sovereignty. president obama is still pushing the dangerous tpp, transpacific partnership. "the new york times" published an explosive article revealing the tpp investment chapter. tpp would allow foreign corporations to sue the united states government for actions that undermined their investment expectations and hurt their business. companies and investors would be empowered to challenge regulations, rules, government actions and court rulings before what? tribunals. how many times have we covered this on the ed show? senator warren says taxpayers would clean up. >> the company could skip the court and go br an international panel of arbitrators. if the company wins the ruling cannot be challenged in u.s. courts and the the arbitration panel could require the american taxpayers to cough up millions even billions of dollars in damages. >> so it took wikileaks to get this document, not anybody in the united states media. we've been following the developments of the transpacific partnership since last summer. now we're in the 11th hour folks. it gets really politically hot. a ranking memb

want to leave, but they're being priced out. >> every union leader in this country has said the tpp is a direct shot and a threat to the middle class. hillary clinton was flanked by lee sanders and randy winegarden. it would have been the perfect time and setting for hillary clinton to side with labor, but she's on her own schedule. today marked the final two scheduled public appearances on hillary clinton's calendar. it's most likely the last time we'll hear from clinton before she announced her next steps in early april. let's hope there's a lot of transparency when it comes to trade, jobs, and the middle class. joining me tonight jonathan alter and genevieve woods. >> the unions understand that there are such stark differences between democrats and republicans now. wasn't always the case but now there really are. in the general election between hillary and whoever the republican nominee is they'll be very strong for hillary. it's in the meantime when some of these other candidates they're not going to get money unless they're against tpp. hillary is going to be bobbing and weaving f

stand on that? hillary clinton has to state her position on the tpp and fast track and explain how this will not gut american jobs the way nafta did. keep in mind every union has stated they will not support any candidate who supports the tpp. so far hillary clinton has been silent on this issue. she has to decide if she wants to be for the middle class or destroy it. i put it in such dogmatic terms because this is how organized labor views the tpp. they don't believe you can be for the middle class and be for a trade agreement that involves 40% of the world's economy and guts american jobs and all of our trade agreements have a bad history when it comes to trade being upside down and us losing american jobs. so as i see it, she can no longer remain silent but here is the problem. what if hillary clinton runs unopposed? what if this is a coronation? what if everybody else says hillary's got it? look at these polls. nobody else can raise this kind of money so i'm not going to run. what if that is the conclusion of everybody? do we get a real debate on the tp approximate tpp? do we g

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tpp is resolved. amen. this is the latest comment from president obama on wisconsin. he said, it is inexcusable that over the past several years, just when middle-class families and workers need that kind of security the most there's been a coordinated assault on unions led by powerful interests and their allies in government. >> wow, where was that comment or education back in 2011? the unions are afraid to tell president obama what they really think. the unions need a political foot soldier in the next race and i think unions have been burned by some democrats and this administration and that there needs to be a different path forward, a different future mapped out, if we're going to save the middle class in this country and for them to go to these firefight conventions today and say, hey there's an attack on workers. really? just getting that? the folks in wisconsin could have used president obama's influence on the walker recall and also on the walker re-election effort. it was just too much cold feet for me. there was too much dipping the toe in the lake instead of jumping in.

stop all of these gains and that's a lousy trade deal. the trans-pacific partnership. tpp. would be one of the largest trade deals in our country's history. president obama doesn't want your representative, your congressional member to lay a finger on it. the white house is pushing for trade promotion authority. they want the ability to give the stamp of approval. congress would be restricted to just an up or down vote no negotiation, no debate. only big corporations have had a say in this 12-country negotiated deal. workers know it's as bad as nafta and worse the nurses united say fast tracking would be a real bad deal for public health, a public health disaster. tpp limits the import and access to medicine. labor unions have never been more unified and united. they of course claim this trade deal would be a job killer. environmental organizations are also rejecting fast track authority. the agreement weakens our safeguards when it comes to climate and trade enforcement. the house is on recess. and the senate is stuck, according toen senator orrin hatch. we may not see a debate unt

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on fast track and tpp. these upcoming votes will have a huge impact on working men and women in america. >> i'm the first one to admit that past trade deals haven't always lived up to the hype. >> fast track, which the president is asking for, has the attention of congress. >> in fast track, they spring it out. we have 60 days to vote on it up or down. >> we have no ability to amend the treaty. >> the negotiations are secret. the draft text is secret. >> the concern of labor stems from a history of bad trade deals and the current pressure on american jobs. >> the people who want fast track, there is no debate. they want to tell you how complicated it is. >> this the first time that every single member of every single union promised a full out battle to stop fast track. >> it means lost jobs and lower wages. >> from nafta to the south korean trade deal american jobs have been negatively impacted. >> we need to demand there not be secrecy over something as important as creating jobs in america or destroying jobs in america. >> the transpacific partnership includes rules that will