President Obama spoke to students at Manor New Technology High School in Manor, Texas, about the role of education in technology and clean energy in creating to job opportunities and growing the economy. Topics included the need to make college more affordable to students and for universal preschool. This was the first stop of the president's "Middle Class Jobs and ...Opportunity" tour to highlight proposals aimed to spur economic growth and create jobs. Show SummaryShow Full Text

President Obama spoke to workers at the Applied Materials plant in Austin, Texas. He announced two executive actions that focus on innovation, jobs, and the economy. The first would establish competitions to create manufacturing innovation alliances with businesses and schools and the second would require government data to be made available in machine-readable formats. His ...stop at the Applied Materials technology company was part of his "Middle Class Jobs and Opportunity" tour to highlight proposals aimed to spur economic growth and create jobs. Show SummaryShow Full Text

Michael Splinter spoke in introduction to President Obama's visit to the Applied Materials plant in Austin, Texas, as part of his "Middle Class Jobs and Opportunity" tour to highlight proposals aimed to spur economic growth and create jobs.

Economist Richard Fry talked about the Pew Research Center analysis of newly-released Census Bureau data, "A Rise in Wealth for the Wealthy; Declines for the Lower 93 Percent." The report found that during the first two years of the nation's economic recovery, the mean net worth of households in the upper seven percent of the wealth distribution rose by an estimated 28 ...percent, while the mean net worth of households in the lower 93 percent dropped by 4 percent. Mr. Fry also responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. Show SummaryShow Full Text

Telephone lines were open for viewer comments on a May 6, 2013, [USA Today] story on economic recovery and paychecks: "Has economic growth had an impact on your paycheck?"

Gina Smith of the [Island Packet] (South Carolina) spoke by phone about the race between former Governor Mark Sanford (R) and Elizabeth Colbert Bush (D) for South Carolina's 1st Congressional District seat.
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Panelists talked about the Migration Policy Institute's report detailing the results of a three-year study on the economic impact of migration between the United States, Mexico and Central America. They responded to questions from the audience.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Hedrick Smith, author of "Who Stole the American Dream?", detailed the decline of the middle class over the past 50 years as well as the political and economic decisions which led to it. He responded to telephone calls and electronic communications.

History professors Naomi Lamoreaux and Richard White talked about the role of corporations in the United States. They responded to telephone calls and electronic communications from viewers who had just seen a panel discussion in which they participated April 12, 2013, at the annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians, held at the Union Square Hilton in San ...Francisco. They were interviewed remotely from the C-SPAN newsroom while he was at the OAH meeting.
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Panelists spoke about international trade and business competition. Among the topics they addressed were education, energy policy, and immigration. They also talked about partisanship in Washington and its impact on policy making. They responded to questions from the audience.