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joining me now are labor secretary thomas perez and msnbc contributor victoria defrancesco soto. thanks for coming on the show tonight. >> thanks, rev. >> a pleasure to be here. >> where would we be if we didn't have this constant austerity measures that are being pushed through by the gop? >> well, we'd certainly have an unemployment rate that is far lower. let me give you one example. you're correct. we've had 42 consecutive months of private sector job growth to the tune of 7.5 million jobs. during that same period, we have lost 500,000 jobs in government. and who are these jobs that are being lost? they're primarily teachers, firefighters, police officers at a local level. i have three kids in the public schools in my neck of the woods, and they're seeing larger class sizes. they're seeing that there is less teachers in the school. there is less teachers aides in the school. if we had simply been able to keep that number flat, and i have never seen a recovery -- i'm unaware of a recovery where you had no growth in government jobs. if we had been able to keep that flat, we wou

perez. >> good luck the only service that can be sustained in america are minimum wage, no benefit jobs. i categorically reject that >> woodruff: and schools in oakland, california, want to curb a decade of declining graduation rates. we profile programs aimed at engaging students. >> >> ifill: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> and the william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: president obama won key support today as he stepped up his courting of congress to back military action against syria. he and his top lieutenants lobbied for punishing

. >>> new labor secretary thomas perez is praising the fast food workers who strike for higher wages. he says those who saying higher wages will or less jobs have a poor choice. workers are calling for pay of $15 an hour. >>> and here's a good labor day story: the chairman of computer maker lenovo is sharing his bonus with employees. he says he will divvy up the $3.25 million bonus with is some 10,000 workers in 19 different countries, mostly in china. that turns out to about $300 a worker. lenovo is best known for buying ibm's personal computer business. >>> swimmer diana nyad getting closer to a goal she has chased for years. >>> the weather is going to cool down immensely. i'll tell you all about it coming up after the break. wouldn't believe there is a farm inside of it. >> welcome back to al jazeera. i'm del walters. president obama is now scheduling to meet with key republican leaders in the next hour. he is trying to rally congress to approve a strike on syria. the president warned today of a wider regional war if there is a strike, that is the president of syria speaking. the

joining me now are labor secretary thomas perez and msnbc contributor victoria defrancesca soto. thanks for coming on the show tonight. >> thanks, rev. >> a pleasure to be here. >> where would we be if we didn't have this constant austerity measures that are being pushed through by the gop? >> well, we'd certainly have an unemployment rate that is far lower. let me give you one example. you're correct. we've had 42 consecutive months of private sector job growth to the tune of 7.5 million jobs. during that same period, we have lost 500,000 jobs in government. and who are these jobs that are being lost? they're primarily teachers, firefighters, police officers at a local level. i have three kids in the public schools in my neck of the woods, and they're seeing larger class sizes. they're seeing that there is less teachers in the school. there is less teachers aides in the school. if we had simply been able to keep that number flat, and i have never seen a recovery -- i'm unaware of a recovery where you had no growth in government jobs. if we had been able to keep that flat, we wou

labor secretary thomas perez was the keynote speaker at the ceremony in sacramento. this new group of citizens represents a total of 88 countries. many say they come here to chase the american dream. >> as soon as i stepped into the this building i cried. i am very emotional, naturally. but today especially. >> again more than 18,000 people will become new citizens during ceremonies across the united states this week. helping to mark constitution day and citizenship day. >>> it looks like oakland a's fans were ready for the play offs. hundreds of people lined up this morning at the coliseum for the chance to bring tickets to the american league divisional play offs. the a's are in first place in the american league west. the a's magic number to clench their division is seven. >>> and mark is here now with sports, a's playing later on tonight. they seem to be peaking at the right time. >> the texans ahead in their game but if the a's win they will reduce it to six. the giants just hoping to avoid last place. they've been playing better ball of late had a nice weekend

>> former civil rights division leader thomas perez now the secretary of labor is famous for imposing a statistical disparate theory. he was in louisiana doing discovery on this case in january. this to me is clearly a perez operation. >> how should bobby jindal respond? >> fighting this and pointing out this program is working. parents are happy. the parents of the kids getting vouchers and being able to upgrade their schools are happy. scores are going up. it's mind-boggling a law originally intended to fight segregation is keeping black kids in failing schools preventing them from getting better opportunities. it's embarrassing that the secretary of education arne duncan acted this week as if he never heard of the case when asked about it. if he is that embarrassed, he ought to consider resigning. >> what is the outcome here? >> obviously, the state's contesting it. it will really depend on where the federal judge rules. he's shown some sympathy toward the justice department's argument. >> what a shame. we have to take one more break. um... where's mrs. davis? she took an early spr

perez who picking up the bill taxpayers who may be having to balance their own budgets and look at what they can afford. so data from the cabinets office shows in the year twenty twelve twenty thirteen the seventeen main departments spent five hundred six million pounds on consultants to help with special projects such as i t accountancy and finance another three hundred twenty eight million pounds one towards stuff considered as off the payroll like short term monitors all of those contractors were hired to cover put civil servants that were laid off while two hundred eighty seven million pounds went on redundancy payments. a u.s. federal court has imposed a gagging order journalist brown he's facing more than a hundred years in prison over his what related to exposing online surveillance the case has already been dubbed as the latest in the prosecution of investigative journalism and whistle blowing by the obama administration takes a closer look and breaking this set interest into ten minutes. that's a good journalist very brown has been in prison for nearly for shedding light on the

joining me now, thomas perez, welcome to "countdown to the closing bell." >> pleasure to be here with;Ñk . liz: there are 50 directions we couldñ go.yv yes, there was a miss by about 5000 which in and of itself is ñ became more remarkable was a downward revisions for july and june. not as much as initially thought created. what should americans think of these numbers? >> once again we&b have 42 consecutive months private-sector job growth to the tune of 7.5 million jobs, 2.3 million in the last year alone, the economy continued to grow at a steady pace. as itm@ñrñr relates to the revis ÷( zr] notable the majority of those downward revisions are in state and local governments in particular schoolteachers. while the economy has grown over the last 42 months, that is a private-sector economy which has been driving the recovery. we lost 5000 government jobs and let's drill down on that.úhnu what are the jobs that have been lost? schoolteachers, police officers, firefighters. those are the jobs that have been lost. what they are seeing his class sizes going up, less teachers, less t

she was succeeded this year by thomas perez. as the name barack hussein obama never changed the presidency, so too do the names of cruz and ma mere rez hold true to shape or heritage. with me onset here al madrigal, activist host and executive producer of tonight's event, eva longoria and still with us, maria theresa kumar and janet murguia. eva and al, a great show. i laughed, i cried. >> ted cruz, canadian first. no one is going to claim ted cruz. >> you are speaking on behalf of the his spannic community rejecting ted cruz. >> that's me. this has nothing to do with nclr. >> some people voted for him in texas. >> you get to say yes or no at the end of the day because you are a texan. i want to talk to you about how culture is ahead of politics. how do you think culture has been ahead of or behind latino culture and the power of latinos in politics. >> i think pop culture really influence what is the public views certain ethnicities as. the alma awards are about celebrating positive things. if all you see is the news and immigr

still to come, we have a live interview with thomas perez. he is going to talk of course about this job report this morning that most people are saying is not a particularly good one. we'll find out what he's got to say. it's also, by the way, the market's turn to react to those jobs number. the opening bell just a few minutes away. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] some things are designed to draw crowds. ♪ ♪ others are designed to leave them behind. ♪ the all-new 2014 lexus is. it's your move. [ babies crying ] surprise -- your house was built on an ancient burial ground. [ ghosts moaning ] surprise -- your car needs a new transmission. [ coyote howls ] how about no more surprises? now you can get all the online trading tools you need without any surprise fees. ♪ it's not rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. rnchts you're watching cnbc "squawk on the street" live from the financial capital of the world. opening bell in a less than a minute's time. we're talking about week one of the nfl this weekend, but down here at

. >> thomas perez takes the helm at the department of labor. >> we're all in this together. >> working together, we can unleash the economy's full potential. >> nobody should have to live in poverty working a full-time job. >> our job is to make the american dream a reality for everyone. >> our number two trender, double dribble. >> dennis rodman is now in north korea for a meeting with kim jong-un. >> i want to go over there to start a new basketball league over there. >> you've heard it's a dream team? we're the mean team. >> the former nba star heads back to north korea. >> him and dennis rodman are in the house. >> i want to go over there to have a good time and bridge the gap with americans and north korea. >> in today's top trender, weak spot. >> the united states should take military action against syrian regime targets. i will seek authorization for the use of force from the american people's representatives in congress. >> the decision to give congress a vote is a political gamble by president obama. >> i'm afraid what it's shown is weakness there. >> conservatives attack the

thomas perez tried to tell us how great that number was today. so i thought i was going to mail him some lipstick so he could try to put it on that giant pig of a number today. >> ah, okay! rich peterson, jump in here. >> well, maria, i think what we're seeing right now is just the uncertainty that goes on, what's transpiring in washington. the fact, you look at equities now, we're trading at about -- less than 15 times forward earnings, less than 13 1/2 times 2014 numbers. the fact is, so much uncertainty. the fact is, whatever happens with the congressional vote -- if it goes up or down -- there's more critical issues in terms of the debt ceiling, in terms of the fed replacement, the discussion today of senator liz warren of massachusetts will likely oppose larry summers nomination if that comes about. the fact is we're seeing a deceleration of earnings. we went from over 7% in the fourth quarter last year to over 5% in the first quarter. expectations now for third quarter. less than 4%. financials are going to go from the best in the second qu

thomas perez was sworn in today as u.s. secretary of labor. vice president biden presided over a ceremony at the labor department. perez vowed to focus on speeding up the pace of economic recovery. >> boiled down on our essence, the department of lasch is the department of opportunity, and as weerg of emerge from the most-- the worst recession of our lifetime, i will make it my top priority to expand opportunity in a number of different ways. and, first, we must invest in our workforce. >> reporter: perez previously led the justice department's civil rights division. automakers in the u.s. posted double-digit gains in august, their best showing in at least five years. toyota racked up a 23% gain, general motors was up 15%, and ford and chrysler sales rose 12%. the companies did well on both ends of their lineups, posting strong sales of pickup trucks and small cars. the auto news helped wall street rally. the dow jones industrial average gained nearly 97 points to close just short of 14,931. the nasdaq rose 36 points to close at 3649. those ar

host: your thought os on thomas perez? guest: he brings incredible passion to the position. he wants to walk in the footsteps. francis perkins. he's trying to shine a light on labor management cooperation in terms of training and upgrading of workers and rebuilding the american middle class. we support him 100 percent. host: what said, what should he advocate? guest: we want him to stand with the fast food and wal-mart workers trying to form a union. we want him to advocate for tax policy and education policy that will help revitalize the american middle class. we think that the president is framing the right debate by saying we need to grow this economy from the middle out and we expect the secretary of labor will help shine a light on the thing that your callers have said this morning. host: mary kay henry the president of the service employees international union, thank you. coming up tomorrow, we'll continue our look at what's going on with syria with steve clemons. we'll look at what he expects what's

of ayvani perez's family and friends gather in front of a school looking for answers. >> we want her safe return. that's what we are praying for. >> reporter: she went to middle school before recently moving. among the tears and the hugs, nina richardson stares at a picture of her and her friend. >> every time i look at it i'm scared. she is literally this small. literally. like if somebody would come and abduct her, she couldn't help herself. >> reporter: the fbi and clayton county police say two men broke in the home and demanded money and jewelry. when none could be found, they allegedly shot the family dog and then grabbed 14-year-old ayvani. driving away in a gray dodge vehicle. these are sketches released of the two men. a heavy police presence remains. >> our absolute number one priority is the safe return of a 14-year-old innocent girl. >> reporter: one friend says a relative spoke with the kidnapped girl briefly on the phone. >> i don't get it. it's confusing. >> i don't know why they would just take her. >> reporter: young teens facing questions no one has the answers to. >

here's pierre thomas. >> reporter: this is aaron alexis armed with a sawed off shotgun hunting innocent victims. it started as a routine monday at the navy yard. alexis shows his pass and is waived in by a security guard just before 8:00 a.m. surveillance cameras capture him driving into a parking garage and moments later walking in through the front door of building 197. he's working there as a civilian contractor. there's no metal detector, no bag check. we next see alexis armed with a shotgun peeking around corners, checking doors, looking for someone, anyone to ambush. he moves quickly down the stairs with purpose, eager. look, he sees some people and ducks behind a wall. the first official explanation of why. >> he was a mentally unstable individual. >> this shotgun is the primary murder weapon. on it he evidence a number of carvings including, end to the torment. better off this way, and my elf weapon. alexis has been hearing voices and believed he was being bombarded by micro waves, something naval authorities knew about. >> there are multiple indicators that alexis held a delusi