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a debate over u.s minimum wage
a down the middle look at that is our
first subject today on CNN 10.
I'm Carl Azuz. It's always good to have
you watching the federal minimum wage is
the least amount of money per
hour that american businesses must pay
their employees
states and communities are allowed to
require higher minimum wages and many of
them dobut as of right now 7.25 cents per hour
is the minimum that u.s
employers must pay that rate was updated
in 2009 under then
president barack obama this week
democrats in congress introduced a bill
to increase the federal minimum wage
to 15 per hour as it stands now the
proposal wouldn't do this immediately
it would include gradual wage increases
until 2025
when it would hit the dollar minimum
president joe biden has included this
increase in his 1.9 trillion dollar
coronavirus relief plan
in case that package doesn't pass with
the minimum wage change
democrats have introduced a separate
bill the minimum wage is a controversial
subject because
experts and economists disagree over the
effects it has
supporters of raising the wage say it
will put more money in the pockets of
workers
encouraging them to spend more and that
this would help businesses and stimulate
the economy
opponents of raising the wage say will
do the opposite that it would cause
smaller businesses and restaurants to
lay off workers
because these organizations don't make
enough in profits to afford the higher
labor costs
there's a political divide over this
subject too democrats generally favor
the minimum wage increase
republicans generally oppose it
democrats say it would help individuals
who are struggling because of the
coronavirus pandemic
republicans say it would hurt businesses
that are struggling because of the
coronavirus pandemic
and individuals too if their jobs are
cut part of the reason why democrats are
pushing for it now is because they have
control over both chambers of congress
and the white house
for the first time since 2010 and while
democratic leaders have said they'd like
to
increase the minimum wage with at least
some republican support
they may try to pass the legislation
without it when he was vice president
during the obama administration
joe biden had the job of overseeing the
government's 840 billion dollar economic
stimulus package
which was passed in 2009 to help the
nation recover from the great recession
when he was vice president during the
trump administration
mike pence had the job of overseeing the
government's coronavirus task force
which was established in 2020 to help
the nation address the covid19 pandemic
today cnn contributor kelly mena
explains the potential role of vice
president kamala harris as the united
states is second in command
thanks carl kamala harris might be the
first woman
black and south asian individual to hold
the office of the vice president
but the role is crucial to the running
of the federal government
the vice president's constitutional role
is as president
of the u.s senate as the head of the
powerful
upper chamber of congress the vp's main
role is to break ties
this year that could very possibly
happen as democrats are equal
with republicans for the number of
members they have in the chamber
though the vp role is also to be there
in case anything happens to the
president
the position can be quite influential
due to its proximity
to the commander-in-chief for example
richard nixon
was a busy vp under former president
dwight d
eisenhower who gave him a slew of
responsibilities
including being well informed of the
activities and initiatives
of the administration dick cheney
notably
was on former president george w bush's
search committee
for vice president and then chose
himself to be bush's running mate
cheney went on to play an important role
in bush's warrant policy
decisions amid the september 11 attacks
the modern vice president functions as
part of the president's inner circle
influencing policy changes and orders
vps also have their office in the west
wing of the white house
some even become president themselves
president joe biden has signaled that
harris will have a significant role in
his administration
in the first week she has been right by
his side as he signed
several executive orders and been next
to him in the oval office
to receive the president's daily
briefing
carl the question now remains with the
historical first
in the vp's office how much influence
will harris have
on the biden administration
ten-second trivia chum humpback and
silver
are all used to describe a type of what
sunfish
eel whale or salmon
these are all salmon a large type of
fish you'll find in the atlantic
and pacific
atlantic salmon are anadromous which
means they can live in salt
water and fresh water they're considered
the king of fish because they're
extraordinary jumpers
able to leap tall obstacles like
waterfalls when swimming upstream
dams however are another story some
experts say they're the biggest threat
to the endangered atlantic salmon
there are a number of hatcheries that
aim to repopulate their numbers in the
wild
but these facilities come with
challenges of their own and their
results when it comes to atlantic salmon
are mixed
the atlantic salmon over the course of
its lifetime
it will travel from its birthplace and
the rivers flowing into the north
atlantic
up north as far as greenland and back
again to lay their eggs
it's an epic journey but the majestic
salmon run may become a thing of the
past
in the u.s the atlantic salmon is
federally endangered
pollution and pesticides have severely
affected the river habitat
but there's one thing more than any
other that has devastated their numbers
dams were the primary and remain the
primary
issue and those dams could be as small
as as a culvert
at a road crossing that the salmon just
can't get up and over
10 to 15 years we could see these fish
gone from the planet forever
if we don't move to action dwayne shaw
manages the down east salmon federation
hatcheries in maine
over 200 years in the united states
there have been attempts made to
maintain restore
and perpetuate the atlantic salmon
there's been many many
failures we've adopted
the technique developed by peter gray
and as it turns out it's working quite
well for us
peter gray ran a hatchery on the tine
river in northumberland uk
when he started the river was heavily
polluted and damned
the salmon population was almost
non-existent
peter's unique methodology alongside
habitat restoration and pollution
reduction
contributed to one of the biggest salmon
recovery success stories in europe
peter developed a technique over time
thatnaturalized the hatchery methods such
that the fish were treated more like a
wild fish and less like a farmed
creature
based on peter's methodology the
downey's hatcheries try and rear their
salmon eggs in conditions that match
their natural environment
including using river water dark bottom
tanks
and positioning the hatchery on the
river of origin but there's a strong
debate around hatcheries
with many facilities thought to do more
harm than good to salmon populations
the science says that hatchery reared
fishare not as strong as wild fish but for
instance in the usa where
wild stocks of salmon are so low really
the only way
to be a catalyst to get those stocks
back is to have salmon hatcheries so
it is a balance stocking to restore your
stocks
then stop at a time when you can let
nature take its course
and you don't damage those stocks
genetically we're keeping the hatchery
manager
out of the picture as much as possible
with the intent of
actually closing the hatchery as soon as
possible
if we were to do nothing these fish
would quickly move toward extinction
success is measured by finding the eggs
of adult salmon returning to the river
and linking their genetics to those of
the hatchery fish
we're seeing as much as 20 times the
return rate that gives us hope that
in fact we can turn things around much
more quickly
conserving salmon does so much more than
save the species
it's an umbrella species protecting
salmon helps all
life in its habitat if salmon are
running in abundance
then things are okay
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and halo two border collies in
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