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    FBN's Peter Barnes on President Obama's speech before the Building Trades legislative conference.

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You very much.

Labor intensive President Obama trying to make nice and -- support of labor unions with a speech today at the building trades legislative conference.

-- Keystone Pipeline debacle do his words have any weight are Peter -- is at the white house with a look at how the speech went Peter.

Analyst that's right president trying to mend fences with the building and construction workers the union.

Here in Washington a with a speech because.

He really -- this union off when he decided to reject the Keystone Pipeline project which.

Would've created that thousands.

The union jobs the president was here trying to.

Mend the fences -- -- cement.

-- its support of the union members in this election year by talking about infrastructure so the president.

Hammered Republicans on Capitol Hill who have rejected -- his job supplanted jobs proposals which would include infrastructure projects.

And -- he accused them of stalling on the hundred billion dollar highway bill which would also create.

Thousands and thousands of union jobs take a listen.

As we speak the house Republicans.

Are refusing to pass a bipartisan bill.

That could guarantee you worked for millions.

Construction workers are to pass the senate.

-- -- -- Way to put folks back to work.

Now here's what day unions sad don't want the president rejected the Keystone Pipeline quote it's beyond disappointing that President Obama placed a higher priority on politics rather than our nation's number one challenge.

Jobs.

However at the end of the speech the members could be -- -- heard chanting four more years so looks like mission accomplished for the president at least today.

-- -- Alright Peter Brian thanks so much.

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