so the office of labor standards enforcement enforces local labor laws adopted by san francisco voters and the san francisco board of supervisors. many of the laws apply city-wide to private employers, and other laws apply to city contractors, leaseholders, and others doing business directly with the city and county of san francisco. so some san francisco labor laws that impact good workers, these laws would apply to many private-sector employers within the jursdicted boundaries. that would unconclude san francisco minimum wage, san francisco paid sick leave, health care security ordinance, family-friendly workplace, lacktation in the workplace, consider of salary history, and the fair chance ordinance. it is important to note for the fair chance ordinance, it would be potentially preempted by the california public utilities commission for transportation network companies. that would apply to transportation services, but not necessarily delivery services, which sa large part of the gig-type economy. and to make it clear that the office of labor standards enforcement holds these workers

if you're the labor secretary. alex acosta, who prior to serving in donald trump's cabin cabinet, served as the top prosecutor in miami out today over his role in negotiating a sweetheart deal for accused pedophile and sex trafficker jeffrey epstein. as this scandal dragged into its fifth day, donald trump bid acosta a farewell on the south lawn with a sorry/not sorry to see you go. >> alex, i think you'll agree, i said you don't have to do this. he doesn't have to do this. he made a deal people were happy with and 12 years later they're not happy with it. you'll have to figure all of

the right to have claims adjudicated by the labor commissioner. if i have a claim and the labor commissioner determines this person you did work for owes you money, but this person proved you're an independent contractor, so we can't award you anything. good luck. go to court, file a breach of contract, do whatever you're going to do. two, and this is gigantic: the labor code has dozens and dozens and dozens of anti-retaliation laws that protect laws from being discharged or denied promotions or not hired for engaging in various protected activities, for filing wage claims, for whistle-blowing, for refusal to perform unsafe work, for taking time off to visit a child's school or day care centre ar center, or taking time off for medical treatment. if you take off work and say i have go to medical treatment, the person who hired you can legally say, you don't work today, you're fired, i don't care what the reason is. i'll stop there. under -- this is under the unemployment insurance code, the employees get unemployment insurance if they're let go. in

party's letter to labor m.p.'s just describe what this process is and what it means for where the parliamentary labor party will be in future more unified it's clearly split at the moment well i would hope so i mean you know my opinion but what is it exactly we'll talk about the system means that all members now under the new rules the 6 members of parliament have to confirm whether the. they are interested in starting again and then if they all their constituency parties will have the ability to trigger an open selection if that's what the members or 3rd of the members in the constituency want to see happen now some constituencies will will reach that threshold of the others won't be clear for you in a post boris chair we hunt period before a general election you wouldn't know then maybe have been able to contest your own seat as an m.p. the latest candidate even though he know your general election because you are an independent while you were being sued under the law that i saw myself as a depend also was off a

party's letter to labor m.p.'s just describe what this process is and what it means for where the parliamentary labor party will be in future more unified it's clearly split at the moment well i would hope so i mean you know my opinion what is it exactly will take about a system means that all members now under the new rules the 6 members of parliament have to confirm whether the. they are interested in starting again and then if they all their constituency parties will have the ability to trigger an open selection if that's what the members or 3rd of the members in the constituency want to see happen now some constituencies will will reach that threshold of the others won't be clear for you in a post boris chair we hunt period before a general election you wouldn't know then maybe have been able to contest your own seat as an m.p. the latest coming to the manor he know your general election because you are an independent while you were being sued under the law that i saw myself as a dependent also was offered a l

the opposite main opposition labor policy is that what they. what's the what's the phrase they use describe that the prisoner occasion overtaking him seductive embrace your overpressure instruction and begin to think you you know i mean how how much further actually have they got to run with this before it fell before it would it runs out of time because there is this gigantic hole between jeremy corbin and these and his main the union back a limitless ski and his closest adviser. and the rest of the party and the party membership which plainly wants either no brick support the very least a 2nd referendum and then when the party leadership is milton away from accepting its mandate from its so membership and i do think and again this is the partisan view and i have had the labor party at a much more definitive position than you know to some of the amendments in the columns that got lost by them over the last few months money actually been won and i don't think the country would be big in this set of uncertainties of the moment that now go ahead

president trump is stepping up to defend his labor secretary who is is facing calls to resign over his handling of the jeffrey epstein case. president said secretary alex acosta is doing a fantastic job. mr. trump also tried to distance himself from epstein in the oval office earlier today after once describing him alz a terrific guy. >> thank you very much -- >> reporter: tonight president trump appears to be standing by his embattled labor secretary alex acosta. at least for now. >> i can tell you that for two and a half years he's been just an excellent secretary of labor. he's done a fantastic job. >> reporter: the president appeared to diminish acosta's role as a federal prosecutor in 2008 plea agreement for jeffrey epstein who is facing new charges of running a child sex ring in florida that includes accusations of abusing teenage girls. >> i do hear there were a lot of people involved in that decision, not just him. i can only say this, from what i know and what i do know is that he's been a great -- really great secretary of labor. the rest of it will have to look at, we'll hav

the opposite main opposition labor policy is that what they. what's the what's the phrase they used describe that the prisoner occasion overtaking him seductive embrace your overpressure instruction begin to think you you know i mean how how much further actually have they got to run with this before it fell before it would it runs out of time because there is this gigantic hole between jeremy colvin and these and his main union back a limitless ski and his closest advisers. and the rest of the polity and the party membership which plainly wants either no brick support the very least a 2nd referendum and then when the party leadership is milch away from accepting its mandate from it so membership in a 2 thing and again this is the others and you can't have the labor party at a much more definitive position than you know to some of the amendments in the colons that got lost by them over the last few months money actually been won and i don't think the country would be in this set of uncertainties at the moment right now had i think it is a tick

party should be focused on cable already in a good labor parliamentary labor party. looked like under a corbin government because you had to raise the wage raise raise that your leader is someone who supports iran who supports putin who supports the ira or jeremy supports obviously is a nation which is at ease with itself a nation that is intolerant of poverty and inequality a nation that you know spreads peace and is all movements around the world jeremy is as you know established a shadow minister for peace and dissolve them but just imagine a united kingdom government a permanent member of the security council having a minister for peace and his all movement that would send an incredibly powerful message all the way around the world and i could think could have a really significant effect on some of the conflicts which are taking place now in different parts of the globe so i'll be very very optimistic about the future labor government and on the job because being with that's committed to tackling inequality poverty at home as spreading peace and is all went on th

party's letter to labor m.p.'s just describe what this process is and what it means for where the parliamentary labor party will be in future more unified it's clearly split at the moment well i would hope so i mean you know my opinion what is it exactly we'll talk about the system means that all members now under the new rules the 6 members of parliament have to confirm whether. they are interested in starting again and then if they all their constituency parties will have the ability to trigger an open selection if that's what the members or 3rd of the members in the constituency want to see happen now some constituencies will will reach that threshold of the others won't be clear for you in a post boris chair we hunt period before a general election you wouldn't know then maybe have been able to contest your own seat as an m.p. the latest candidate even though he knew he was a general election because you're an independent while you were being sued under the law that i saw myself as a depend almost always off a

competition for labor? >> yes -- >> or am i wrong on that >> it's very interesting we've seen wages moving up, and we do hear lots of reports like what you just said about labor shortages and can't find qualified people we would have expected to see wages move up more they are moving up at a healthy level on average a little more than 3%. that's a good thing. yeah, you'd want a tight labor market to produce solid wages. >> is this a fairly tight labor market >> it is by almost every measure. i would say that the thing that doesn't really show the tightness through is the wages, which could be higher. >> in a tight labor market, if i have a person making $12 but they're worth $15 an hour, wn e, they should be earning $15 an y because everyone is looking for labor. if a guy is making 15 bucks an hour but maybe only worth $11, what happens >> well, might get fired, right? >> yeah. >> or might automate so the marketswork to pay people the value of the services thatppens in a tight labor mark, which i know you w

he's been a good secretary of labor. what happened 12 or 13 years ago with respect when he was an attorney in miami, was it miami? >> yes. >> you go back and look at everybody else's decisions, whether it's an u.s. attorney or a judge, you go back 12 or 15 years ago or 20 years ago and look at their past decisions. i would think you'd probably find they were -- wish they maybe did it a different way. i do hear that there were a lot of people involved in that decision, not just him. i can only say this from what i know and what i do know is that he's been a great -- really great secretary of labor. the rest of it we'll have to look at it very carefully. it was a decision made, not by him, but by a lot of people. we'll be looking at that very carefully. anybody else? >> epstein is a terrific guy? >> knew him like everybody in palm beach knew him. he was a fixture in palm beach. i had a falling out with him long time ago. i don't think i've spoken to him for 15 years. i wasn't a fan. i was not -- a long time ago. maybe 15 y

the labor secretary the unemployment rate may be low, it's got to go to do with the labor secretary, the labor secretary and that department measures unemployment. so the unemployment rate is low as a defense for alex acosta is an irrelevant point, just so people don't get caught up on that. >> also from a historical perspective we know that the president has lost a number of people or fired a number of people in his administration and until hours, minutes before even those people don't know. so for the president to give him a seal of approval at 12:30 means nothing. >> let's take a look, though, at the history between epstein who we've been talking about a lot and acosta, the labor secretary. back in the mid 2000s epstein faced accusations that he sexually abused more than 40 girls, the victims ranged in ages from 13 to 17 years old and as palm beach authorities feared, local prosecutors would be rolled over by epstein's high powered lawyers, they asked the federal prosecutor in miami to step in, that's according to reporting in the "new york times." that u.s. attorney was, in fact,

labor organizer in parliamentary labor party as in many countries women started to get the french as and so on she had to have other means of controlling people and it was understood and expressed they have to control them by control of. beliefs and attitudes well one of the best ways to control people in terms of attitudes is what the great political economists there stand blind called fabricating consumers. if you can fabricate a want to. make obtaining things that are just about within your reach the essence of life they're going to be trapped into becoming a consumer's. and you read the business press say 920 s. it talks about the need to direct people to the superficial things of life like fashionable consumption and that will keep them out of our hair. you find this doctrine all through progressive intellectual thought but water lipman the major progress of intellectual of the 20th century. he wrote famous progressive essays on democracy in which his view is exactly that the public must be put in their place so that the responsible men can make decisions without interference fr

of going to school they're forced to work to help support their families despite the fact that child labor is officially banned in almost all countries images like these are widespread according to the united nations children's agency unicef there are 152000000 child laborers worldwide more than 70 percent of them work in the agriculture sector as well as in the service sector and industry nearly all the world's nations have agreed to aim to end all forms of child labor by $2252025.00 that's just 6 years from now. it's 10 o'clock in the morning in the hover in play. in southeastern turkey noah is 11 years old and should be in school just like most of his 9 brothers and sisters but every year they missed several weeks of school because their family needs them to go out and harvest cotton. later in the school year and may well miss another month of school because the help will be needed to harvest apricot. fish. yet as of the work is quite hard. to get we have to pick cotton for the entire day. it's tough. neverless told us just as there is 16 years old she tells us she hasn't been to school

competition for labor. salaries rise when there is competition for labor? chair powell: yes, it is very interesting. we have seen wages moving up. we do here lots of reports like what you just said about labor shortages. we would have expected to see weight is move out more. they are moving up at a healthy level. on average, little more than 3%. you would want a tight labor market to produce solid wages. duffy: business a tight labor market in a tight labor market, if i have a person nicking 12 bucks an hour, but they are worth 15 in our, what you think happened? in economic: theory, they should be earning $15 an hour. represented duffy: they will leave that job. everyone is work -- everyone is looking for labor. if a guy is making 15 bucks an hour but maybe only worth 11, what happens? they might get fired, right? or you may automate. worked to pay people the value of the services they provide the company. that especially happens in tight labor market. i know you will not make the point on a $15 minimum wage, but my concern is that if we do not -- if we in

we now have this vacancy at the department of labor, of course. we have a number of acting secretaries in the cabinets and the most senior members of the cabinet. we haven't seen anything like this in preechrecent history. >> labor secretary alex acaughta just the latest to join this list of trump administration official departures over the past two and a half years. as of the end of june eight confirmed cabinet officials have left office and that doesn't include alex acosta. if you compare that to the obama administration, there was no turnover in the cabinet agencies in the first two and a half years of obama's term. during the bush administration, one cabinet secretary left office during that same amount of time, treasury secretary paul o'neill. not only have there been a number of top officials departing the white house, but the number of vacancies within several departments is very high. all told there are 260 of 713 vacant key leadership positions. that includes 61 vacancies at the state department, 12 within the defense department and 15 at

how do you think your labor secretary did? his first response it wasn't clear that he was going to resign. he was speaking in the past tense. that was an indication that something happened. then acosta explained that he offered his resignation letter. then we had to clarify what is going on here. the president said, yes, he's resigning. but he went out of his way to praise him. this was something for the ages in terms of south lawn press depan chd departur departures. 30 minutes. it was baking hot out there. but the president wanted to take questions and put his spin on the epstein case, that is that he kicked him out of a club in mere law tkpoe and the clearly wants to move on. >> a lot about the relationship between those two men. the democratic congressman eric swalwell of california. he is notably a member of the intelligence and judiciary committees, as well as a former 2020 presidential candidate. congressman swalwell, i appreciate your being here. we heard the president say moments ago about alex on costa. take a listen

to 65 last year while trafficking is just one aspect of modern slavery victims often endure forced labor in terrible conditions. or. a steady job with a good salary and a lucrative bonus that's the promise that tempts many indonesian men to leave their high end and help to see but what they get is this is about on the day you fit it surely is by the indonesian seafarers movement says crew members sleeping on the floor in the cargo hold looking malnourished and exhausted one of them is from a tula. he says he was tricked by an indonesian recruiting agency traffic to somalia and forced to spend 9 months aboard a chinese fishing boat manning nets and packing fish for 18 hours a day. some . bonding when we didn't catch enough fish or squid we will be eaten by the captain. diversity we will be eating a lot i'm still traumatized by it going without her but i was. on board the creek claim they were given a choice between going hungry and eating spoiled fish and they didn't even have clean water. in the layout will most likely go on the rare occasion we were given fish we could tell by the smell

labor and pensions known as the health committee. senator, this is a perfect place to pick up on that conversation because regardless of what happens in this court and when it gets into the supreme court and maybe we don't have a judgment until about a year from now. it's really going to be up to those people running for office and keeping this discussion alive to determine what it looks like in the future. but in the meanwhile, you have introduced legislation to try and protect americans who have pre-existing conditions. >> absolutely. and to try to force the trump administration to reverse this stance in court so that instead they go in defending an existing law rather than asking the court to strike it down. let's just look at the context here. the trump administration is asking the court to rip away private health insurance from approximately 20 million people. that would be the result if the court were to strike down the affordable care act in its entirety. that is just outrageous. we need to be clear they tried not only to do t

department of labor. that would be inside the r the u.s. department of labor. to talk about a sex offender from new york.fá specifically, he was defending his role in an extraordinarily d

to a kitchen you'll actually patterns most forms of child labor children are required to be in school up to the age of at least 15 but here in the higher end playing the authorities have never really come down on child labor no less and zara's father of losing track of i send all his. into work in the fields over the course of the school year money is tight and he sees no alternative charges to burn and what other solution is there if the state would help us out it would be different but as it is if we don't all work we won't get by most of. those on very low incomes can get state help in some cases but the amount varies and it doesn't necessarily increase with the size of the family as a result tens of thousands of families are forced to put their children to work regional development experts said bennett spent years studying the problem he says many families simply have no choice he warns missing chuckle by that he could be fined for not sending his children to school or apologise or apologise as the shame that if we don't work how can i provide for the children and send them to sch

president donald trump has lost another member of his cabinet laborous. secretary alex accost up is resigning while he's faced fierce criticism over a secret plea deal he negotiated a decade ago with jeffrey epstein the billionaire accused of sexually abusing underage girls i do not think it is right and fair for just that minute great labor department to have epstein as the focus rather than the credible economy that we have today. and like all the president this morning i told him that i thought the right day let's just step aside you know cabinet position are temporary. it would be selfish for me to stay in this position and get to new talking about a case of bloggers all rather than about the basic economy we have right now he made a deal that people happy with and then 12 years later they're not happy with it you'll have to figure all of that out but the fact is he has been a fantastic secretary of labor and alex told me this morning and he wanted to say me and i actually said well we have the press right out here so perhaps you just want to say it t

president, how do you think your labor secretary did? >> i think he was a great labor secretary. not a good labor secretary. he's done a fantastic job. he's a friend of everybody in the administration. and i got a call this morning early from alex, and i think he did a very good job yesterday, under a lot of pressure he did a fantastic job. and he explained it. he made a deal that people were happy with and then 12 years later they're not happy with it. you'll have to figure all of that out. but the fact is, he has been a fantastic secretary of labor. and alex called me this morning and he wanted to see me. i actually said, well, we have the press right out here so perhaps you just want to say it to the press. but i want to let you know, this was him, not me, because i'm with him. he was a -- he's a tremendous talent. he's a hispanic man. he went to harvard. a great student. and in so many ways i just hate what he's saying now. because we're going to miss him. but please, alex. >> thank you mr. president. over the last week i've seen a lot of coverage of the department of labor.

labor secretary also costa announced he is resigning. he had been criticized over his handling of the controversial sex trafficking plea deal made more than a decade ago. cbs news natalie brand is in washington with more on his decision to step down. truck president trump said secretary acosta called him earlier this morning and the president empathize it was his decision. secretary acosta said given the renewed focus on his past plea deal with jeffrey epstein, he did not feel it was fair to the labor department to have jeffrey epstein as a focus. with president trump s his side labor secretary alex acosta said he is stepping down.>> cabinet positions are temporary trust. it would be selfish for me to stay in this position, and continue talking about a case that is 12 years old. >> reporter: the president repeatedly praised ta and the work he did at the labor department. >> i just want to let you know that this with him, and not me because i am with him. he is a tremendous talent and we will miss him. >> reporter: acosta came under fire

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anyway, the labor economist describes the terrorist attack as quote, righteous sabotage. she compared him to partisans fighting against the and then called for more terror h attack. quote, "as vince bronson and many of the other horror -- heroic comments before him has made clear, there are many ways to fight back against a violent fascist regime. perhaps it's time for more of us to put our thinking caps on." the decadent rich are really unbelievable and of course, kim kelly is a membervi so is antifa. these are the most privileged people in our society. of course, this isn't the working class rising out. this is the ruling class punching down. when kim kelly, by the way, it isn't letting off the labor movement for teenage girls, she is also a contributor at npr. you can make this up. in other words, government funded news outlets are directly spreading the message of people who promote the murder of government officials. it's sick.

for labor? >> yes. >> or am i wrong on that? >> it is very interesting. we have seen wages moving up and we do hear lots of reports like what you just said you know, labor shortages and can't find qualified people. we would have expected to see wages move up, they are moving up at a healthy level on average a little more than 3%. that's a god thing. yeah, you would want a tight labor market to produce solid wage. >> is this a fairly tight labor market? >> it is by almost every measure. i would say that the thing that doesn't really show is the wages which could be higher. >> in a tight labor market, if i have a person who is making 12 bucks an hour, but they're worth $15 an hour, what do you think happens? no well, in a, in economic theory they should be earning $15 an hour. if the marginal product is $15. >> they will leave one job, go to someone pays them 15 bucks an hour, right? everyone is looking for labor. if a guy making 15 bucks an hour, only worth 11 what happens? might get fired, right

months gunning to become the british prime minister current foreign army hunt off the top opposition labor party needs jeremy corp and. even atrocities. plus job money is in the grip of a heat wave triggering a crime wave including a large punch up at a swimming pool. it's just gone 4 am head in the russian capital i'm sorry with the latest news from welcome. and fast stop europe and russia should return to a normal relationship without sanctions that's the joint message from the news conference of. talking about the harm to the economy by those restrictions it seems prime even odd to an emotional touch. because you may approach the time the sanctions could be lifted or extended i'm always sad because so much could be achieved and the situation could be so much bits well it was no secret that the euro skeptic forces currently in power here and rome are no big fans of europe's anti russian sanctions to say the least but as you've heard prime minister conte's message is getting more loud and more clear especially when he's standing shoulder to shoulder with the russian president who once aga

for labor? >> yes. >> am i wrong on that? >> it's very interesting. we have seen wages moving up. we do hear lots of reports like what you said about labor shortages and can't find qualified people. we would have expected to see wages move up. they are moving up at a healthy level on average, a little more than 3%. that's a good thing. you would want a tight labor market to produce solid wages. >> is this a tight labor market? >> it is by almost every measure. i would say that the thing that doesn't show the tightness through is the wages, which could be higher. >> in a tight labor market an hr but they are worth $15 an hour, what do you think happens? >> in economic >> they will leave one job and go to someone else that will pay them $15 an hour? everyone is looking for labor. if a guy is making $15 an hour but worth $11, what happens? they might get fired, right? or you might automate. the markets work to pay people the value of the services they provide the company. that happens in a tight la

. >>> outfront labor secretary alex acosta is out. yet another member of trump's cabinet forced to quit amid scandal. and tonight another my ranking official may be next. and tropical storm barry gaining power. threatening epic floods. landfall hours away. and the highly anticipated hearing with robert mueller next week may have hit a snag. what's the hold up? let's go outfront. good evening i'm kate baldwin in for erin front. president trump can quit you, especially if you are in his cabinet. tonight yet another departure, perhaps with a little push from the president. this time labor secretary alex acosta announced his resignation days after coming under heavy scrutiny for miss role in a plea deal with accused child rapist jeffrey epstein when acosta was u.s. attorney in florida. >> he has been a fantastic secretary of labor. and alex called me this morning and he wanted to see me. i just want to let you know, this was him not me. because i'm with him. he was a -- he is a tremendous talent. >> so that's today. of course just two day

this came from labor, it came from everybody. even the middle-income folks to came in and say we need help also, we hear you. we will put something in there for the middle-income, as well as low-income. i am so proud of the process that we -- that we took to get to where we are today. today is going to be a historical vote where the board of supervisors will vote on this bond measure, this measure for housing in san francisco. and then, once we get it on the ballot, it's going to be another historical moment in november, because all of us, all of you will fight for this and make sure that we get 17%, right? and i can't thank the staff and the supervisors enough for their part because the community weighed in early, and we needed to figure out what are the issues that we needed to address. all my supervisors weighed in on the whole process. i want to thank them personally. almost every one of them. thank you supervisors. give them a hand. [applause] >> president yee: and i really want to thank their staff who did a lot of work. pl

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chairman powell: i think a tight labor force is lifting all sorts of communities into the labor force. it is good. the issue is more on the business side. we see confidence in business weakening we can -- out of it. rep. wagner: i get back. >> the gentleman from -- rep. wagner: high-yie -- i yield b ack. >> the gentleman from missouri is recognized. >> the st. louis federal reserve noted that arise in uncertainty to havey believed effects on macro economic, microeconomic and financial market outcomes. theoretical models suggested that rising uncertainty can affect economic activity and decision-making in various ways. the authors noted firms meant to ,ay investment in hiring households may induce spending by increasing their savings rate if they anticipate possible changes in their income or wealth. if risk premiums increase, and even if in your own testimony submitted to this committee, you noted that consumer spending has bounced back from a sluggish first quarter and is chugging along. and this uncertainty is exacerbated for consumers in missouri when the president is gloating abou

report that has a couple of recommendations lowering inequality improving education and making the labor market more inclusive reforms in these areas could help policymakers come up with the answers to some of the current problems posed by globalization digitalization and environmental degradation emerging markets especially need more policies to protect the environment china could address its pollution problem by better and forcing existing laws and raising energy taxes is the o.e.c.d. and india could improve its infrastructure to promote the efficient use of energy and water resources. thomas because local senior economist at the o.e.c.d. is standing by for us coming back to the always india report about urgently needed reform in many colonies in the world we've heard about india and china again my question which other asian economies would you single out for urgent action. i'm happy to be here but v. the country i think that is worth with singling out is japan which faces an acute population aging problem and really changing challenge and to make the most out of it basics japan has to

report that has a couple of recommendations lowering inequality improving education and making the labor market more inclusive reforms in these areas could help policymakers come up with answers to some of the problems posed by globalisation digitalization and environmental degradation emerging markets especially need more policies to protect the environment china could address its pollution problem by better and forcing existing laws and raising energy taxes the o.e.c.d. and india could improve its infrastructure to promote the efficient use of energy and water resources. thomas because local senior economist at the o.e.c.d. is standing by for us coming back to the always india report about urgently needed reform in many colonies in the world we've heard about india and china again my question which other asian economies would you single out for urgent action. i'm happy to be here but the country i think that is worth with singling out this is japan which faces an acute population aging problem and challenge and to make the most out of it basically japan has to prepare for the future of

to a kitchen you'll actually patterns most forms of child labor children are required to be in school up to the age of at least 15 but here in the higher end playing the authorities have never really come down on child labor you know let and there is father losing track of i send all his children to work in the fields over the course of the school year money is tight and he sees no alternative charges to burn and what other solution is there if the state would help us out it would be different but as it is if we don't all work we won't get by. those on very low incomes can get state help in some cases but the amount varies and it doesn't necessarily increase with the size of the family as a result tens of thousands of families are forced to put their children to work regional development experts said fenech spent years studying the problem he says many families simply have no choice he warns missing chucker by that he could be fined for not sending his children to school or apologise or apologise if we don't work how can i provide for the children and send them to school at all how ca

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against one of the tube and british prime minister current foreign faction jeremy hunt he ties opposition labor party chairman paul been to anti semitism and even auschwitz atrocities. plus many is in the way triggering a crime wave including a large punch off a swimming. it's just gone through and hit and mostly watching. a very warm welcome. and. europe and russia should retire on 20 normal relationship without sanctions that's the joint message from the news conference of. the contest talking about the home to the economy by those restrictions even added an emotional touch. as you may approach the time the sanctions could be lifted or extended i'm always sad because so much could be achieved and the situation could be so much bits well it was no secret that the euro skeptic forces currently in power here and rome are no big fans of europe's anti russian sanctions to say the least but as you've heard prime minister conte's message is getting more loud and more clear especially when he's standing shoulder to shoulder with the russian president who once again reminded about the enormous amounts

gunning to become british prime minister current foreign secretary jeremy hunt after he is' opposition labor party to jeremy corbyn to anti semitism and even auschwitz the trouble. was that germany is in the grip of a heat wave which has also triggered a prime way think putting a large punch up this well being called. hello and welcome this is r.t. international broadcasting to you live from moscow and the care and. now europe and russia should return to a normal relationship without sanctions that's the joint message from the news conference of blind amir putin and just the picante talking about the harm to the economy by those restrictions that italy's premier even added an emotional touch. the time the sanctions could be lifted or extended always because so much could be achieved and the situation could be so much. for joining me live now is the labor trying to go from rome in the apprentice to console was very expressive about sanctions wasn't hey but will they stay or will they go. well it looks like they're going to stay for now anyway because the voice that's coming out of rome surely

. >>> also tonight, president trump is defending labor secretary alex acosta whose facing the demands that he step down. acosta was a u.s. attorney a decade ago when he cut a secret plea deal for multi-millionaire jeffrey epstein who faced sex charges and now with epstein facing new charges for allegedly running a sex trafficking network and abusing underage girls, joe biden is the latest to demand that acosta resign. president trump says acosta is doing a great and fantastic job. but said the matter must be looked at closely. i'll speak with democratic candidate amy klobuchar and congressman john garamendi and our correspondents will have full coverage. let's begin with our chief white house correspondent jim acosta. a member of the trump cabinet is under fire for his controversial actions in a previous job. what is the latest? >> reporter: he certainly is, wolf. president trump is stepping up to defend his labor secretary who is is facing calls to resign over his handling of the jeffrey epstein case. president said secretary alex acosta is doing a fantastic job. mr. trump also tried

labor secretary alex acosta defends the secret 2008 plea deal he arranged as a u.s. attorney which made multi-millionaire jeffrey epstein an sentence for sex crimes. president trump pushed him before the cameras but could he still push him out the door. >>> call to resign, nancy pelosi adds her powerful voice to those calling on alex acosta to resign adding that president trump should ask him to step down. >>> now mueller, house democrats are preparing for next week's testimony by former special counsel robert mueller. but while the hearings are seen as a possible make or break moment for impeachment advocates, some democrats are already tamping down expectations. >>> and ambassador quits. britain ambassador to the united states resigns after leaked diplomatic cables show he called president trump insecure and incompetent triggering a series of insults from the president. >>> i'm wolf blitzer and you're in "the situation room." >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> breaking news, embattled labor secretary alex acosta goes public to defend the still shocking pl

of this plot to discredit the labor leader. cheika dark senior research associate a think tank the big inside out center for strategic studies wants nothing is more dangerous than minimizing the holocaust for political point scoring. i believe that this competition. might be in such a high level that whoever is against corbin who might be the next prime minister would use any any means in order to gain some more votes this is very dangerous because when you try to minimize the magnitude of the holocaust to something which can be used. for political issues it is something which makes the holocaust happen again because if it was not such a big think that we can use it into the glue that we can use it here and there for whatever we like. of the game. germany is in the grip of a hate wave at the moment and it seems to be driving people a bit crazy leading to everything from public nudity to mass violence or swimming pools peace all of our reporters. the heat wave that's being roasting parts of europe has seen some here in germany f

the second is labor. we are very dependent on labor in our industry and as you all know immigration reform is something that is extremely important to agriculture and something that we are watching very closely. a lot of people say how come you don't just raise wages. well, we have. our employees are currently earning anywhere from $14 to $16 an hour on the farm and much like the prices we're getting today are not that much different from the prices we were getting back in the early '90s and labor continues to increase, the labor shortage continues to increase and yet we are still unable to get employees to work on our farms. we are needing to utilize the only option available to us and that's the h-2a program. the h-2a program is very costly, but it is an opportunity for us to get the labor we need to get our crops to market. the other thing i'd like to discuss really quick is in our industry we are very concerned about food safety. as you may be aware, last november in 2018 the romaine industry was shut

to be comforted prime minister current foreign secretary jeremy hunt that's after he ties opposition labor party leader jeremy corbin to anti semitism and even auschwitz atrocities. plus germany is in the grip of a heat wave which has also triggered a crime wave including a large punch up just swimming pool. a low unwelcome news is r.t. international broadcasting to you live from moscow only care in. europe and russia should return to a normal relationship without sanctions that's the joint message from the news conference of vladimir putin on just 30 conti talking about the harm to the economy by those restrictions italy's premie even added an emotional touch. we approach the time the sanctions could be lifted or extended i'm always sad because so much could be achieved and the situation could be so much. well it was no secret that the euro skeptic forces currently in power here and rome are no big fans of europe's anti russian sanctions to say the least but as you've heard prime minister step by conte's message is getting more loud and more clear especially when he's standing shoulder to

the president's embattled labor secretary is defending his actions as a u.s. attorney a decade ago. >> reporter: in an update, so far officials here at the white house believe labor secretary alex acosta handled himself well at the press conference this afternoon as we saw as he came out in front of the cameras, there were no apologies or regretted from the embattled labor secretary regarding his handling of the jeffrey epstein case and secretary acosta claimed he still has the support of the president even though mr. trump hasn't always stood by cabinet secretaries facing intense scrutiny in the past. under fire over a plea deal he once cut for multi-millionaire sex offender jeffrey epstein, alex acosta defended the handling of the case as a prosecutor. >> no regrets is a hard question. you look back and say what if. >> reporter: with you in victims coming forward questioning whether acosta was too lenient in the case, the secretary was asked whether he would have reached the same agreement today. time and again he pointed the finger at state prosecutors in f

that might be the case, but they're not the current labor secretary, now former labor secretary. so that's key. the other bit of news that we got -- >> i was going to get the mueller. >> on jeffrey epstein that the president said for the first time point blank, that he kicked epstein out of his mar-a-lago club. >> so listen to this, because the president also talked about mueller, the special counsel, and the upcoming testimony that is supposed to be next week on the 17th of july. but we are learning that it may be delayed a week, as democrats negotiate trying to get more time with mueller. we'll get to manu raju on that in just a moment. listen to how the president answered some questions ahead of mueller's testimony. one thing that struck me is that he said effectively no obstruction. let's listen to the whole bit there. >> there's nothing he can say. he's written a report. the report said no collusion and it said effectively no obstruction, because there's no obstruction. and the other thing that's very interesting. >> dana, what should we take away from that? is it just a thr

on wages, benefits, labor rights, working conditions and inequality. the bill also requires that any trade agreement eligible for expedited consideration include enforcement labor standard and protections. mr. speaker, let us dignyify the workers who sustain us. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, by direction of the committee on rules, i call up house resolution 492 and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the resolution. the clerk: house calendar number 37. ouse resolutioned 492. resolved, that upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to consider in the house the bill, h.r. 582, to provide for increases in the federal minimum wage, and for other purposes. all points of order against consideration of the bill are waived. the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the committee on education and labor now printed in the bill, modified by the amendment printed in part a of the report of the com

going to become british prime minister current foreign secretary jeremy hunt after he ties opposition labor party leader jeremy corbyn to anti-semitism and even auschwitz atrocities. also this hour iran warns the us not to start a fire if it can't handle the consequences after trump warned the islamic republic not to play with fire increasing its uranium enrichment. they know what to do they know what they're playing with i think they're playing with fire this thing for the us to use correct it's a mistake washington is afraid of the word find your tombstone. and germany is in the grip of a heat wave which has also triggered a crime wave including a large brawl at east swimming pool. watching our 2 international bring you a live news update from our studio here in moscow welcome to the program. that amir putin has met with the pope in the vatican it's the 3rd time russia's president has met pope francis but the previous meetings in 20132015 as they move through the papal palace for talks the pair both displayed their politeness as they approached the door the pope invited putin to enter the