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stuart: thousands of union members depend on lansing, mich.e making the right to work state. if they are let in to vote we will have a live report in a moment. we have a rally going here, the dollar above 12,250, and here's tuesday morning company, charles payne is here. nicole petallides on the floor of the stock exchange. let's go to jeff flock on the thick of it at the statehouse in lansing, michigan. the latest please. jeff: they said it would be a big crowd and it is. this of course is the cradle of the labor movement in the u.s. the first place of the uaw and plenty of uaw folks and the unions represented. you will hear plenty of sides on this but i will give you the union side because that is where i am standing. they save right to work means essentially they come into a workplace, negotiate a bunch of benefits and work rules and salary and people who choose not to go to the union benefit from that and that is not fair. that is their argument. the governor, governor snider, who is not a crazy right winger but a moderate governor, he nev

host: dave, mich., independent line. caller: good morning. worked for a company that is closed and has moved to china, and when those guys were laid off, some of them were in holland and belgium, they received like full-pay benefits for five-years-to-seven-years. in belgium, i think it was over 10 years of unemployment at full pay. so, i do not know if that is something we want to look at in the u.s., because we always talk about how europe works so well. would we want to go to a system that pays 10 years, not of the minimum wage on employment, but unemployment that pays $40 or $50 an hour. the company fired everyone in the united states, moved to china, and hired engineers over there. it is an automated plant that makes television sets, and it sells most of those television sets bacteria in the united states, so demand is -- sells them back here in the united states. host: mr. michael tanner? guest: a great number of economist would suggest that our reason why your pin unemployment rates have been so much higher is the european unemployed ra

union members and supporters of organized labor who gathered oday at the state capitol in lansing, michdemonstrating against the passage of this historic workers' rights legislation, legislation that, tonight, is law. you would not know it watching the boisterouunion protests, but unions are left intact by this new law. as is, the right to collective bargaining. the big victory for worker rights today, the elimination of the power of both public and private nions to demand and a worse dues from workers and the end of union power to force workers to pay what have been mandatory dues. michigan becomes the 24th state to enact right to work laws after legislation passed the state house of representaves and was sent on to governor rick snyder for his signature. protesters of this new law number some 10,000 at today's demonstrations. most league made up of uaw union of the workers, machinists, teachers, sometimes angry crowds that seem to be taking cues frm their democratic leaders. one group described by those on the ground as a mob chanting and gohome while tearing down a conservative activ

. ♪ lou: mich., about to become the nation's 204th to right to work state next week.ys he will sign the legislation after a final vote tuesday. coincidently, president obama will be traveling to a detroit auto plan monday. the trip announced wednesday as part of an effort to drum up support for hiking taxes on the rich. you would think you'd have to campaign for that. the president also opposes what it -- right to work laws. maybe it is more than a coincidence that he will be in michigan. in the meantime, angry liberal michael moore's sounding off on the latest right o work developments in michigan. the filmmaker and a major meltdown on twitter writing he was enraged. he called on people to revolt. if you write, direct, added, shoot, or do sound for me and my next movie you will not work for me unless you belong to the union. but the thing that surprised me there is, i thought you already had to be a union member to work on his movies. he may be hearing from a few unions themselves. george zimmerman, the man accused of killing a florida teenager martin is suing abc ne

. >> at first i didn't know it was real until i seen one mich friends laying there in some blood. >> armed with pipe bombs and semiautomatic particular the pair targeting anyone and everyone. after 49 agonizing minutes it ends with the suicides of both in the school's library. in april of 2002, robert steinhauser, a 19-year-old expelled from his school in jearnl opens fire, killing 13 teachers. two former classmates and a policeman. doning a black ninja style outfit which has become the uniform of choice for niece lunatics this gown man targets teamers reportedly as revenge for his recent expulsion. five years later back on our shores the campus of virginia tech is the scene of the worst ever slaughter by a single gunman on a school campus in u.s. history. >> he opened our door and started shooting professor and classmates. >> english major kills 32 and wounds 15 others in two separate attacks. >> and that time we heard the gunshots and we could hear screams. and it was horrible. and then we saw as we police swarm the building. i was calling my friends to tell them wherever they were

. >> at first i didn't know it was real until i seen one mich friends laying there in some blood. >>rmed with pipe bombs and semiautomatic particular the pair targeting anyone and everyone. after 49 agonizing minutes it ends with the suicides of both in the school's library. in april of 2002, robert steinhauser, a 19-year-old expelled from his school in jearnl opens fire, killing 13 teachers. two former classmates and a policeman. doning a black ninja style outfit which has become the uniform of choice for niece lunatics this gown man targets teamers reportedly as revenge for his recent expulsion. five years later back on our shores the campus of virginia tech is the scene of the worst ever slaughter by a single gunman on a school campus in u.s. history. >> he opened our door and started shooting professor and classmates. >> english major kills 32 and wounds 15 others in two separate attacks. >> and that time we heard the gunshots and we could hear screams. and it was horrible. and then we saw as we police swarm the building. i was calling my friends to tell them wherever they were t

rick perry, ruherman cain, miche bachmann, newt gingrich, rick santorum. >> what a freak show, right? that whole primary season, but it was fun. it was democracy in all its messiness and glory, with issues but also some crazy stuff. ♪ america >> it was fascinating to watch the party sort of trying to define itself. >> what do you want me to tell romney? >> worst empty chair supposedly occupied by the president. >> i can't tell him to do that. can't do that to himself. >> the one that actor clint eastwood spoke to during his mumbling, stumbling convention speech. >> go ahead. >> make my day. >> worst empty podium supposedly occupied by the president, the one he actually stood at during the first debate. >> everybody gave clint eastwood such a hard time about the empty chair. that empty chair was exactly who showed up at the first debate. >> the audience here in the hall has promised to remain silent. >> i think that barack obama definitely in the first debate got smoked. >> trillion dollar plan. >> president for four years. you said you would cut the deficit in half. it's still four ye

the first call comes from debbie in flint, mich. on the line for democrats.aller: i think they need to pass a law that these guys did not get paid. if i go to work and did not do my job, they will not pay me. they have not done their jobs in the years. they need to listen to the american people. we picked barack obama up for a reason because we like his policies. they need to get a clue. they are already struggling and having a hard time. if they do not get a clue, they will not be back there. host: republicans say the president and democrats are not making any good-faith offers, the same thing democrats say about republicans. how do we get them to move past with the speaker is calling a stalemate? caller: the people need to look at their actions, not what people are saying. these obstructionists' have locked down congress for years now. they are just continuing to do it. they refuse to admit to obama has a mandate to tax these rich people. just the other day the corporate income is up to 1175 trillion dollars. these corporations are sitting on this money. th

is making mich. the 24 right to work state. on the heels of the other states expect to follow suit.nions from the state like new york and new jersey to push for this. dennis: state economies will grow better. on fed watch, maybe 16 minutes. before ben bernanke and company give the latest on the economy. keep it here for the best coverage on fox business. cheryl: this is the place to be. our of our panel will come back and talk about who should replace fed chairman ben bernanke, hearing he wants to go, who should be in line? dennis: like attending his own funeral. how world currencies are faring against the u.s. dollar. cheryl: we are moments away from the fed's decision, the final scheduled meeting of the year. we are now seven minutes away. we will get that announcement. maybe analysts believe today's announcement will include a new stimulus program, operation twist scheduled to end and get something new from them. if we get the new bond buying program that could push the market higher or if it is not the amount of bond buying that the markets want markets could have a negative rea

this would make mich. the 24 the right to work state.owing the latest of violence throughout the day. >> online travel adviser hot wired not, as compiled a list of the top most festive destinations for this holiday season. topics ... san juan pr for a six weeklong celebration of christmas from day to day after thanksgiving until the feast of the three kings on january 6th. new york also makes the cut with the attraction of the rockefeller center christmas tree and its radio center christmas bechtel it spectacular. rounding out the top three is on the beach in australia where is summer tech's off on december 1st for all the servers and sunbathers out there. >> kenyan college surfingand a s not looking good. the league is cancel of games through december 30th at the made two more weeks of the season. so far more than 507 canceled including the new year's winter day when served classic an all-star weekend. nhl commissioner gary bettman says the league will not play a season with less than 48 games per team. a deal with the players associati

do you think this is something they would push off or do in the mich midst of all this?see moody's or somebody come out on january 3rd if we didn't have a deal. does that make sense? >> it makes sense they send a warning shot and put them on a watch and that's the way they communicate some time frame. i think they don't want to go back and forth and upgrade or down grade. >> what do you think would happen if there was a warning shot, moody's says we're very displeased by what's going on in washington and now putting this on negative watch or whatever. >> double secret probation? >> the next company, the next rating instrument will be fish. they already fired a warning shot. they said several months ago, the childish nature of your politics is -- i'm paraphrasing. the childish nature of your politics is sufficient means for a down grade. i don't think january 3rd or 4th anybody cares. the rating agencies understand voting for a tax decrease is easier than tax increase. if this drags on to late january, the president is talking about using the inauguration as a forum to ba

birch run, mich., and jim is on the independent live. caller: 5 will be 65. all my life, people have complained about taxes. i am retired on a fixed income. if you do not get involved and understand what is going on with your government, you could get the right people in office. people choose not to get involved. i am speaking from my context and things i hear on tv. we have to go along and take a little money away from everybody. that is the way it works. the price of bread is going to go up. this and that will go up. these politicians say we will not raise your taxes. they should stop saying that. that is the way it works. that is unless you want to start over with the money system, it is always going to go up. roads and schools cost money. some people cannot afford to lose a dime. i feel for them. i wish we could work at a system. you worked out a system and not take from people who cannot afford it. we cannot get it done because these guys are trying to take care of their own constituents because they're worried about getting reelected. host: as the meeti

back to your phone calls to dorothy and allentown, mich. calling on the republican line. caller: hello. i am 93 years old. i am an ex-teacher, ex-social worker for the state of michigan, and i can tell you you are going to have a problem with mainstreaming mental patients. they should be institutionalized instead of prescribing medications for them to normalize them, at 10 them up until such time as they will take those medications as normal as eating or breathing or brushing their teeth. then they can go out into the mainstream. take our resources from the foreign aid. give us -- give it to the school system. let the teachers make an earnest wage. respect them. after all, they did go to college. they did graduate and get their degree here yet they are not recognized. and i think if we are going to have a good america, we have to teach these children today and let them have the best teachers they can have and institutionalize the mental patients. i think your gun control is a good idea, but that is not the only part. there is part two, that is too institutionalized mental

host: dave, mich., independent line. caller: good morning. i worked for a company that is closed and has moved to china, and when those guys were laid off, some of them were in holland and belgium, they received like full-pay benefits for five-years-to-seven-years. in belgium, i think it was over 10 years of unemployment at full pay. so, i do not know if that is something we want to look at in the u.s., because we always talk about how europe works so well. would we want to go to a system that pays 10 years, not of the minimum wage on employment, but unemployment that pays $40 or $50 an hour. the company fired everyone in the united states, moved to china, and hired engineers over there. it is an automated plant that makes television sets, and it sells most of those television sets, back here in the united states. host: mr. michael tanner? guest: a great number of economist would suggest that our reason why your pin unemployment rates have been so much higher is the european unemployed rates are so much higher -- european unemployment rates a