlpool. >> but today's report says that radical reform is needed in britain oppose the top board rooms, including supplying how -- simplifying how executives are paid as well as putting employees on enumeration committees. it is company shareholders who have to take action if these high rewards are not deemed to be fair. ,> this is what they should've still reeling from the fact of the super committee in the u.s. that was supposed to cut $1.20 trillion euros did not come to agreement. that's it for business. >> thank you so much. are you getting high rewards? >> are you kidding? >> the former boss of the ims dominique strauss-kahn and his wife are talking to several media outlets. there's a report linking him to prostitution probe. he and his wife claimed their right to privacy has been breached by the media and an aide to president sarkozy. a top khmer rouge leader on trial at cambodia poses or crimes court has been confronted with dramatic footage in which he defended the regime's bloody p

get over 10% off all whirlpool washers and dryers and 60% of coats for the whole family. shop early on preview friday. real deals. real savings. sears >>> well, it's the time to check >>> well, it's the time to check "the pulse," beginning with some incredible animal stories this morning. >> this surfer and the two kayakers seem to be enjoying a beautiful, normal, lazy day in santa cruz harbor. when all of a sudden, two humpback whales lunge out of the water. look at that. and then slowly crash back down. >> it doesn't seem like they were fazed at all by the spectacle. it was just for whale-watching. authorities say they and other spectators are getting a little too close for safety. >> some questions whether this video is real or not. you know. may have been doctored or whatever. one of our producers noticed the water didn't ripple enough for it to be real. >>> animal stories also produce some amazing images just like this one. a two-run rhino being hoisted high above the african hills. look at that. the animals are being flown to a remote area out of reach from poachers

- she asked the whirlpool peopple. -- people. an american worker is paid $10 to $12 an hour. is it true the republican party is getting paid off for jobs that are being of shored -- off- shored to china and mexico in corporations like john deere and caterpillar? host: mr. gowdy. guest: teacher the republican party is being paid off -- is it true at the republican party is being paid off? no. we have to elevate the discourse. this denigrates the debate a low bittle bit. labor costs are a small part of the consideration. it depends on which biz's you're referring to -- it depends on what business you're referring to. regulatory, litigation, and the uncertainty of not knowing what comes next. is it going to be health care, cap and trade? uncertainty is the real enemy of job creation. congress has all other problems -- congress has a lot of problems. i don't think it's destructive -- constructive to the debate. i have manufacturers that make earth-moving equipment, manufacturers who make textiles, military apparel. tire manufacturers

get over 10% off all whirlpool washers and dryers and 60% of coats for the whole family. shop early on preview friday. real deals. real savings. sears >>> today's sunny weather in colorado should help melt the four to eight inches of snow dumped there yesterday by a very fast-moving storm. about 5,000 homes lost power. highways were closed. dozens of flights canceled. and get this, another storm, yep, is headed that way this weekend. >>> however, roads should be find in colorado and the plains states today. interstates in the pacific northwest will see rain and maybe even snow in the mountain passes. interstates like 49, 64 and 20 will also be wet in the south. >> and if you're flying today, airport delays are possible in san francisco, memphis and atlanta. >>> well, wait until you see this one. a community in texas is in shock this morning over the youtube posting of a man severely punishing his disabled daughter. >> we're just going to show you a small part of this video. it's pretty difficult to watch, actually. many are appalled because this man, get this, is the town

get over 10% off all whirlpool washers and dryers and 60% of coats for the whole family. shop early on preview friday. real deals. real savings. sears >>> today's sunny weather in colorado should help melt the four to eight inches of snow dumped there yesterday by a very fast-moving storm. about 5,000 homes lost power. highways were closed. dozens of flights canceled. and get this, another storm, yep, is headed that way this weekend. >>> however, roads should be find in colorado and the plains states today. interstates in the pacific northwest will see rain and maybe even snow in the mountain passes. interstates like 49, 64 and 20 will also be wet in the south. >> and if you're flying today, airport delays are possible in san francisco, memphis and atlanta.ou see > well, wait unt this one. a community in texas is in shock this morning over the youtube posting of a man severely punishing his disabled daughter. >> we're just going to show you a small part of this video. it's pretty difficult to watch, actually. many are appalled because this man, get this, is the town's fam

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taxes on whirlpool would add jobs? this idea so raising taxes on oil companies will lower the price of gas? how many people really believe that? the idea is, no, we need to reform our energy policy to lower the price of gas and help families and help our economy. the idea that somehow raising taxes is going to create an environment that's more suited for job decree yairks i fail to see the logic. i think most americans understand that as with ok, raising taxes on small businesses, on the wealthy, just not going to work. every time it's tried, it doesn't work. the truth is, we've been doing this approach the last three years. more taxes, more spending, more federal control, more regulation. and look what it's got us. 9% unemployment. $15 trillion debt, largest deficit in the american history, and an economy that just is sort of stagnant and meandering along. host: governor quist is on this program this week and many callers echoed the sentiments we just heard thinking that the pledge supercedes the ability to find compr

get over 10% off all whirlpool washers and dryers and 60% of coats for the whole family. shop early on preview friday. real deals. real savings. sears >>> yesterday, we told you how consumer backlash led to big banks to back down on giving a fee. >> it's a grassroots movement to get money out of the banks and put it into credit unions. carmen wong ulrich is with us. this is a movement. a lot of attention is coming from the fact that social media is a big part of it. >> this was built on facebook. the numbers this morning up 74,000 folks have signed up and even more like this movement to move their money from bigger banks to online or community and -- community bankers and credit unions is where they are focusing people to move all of their money on saturday. >> what do you have to know. >> why are you moving you got to know. the biggest reason are the fees. you guys covered this -- have been covering this. the fees are so high. do you remember free checking? we used to have free checking. we don't have that any more. they have -- community banks and credit unions and onli

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whirlpool. 5,000 jobs. republicans love it because it makes those numbers look really bad for president obama. let's not forget the 120,000 postal workers that are going to be cut because the righties in the lame duck session of the congress of 2006, they dropped a bombshell on the postal service telling them they had to prefund their health care and their retirement 75 years in advance in a ten-year window. let's not forget that. how about the radical governors of walker, kasich, christie, snyder and scott? you could do to all of those states and find that the public sector employees have been cut big time. the firefighters, the police officers and the teachers. and where have the tax cuts gone? to the top 1%. and, oh, by the way, i think those republican governors are just as guilty as the republicans in washington. whose side are you on? i ask this question often. how much more evidence do you need that the republicans undoubtedly have a playbook? they're playing it to a "t" and trying to sabotage the ec

- she asked the whirlpool peopple. -- people. an american worker is paid $10 to $12 an hour. is it true the republican party is getting paid off for jobs that are being of shored -- off- shored to china and mexico in corporations like john deere and caterpillar? host: mr. gowdy. guest: teacher the republican party is being paid off -- is it true at the republican party is being paid off? no. we have to elevate the discourse. this denigrates the debate a low bittle bit. labor costs are a small part of the consideration. it depends on which biz's you're referring to -- it depends on what business you're referring to. regulatory, litigation, and the uncertainty of not knowing what comes next. is it going to be health care, cap and trade? uncertainty is the real enemy of job creation. congress has all other problems -- congress has a lot of problems. i don't think it's destructive -- constructive to the debate. i have manufacturers that make earth-moving equipment, manufacturers who make textiles, military apparel. tire manufacturers