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in 2009, public employee unions absolutelily eclipsed the membership of private sector unions. >> thanks a lot. we will see you a bit late. >>> up next, i go across the country to one of those >>> you have heard why many fear public sector unions could bankrupt cities and states. it is happening right now in california. let's take a trip down route 66. ♪ get your kicks on route 66 >> on old route 66, san bernardino was known as the last stop before l.a. ♪ san bernardino >> with freeways and major railway station it was the ideal hub linking the ports of los angeles and long beach out to the rest of the country. san bernardino symbolized the promise that economic growth held for middle class america. it was even the location of the first mcdonald's. but today, this city of around 210,000 has a shortfall of $46 million. over a quarter of its entire budget. unable to fund enough cuts to close the gap, san bernardino on august 1 filed for bankruptcy. >> you called this a stain on the city? >> oh, yes. >> patrick morris has been mayor of san bernardino since 2006. >> how did sweard ge san ber

morgan chase those are the people we need to look at not public employee unions and workers and ok gentlemen gentlemen i want to stay away from chicago i want to go to islamabad ok why does been achieved against wall street in the last year the occupy movement has done nothing in that regard well i mean i i tell a few thoughts before that i mean she the problem is twofold one is that not only that you know you're feeling the pinch off not having enough funds but also the cost of living across the across the globe i mean i was in seventy eight countries and months ago and i saw that cost of living has gone up everywhere so the inflationary you know inflation is hitting everybody all all across whether it's us or europe or anyone else but at the same time we look at china and we look at the growth that the china has or maybe india for that matter and some of the other economies in the asian. continent so then we that does propose to question about the overall not only capitalism but also social structures and how this capitalism has given back to the society or not so the occupy wall street gi

this is a public employee union. we know that this is not very popular right now. the private union sector is almost nonexistent. the only thing left is the public employee unions. what the teachers union has to do is clean our house, queen of some of the problems that they have, get rid of these things were teachers get to stay even though nobody likes them. i don't care what you are, nobody likes that. they have to solve these problems themselves. when they do that, they will be in the position to stand up and get the support of the american public. they are not in a position right now. neil: always very good to see you, my friend. there was a time we had more important details of life. time for rudy giuliani to bring us all back to reality. you guys take a minute. zon, hands down. i'm going to show you guys another chart. pretty obvious. i don't think color matters. pretty obvious. what'sretty obvious about it ? that verizon has the coverage. verin. verizon. we're going to go to another chart. it doesn't really matter how you present it. it doesn't matter how you

unions indoctrinating our youth? guess who really runs our public schools? >> we'll be talking about public employee union power with the author of - hi, i'm halle berry, and as a new mom, i can tell you that childhood is a magical time. but for children with diabetes, life is not quite so carefree. the barbara davis center for childhood diabetes is fighting hard to find a cure. know the signs: irritability, excessive urination, weight loss. if you have any of these signs, please call your doctor. early detection can save your life. give to save lives and reach for the cure. call now or log on to childrensdiabetesfoundation.org. >> well, in tonight's chalk talk, we've laid out how america's taxpayers are financing the unions and how the president's health care law is in the judgment of our next guest, an effort to unionize 21 million health care workers. mallory factor, will all of these and many more stunning pacts of information together, and has written a brilliant new book "shadow bosses" government union control america and rob taxpayers blind. great to have you with us. >> great to be here. wh

unions indoctrinating our youth? guess who really runs our public schools? >> we'll be talking about public employee union power with the author of "shadow bosses". [ orangutans vocalizing ] [ power saw buzzing ] [ fire smoldering ] [ wind howling ] ♪ visit worldwildlife.org. >> well, in tonight's chalk talk, we've laid out how america's taxpayers are financing the unions and how the president's health care law is in the judgment of our next guest, an effort to unionize 21 million health care workers. mallory factor, will all of these and many more stunning pacts of information together, and has written a brilliant new book "shadow bosses" government union control america and rob taxpayers blind. great to have you with us. >> great to be here. what a chalk talk interesting. >> lou: i've got a lot more for you to cover and we're going to turn first to the very idea that this is a significant part of the true obama agenda. >> this is the real agenda, the real agenda by these unions, the government employee unions was to unionize health care. they only have about a million and a half health care worker

. >> governors of cash-strapped states are beginning to cajole or bully public employee unions into making concessions on what are considered to be gold-plated retirement and health care packages, which are now collectively underfunded to the tune of $1 trillion. some union leaders have suggested that you're running the state like tony soprano. >> [laughs] well, as an italian american, i take great offense to that. listen, you know what it is? i'm the first person to expose them for what they've been doing to the public. >> you want the public employee unions to share the pain? >> you bet. i want them to share in the sacrifice. and this is what i say to public sector unions. listen, you can boo me now, but i'm the first governor who's walked into this room in ten years and told you the truth, and here's the truth. if you don't partner with me to get this done, in ten years, you won't have a pension. and that's the truth. >> but it's also the truth that some of the responsibility for new jersey's pension woes lie at the doorstep of the governor's mansion. christie and his predecessors have

lawmakers who have saved their states from financial disaster by reforming laws governing public employee unions. that's just the first chip at what they really want to do in this attack on labor. mitt romney would love to go national with an attack on public employee unions, even on labor day. republicans, what do they do? they celebrate management. house majority leader eric cantor tweeted today, today, we celebrate those who have taken a risk, worked hard, built a business, and earned their own success. let's bring in james hoffa, president of international brotherhood of the teamsters. also with us tonight, larry cohen, president of the communication workers of america. great to have you here tonight. mr. hoffa, you first, what does president obama need to do to energize the ranks of labor and how important it is for labor to get behind this president, given the record of mitt romney? >> well, i think he's got to keep doing what he did today in toledo, what joe biden did today in detroit. we've got to start talking about the accomplishments of labor, what they have done. that basically energ

the law backed by republican governor scott walker limits the rights of public employee unions like teacher unions. the judge ruled yesterday the law violates both the state and u.s. constitutions. but this legal battle is probably long from over. after the ruling, governor walker suggested the state would appeal the decision. >>> we have much more ahead this hour. >> here's a look at what's coming up. >>> it's the film being blamed for the deaths of four americans and protests around the world. would the filmmaker talking to the fbi, cnn has details on exactly who he is. >>> they are breaking points, the thresholds of no return and maybe what separates peace from war. they're called red lines. all morning, we're putting them in focus. >>> want a big gulp? in new york you're out of luck. we go out on the street to see what people are saying about the new sugar laws. [ male announcer ] when a major hospital wanted to provide better employee benefits while balancing the company's bottom line, their very first word was... [ to the tune of "lullaby and good night" ] ♪ af-lac ♪ aflac [ male anno

. >> reporter: this strike comes at a time when illinois is at odds with its public employees union over pensions. bruno says if the teachers prevail that could embolden those employees and public employees in other states. diane eastabrook, "n.b.r.," chicago. >> tom: still ahead, it's fashion week in new york city; from suits to ties to casual wear, we look at one group that's dressing up retailer profits: men. >> tom: after five weeks at home and on the campaign trail, congress was back to work today on capitol hill. members of the house and senate are back for a short september session, and they have a long to-do list. but with elections looming, some big decisions will almost certainly be postponed. sylvia hall reports. >> reporter: a lot has to happen inside these walls between now and january. first up, congress has until the end of this month to avoid a government shutdown. to do it, they'll probably pass a continuing resolution known as a c.r. c.r.'s have caused major battles between the parties in the past, but this one will likely pass soon. lawmakers could also pass a bill to

hard to know what's being extracted but if you want to look at the top five contributors in public employee unions and finance which is together with insurance and real estate from open secrets which is the center for responsive politics you can see there how they compare so when you're looking at the top five you're looking at not a huge difference in terms of the dollar amounts but what you will see when you get more into big picture of the lobbying contributions to panic. it does look from my assessment like wall street spends a lot more but i encourage you to go to open secrets and check it out for yourself because the numbers are all there and yesterday we compared central bankers united in the liquidity attack to wall tron that i guess is a comic book guy or cartoon from some time past we called the defender of inflation and john lane wrote to tell us a point of clarification was a force for good thank you we would never want to defame bull tron in that way in our use he is a defender of bad but we we are setting the record straight he was a good guy according to our viewer and now a few not

being a public employee union boss is really -- well, it is really the pinnacle of it all. the union bosses make on average 10 times what their members make. the president of the american federation of state, county and municipal employees union -- the union union makes just $535,000 per year. $555,000 per year. president of the national education association, the nea, the american federation of teachers, we will call it that, they are in for 400 grand per year. and the teachers unions, by the way, teachers unions overall collect more than -- i'm just going to use this, teachers unions collect $2 billion in dues each year. think about that. $2 billionn dues. that money is going to liberal politicians, for example, president obama, his signature health care law designed to unionize says that this new book, 21 million health care workers. 21 million health care workers. is it starting to come together for everybody? are we starting to see this web of interesting direction and why? because for every million of these workers, unionized in the 27 non-right to work states, the un

public employees. how does that affect your race, scott walker, unions on one side, public employee/unions, how does thatthe interest voters are having in this year's election? >> well, i think we've seen voters in wisconsin engage more than ever before. we've, as you said, had a lot going on in our state. a lot on the ballot. people are organized, people are thinking hard about the future and jobs and the economy. so, i think it's, if anything, going to actually increase voter turnout and participation. we're always a high participation state, but i think we're going to see it grow. >> you know, i was at the democratic convention down in charlotte covering for the network, and i was taken by -- sure, there were a lot of good speeches but the one that seemed to move people, didn't have any rhetoric, it was common sense, it was bill clinton. what effect do you think bill clinton had on talking about people's challenges and what the president's faced in office? >> he gave an amazing speech. and what was really important about it is just matter of factually walking through the allegations that have been rai

the first that is, we're going to deal with collective bargaining for all public employee unions. >> spite an extraordinary public outcry -- after a brief but intense political struggle, the entire collective bargaining measures became state law. -- the anti-collective bargaining measures became state law. >> it and it almost 50 years of collective bargaining laws. >> remember, this is not just about one state. it is about every state. take arizona. it is practically an alec subsidiary. one report found 49 of the 90 legislators. two-thirds of republican leadership are alec taskforce is. not surprising, arizona is among the states passing alec-inspired laws to privatize education at taxpayer expense. no surprise, arizona is also getting alec-like laws to limit corporate liability. >> police will be able that ask anyone to prove their legal status they go in arizona, they may news in 2010 with the law allowing police to stop someone from looking hispanic and detaining them if they were not caring proper papers. so it probably will not shocking to learn that arizona's immigration law als

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public employee unions are a huge part of the democratic coalition. they are a huge source of manpower going into election. there are certain things and he talks in abstract. >> people are very dissatisfied that the economy is bad. the only thing they are fixating on is the agenda in washington and the positions of the republican party. given that, obama is pulling ahead right now and the election was held today, most people feel like he would win. is there any concern or distrusting of corporations? big profits at the risk of the average guy? are the republicans attacking what obama's solutions are? >> i do not think in the electoral terms the debate has to be about that. i think right now, based on what we can tell from the polling, voters do not think the economy is so horrible that they will take up incumbent solely because of that, and/or they do not blame him fundamentally for the estate of the economy, and romney is an incredibly unpopular nominee who is not trusted on international issues. when the race is like that, there is a very small burd

scott walker who busted public employee unions posted a message calling for the return of the locked out union referees. walker said after catching a few hours of sleep the packers game is still just as pain. , return the real refs. one of his political foes saw irony but said that we are all fans first and foremost. >>> viewers have been weighing in on last night's call on facebook. you can join the conversation by liking ktvu channel 2. >> private investigator at the center of a corruption scandal that dismantled a narcotics enforcement team was sentenced today. christopher butler was sentenced to eight years and fined $20,000. in may as we reported, he pleaded guilty to seven charges including extortion, robbery and conspiracy to deal drugs. the scandal included four others who allegedly set up estranged spouses of clients for drunk driving arrests. >>> now information about that principal in the south bay arrested on drug charges. we have details of a search of his home and what investigators say they found is racing new concerns. robert honda continues now the coverage of this ca

chicago, teachers and union leaders are rallying in a protest to what they call assaults on public employee unionsrs went on strike monday, keeping at least 350,000 students out of school. both sides agreed on a tentative deal just yesterday. it could be finalized this weekend. >>> the anger toward america that began at the embassy in cairo, egypt, and then to the consulate in benghazi, libya, which claimed the life of a u.s. ambassador there, has put u.s. missions on alert and some personnel have been moved, and the violence has spread throughout the middle east. take a look at this map from west africa and morocco to the cashmere region, protesters have burned the american flag and in some cases scaled the walls of diplomatic compounds. what does it mean for america's posture around the globe? ben walker was u.s. ambassador at three important posts in that region, israel, egypt, and the united arab emirates. good to see you. you know this area well, and i understand you did have some knowledge of or a brush with ambassador christopher stevens, the ambassador killed in benghazi. >> chris was juni

the law backed by republican governor scott walker limits the rights of public employee unions like teacher yesterday the law violates both the state and u.s. constitution. but this legal battle probably far from over after the ruling governor walker suggested the state would appeal the decision. >>> today marks the fourth anniversary of the collapse of lehman brothers and the start of a financial crisis. the brokerage firm declared bankruptcy in 2008 and to this day is still the largest financial institution to do so. a new report estimates the crisis has cost the economy $12.8 trillion. >>> and number five. if you didn't preorder the new iphone in the first hour after it went on sale, you are going to have to wait probably two weeks or so to get it. online stores have just been slammed with sales the last 24 hours, and apple shares hit an all-time high, nearly $700. by the way, if you don't want to wait it out, well, the phone also hits store shelves next week. >>> a floppy hat, a rocking horse, a child's doll. just some of the evidence collected in the case of jeffrey mcdonald, a case th

. >> reporter: in wisconsin, public employee unions lost collective bargaining rights, prop 2 would preventchigan from doing the same thing. gert compares the attacks against unions in other states and this showdown in michigan to the civil rights movement. she says she is doing everything she can to get people to support prop 2. >> hey, are you a registered voter? do you know about this initiative? do you have a car? do you need a ride to the polls? i'm just excited because this is like that american fight, like they were fighting in the '60s. >> reporter: terry bowman is just as passionate. he's worked for ford at this parts plant outside detroit for 16 years. he's a member of the united auto workers union, but he thinks giving unions more power by changing the state constitution is a bad idea. especially in a state with high unemployment that's trying to attract new businesses. >> no corporation's going to want to come to michigan. it's going to guarantee an adverse aerial relationship right from the minute they come into the state. >> vote yes. >> reporter: both sides are getting suppor