in the 1890s and she's walking down columbus avenue or the upper west side of new york and she sees a guy drinking a beer and a cop goes up to the guy and says "if you want to drink that beer, go over to amsterdam avenue, we don't drink beer on columbus avenue." and i remember that little story was so real that that's what i was sort of trying to recap dmur my book. >> rose: when you sat out to do this, you had one problem, i would assume. tell me whether you dealt with this issue. you want to have all the current science, right? you want to view these characters through everything we know today. on the other hand, you want to take them from birth to death. how do you solve that problem? >> it's always... they're born and they go through their lives, it's always 2001. >> rose: right. (laughs) it's always today because you want to be at the cutting edge of knowledge. >> and that's why i say this is an allegory. i'm just using characters to illustrate the research if it was a novel they'd be idiosyncratic.

now thousands of people came out to protest at the state capitol in columbus ohio today as the state legislature began hearings on a bill that targets public sector unions like wisconsin this bill would strip public employees of most collective bargaining rights and take it a step further prohibiting state and local public employees from striking ohio faces a budget deficit of nearly eight billion dollars and again republican lawmakers and the governor are painting this as a necessary step to fix the budget woes but is this really just another example of the national war on unions that's happening across america joining me to discuss this corey schaefer a campus reporter for the lantern i don't know versity in columbus corey thanks so much for joining us to me and i appreciate you now there have been. reports of some people say that eight thousand people came out to protest in front of the capitol that was reuters a.f.l.-cio so there were twenty thousand people did you happen to be there see with your own eyes you have a guesstimate. you know i wasn't there today i was there yesterda

semifinalist, por ahora sigue con vid cruz azul, también el santos en menor medida, están empatando columbusl salt lake,tiene ventaja monterrey y también saprissa. >>> mañana monterrey contra toluca, está ganando monterrey 1 a 0 y el jueves saprissa va contra el olimpia. >>> acompáñenos por favor y en serio. >>> le quedan 45 minutos al santos, para conseguir 4 goles lo veremos después de la pausa gracias por estar con nosotros soy adriana rodríguez.cerca de 700 pandilleros fueron arrestados en más de 160 ciudades del país como resultado de un operativo contra pandillas que trabajan con organizaciones narcotraficantes..la otan rechaza intervenir militarmente alibia mientras estados unidos envía cientos de marines y dos barcos anfibios para facilitar la evacuación y la ayuda humanitaria que sea necesaria. .y astronautas del discovery terminaron la construcción de la estación espacial internacional, instalando el último módulo de una bodega y un laboratorio de investigación. .siga con la programación de telefutura, los esperamos. >>> apenas viene saliendo el arbitraje ra el segundo tiempo, que

we have an exciting project at the intersection of columbus and north beach. in conjunction with the reconstruction of the m-line and the beautification of ocean avenue, we had a budget to commission art work. we hired an artist to create three large sun spheres made from beautiful golden-colored ceramic tile. and they bring this beautiful, radiant sunlight to ocean avenue. it's sort of a bright moment in the fog. >> one of the things that helps to make san francisco a destination is its reputation as an arts center. and how has this department contributed to that? it contributed to the vibrancy of our city. it reflects our culture diversity. it tells the story of our history of the city. it enables us to create a cultural legacy for generations to come. the public art component is a vital part of the city's art scene. and in addition, it really conveys an important message that providing public art, free accessible public art 24/7 is an essential city service. >> what if you could make a memorial that is more about information and you are never fixed and it c

madison wisconsin, a columbus ohio, trenton new jersey, other places around the country whereo workers, public employees who w when you analyze itit are paying t muc with including benefits not much more or less depending on its w, place, the incomparable privatea sector workers whether they arer high school graduates are college graduatespa or whatever, the pay is pretty similar and benefits similar.weeen we've seen around the countryas that these public employees area in most cases willing to share i the sacrifice about the budgets and share in the sacrifice of our fighting back against this bad economy. in fact, we know that workers, teachers, police officers,eau, l nurses, people working in the unemployment bureau and the tha department of interior, that they have taken a pretty big tef hits already in terms of lostn s jobs, in terms of no raises and paying more for their health thg benefits. so we know even though these are not the people that cause the recession any more than the workers that large, ohio or assembling cars or buildinging engines were northwest ohio media and bump

happening in lansing michigan and still happening in india in the in india indiana still happen in columbus ohio would still have people are still showing up just not hearing about it meeting but the dueling bets are the democratic bet is that there's going to be outrage and that that outrage is going to last the republicans beppe is that people have short memories that by the two thousand and twelve elections which are a year and a half away people will have forgotten about all this it will be a quaint distant memory and by then they can you know their big corporate sponsors and whatnot can run enough big ads and expensive ads that they can they can win the elections that they can maybe get back to god's gays and guns and stop talking about things like economics and unions and all that sort of thing and the other thread that the republicans are making is that they can knock enough democrats off the rolls that they can win this is what paul weyrich a republican strategist had to say about three decades ago or two and a half decades ago he was the guy who masterminded the reagan campaign her

companies lavish money people have to understand it's always pay to play whether it's madison or columbus or lansing or washington and so the corporations have used their economic power to usurp democracy that's what citizens united case was all about and until we have a public form of finance and we won't gain back our democracy we'll always have this back and forth we're corporations will seize the moment through electing tools to various levels of government and then when they do their job they come in for their grand we ward which is more fundraising more efforts i'm sure there are so the senators from wisconsin that they will do everything they can to see to it that they'll survive the recalls that are coming out look when you have corporations able to buy the outcome you have government and private interest when you're public financing you can have government and public interest very well so in the minute we have left i'm just curious your thoughts on p.j. crowley he was just fired the the spokes person for. secretary of state clinton for saying that brant bradley manning's situatio

that was coriander organizer for the columbus branch of the answer coalition talking about the passage by the state senate there of a bill that's very limits the collective bargaining rights of public sector workers the bill now goes to the state house where the g.o.p. holds a fifty nine to forty majority and if it's passed there it does head to the desk of the governor will almost certainly sign it into law. when we previously reported on the growing gap between the rich and the poor in the united states and eye of the economic crisis well now as food prices continue skyrocketing take a look at how this is playing out in two very different spectrums haves versus the have nots ours is honest answers are going to take a look at the dinner tables of two very different america was a miracle the land of plenty but these days that when tea is only reaching a few with one country split into two planets it's a tale of two americas right now new york city a place where the number of people on food stamps this story at a record three million but it's also a place where one hundred seventy five

thanks to the nearby city of columbus which as luck would have it became ohio's capital simply becauset was smack dab in the middle of the state. >> later the ohio state university is founded in columbus. >> reporter: geeing on rafer richard fuchs. >> banking, finance, education, state government were the major employers. >> reporter: now industrial crawford did prosper for most of the 20th century. some small manufacturing firms are still hanging in there. tina, born here, grew up in nearby where these a high school guidance counselor. she recalls in the 1970s. >> there were a lot of white collar jobs but a lot of parents also worked in the factories and made very good livings as blue collar workers as well. >> reporter: just 30 years later, this town is more ghost town than boomtown. the plants that supported it long gone. >> this was peabody. it was one of the world's largest manufacturers of garbage trucks. >> reporter: several hundred people used to work here says this lawyer thomas palmer including his father who helped design the rear loader still in use today. the plant closed

they make investments in the southern columbus. marathon they were announcing they were moving their head quarters. there's office jobs, and when you have head quarters, that's where good things happen. we need that in the state of ohio. i was on the phone today trying to get one. i want you to put it into a letter to us, put your concerns down, and we'll mull it over. it is a challenging issue for our state. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> my question, governor, is you know, i heard a lot about the different departments and i've had the pleasure of knowing and working with a lot of people, the director from the department. in our state there's a lot of divisions, programs like director mccarthy said. i work with people with disabilities and i have a disability, and i'd like to know what your commitment is for people with disabilities to achieve equal opportunity and to live up dependently aside from -- >> well, i mean, again, if we can allow a human being who through anything whether it's birth, an accident, it doesn't matter what

. >> christopher columbus -- >> oh, no, you're ahead of us, buddy. you're ahead. we're way back. >> um, i think it's the, it spread because it went across the world, and i think china had it? >> yeah, but before china gets it there's someone -- there's a woman here on the end, marina. >> i think it was, i think it was the slaves. >> that's later. we're way back. we're in b.c., guys. we're way, way back. >> the australians? >> nope, no australians. >> the greeks. >> yes. alexander the great. if any of you remember the story, alexander the great is conquering across from greece. he's conquering across iran. he's conquering -- he gets to the edge of india, and his troops say i won't go any further. i've gone as far as i'm going to go. but alexander is conquering -- he has this hunger to know. alexander can never know enough. so he sends his friend in a boat saying go explore india, find out stuff for me. and his friend comes back and talk talk talks about the reed that gives honey though there are no bees. now, why would you describe sugarcane as the reed that gives

like wisconsin we've seen protests and earlier i spoke to cory ancyl he's the organizer for the columbus ohio branch of the answer coalition it's only when it's like on the ground there. not only are these protests that we've seen and thousands of dozens of union workers coming out against this bill we've also seen other workers on unionized people's students and other activists we have massive mobilization coming out again and the fact of this bill is passed in my opinion will not be much i think the people will continue to mobilize against this very anti worker legislation that there's nothing good about it. from what i understand your governor there hasn't doris this measure and says he'll sign it i mean any indication that you're getting from the time you spent there that there's going to be something done to stop that well i think not only is protests are we seeing people coming out again senate bill five people are also very opposed to the direction the governor case against taking ohio i've got governor cases you know he has his ties to corporations to banks to executives and he's

and one of the things she said -- and i mentioned madison and columbus after she said it, but one of the things she said was, you know, it's been unions in egypt, it's been workers in egypt and tunisia and around the world, it's been workers who so often, sometimes through their unions if they are allowed to have unions, sometimes through a more informer, non-- sort of an informer collection of people in what might look like a union but not formerrized who have taken on -- who have fought for freedom, who have fought for equality. a lot  lot of these problems is because people are hungry. they want fairness and a chance to make a living. one of the things that secretary clinton talked about, yes, this is not enforcing labor law in guatemala. it will enforce labor laws in our trade agreements, the labor component of our trade agreements around the world. because we stand for a more egalitarian workforce. we believe workers should organize and bargain collectively. we believe in workers' compensation. we believe in workers safety. we believe in human rights and all of that is about th

take vo ---- y el hermano del alcalde de columbus, nuevo mexico, fue detenido y acusado de narcotrafica2 semanas que arrestarn al "edil municipal" por contrabandea r armas a mexico. ----el hermano del alcalde se llama "gilbert espinoza". ----agentes de la patrulla fronteriza dicen que transportaba 51 kilos de marihuana en su carro. ---- a "eddie" espinoza, el ex alcalde, lo detuvieron con otras 9 personas, el 14 de marzo y lo acusaron de contrabandea r armas, como parte de la operacion "rapido y furioso". cu ---continue con nosotros... nos vamos a una nueva pausa y volvemos en dos minutos... take vo ---cuales son los peligros a los que se enfrentan nuestros hijos al salir de la casa? que le preocupa a usted padre de familia?... llamenos o escribanos.... tambien nos puede dejar su opinion en facebook. take sot - tu voz open cu --nos vamos a los comentarios de esta noche sobre el tema... --cuales son los riesgos que enfrentan los hijos al salir de casa? --norma garcia en su reportaje nos hablo de los mayores riesgos que existen en casa, pero y fuera de ella? take vo roll weather open cu -

>> matthew from columbus, ohio. >> jimmy: all right, matthew from columbus, ohio. very good.hew. now, you've got michele bachmann here. she looks hungry. [ light laughter ] do you feel confident with your aim tonight? >> i do. >> jimmy: now, you gonna go over the shoulder? flipping? or are you gonna underneath, like chinese stars, throwing stars? [ light laughter ] >> probably over. >> jimmy: or are you gonna go bunch -- bunch of honey bunches of oats? [ laughter ] well, you think about all -- here's how the game works. behind you are clear vats of hot dogs. you're gonna get 15 seconds to throw as many hot dogs as you can into the mouths of these politicians. the winner takes home a spectacular prize. you guys ready? >> ready. >> yeah. >> jimmy: all right, contestants, when i say "go," you turn around and start tossing your wieners. throw them fast, throw them hard, throw them through that hole. ready, set, go! ♪ >> jimmy: oh, there you go. come on, five seconds! five seconds! [ cheers and applause ] three, two, one. times up! times up! everyone, hey, hold your wieners, every

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here's what happens when we go up to this monument of christopher columbus.iout of granite. and as you can see, the meter is pretty much pinning. and to see the needle in the geiger counter really get pinned, you need to go into grand central station, which we did tonight with dr. eric hall from columbia university. this whole place is made of granite and marble. both of which are radioactive. tens of thousands of people walk through that hall every day. >> that's right. >> reporter: are they at risk of getting sick? >> no. the doses are very, very smam. >> reporter: another place where you are regularly exposed to radiation? air travel. because you are closer to the radiation of outer space. every year, each of us is exposed to about 3.5 millisieverts, that's the technical term, of radiation. that's about 67 chest x-rays. in order to get radiation sickness, you need to be exposed to 1,000 millisieverts at once. and, for most people, a fatal dose is about five times that. to put this all in perspective, the radiation levels at the scene of the fire at the nuc

i know my own district block by block, but there literally was on two blogs of columbus avenue like eight applicants. there would be no parking at all, basically. there was also an applicant that was located across the street from washington square park. i do think we need to just kind of -- i think parklets could be fantastic, but we need to look at the phenomenon and how it will be used and not just think of them as an annex to a restaurant. if there is green right there -- if i just miss say that nothing is going to prevent an entity from applying. but what is the criteria being used? it seems a little vague. >> i do think clearly the commission could use a day -- there will be an agenda item to discuss this. it might also dovetail into the one-hour parking meter limits in north beach during the day, which is causing people to run out and move their cars when there is plenty of parking in north beach during the day. that is when you can park in north beach. it is just incredible to me. i would like to follow ups with the meters and sf park program. i do not know if other neighborhoods

in the middle east and more and more now is shaped by what is happening in madison wisconsin and columbus ohio and other capitals so that i think we've had so much sleep walking in the united states where of course. wall street oligarchs and corporate elites have been not just dominating but in many ways losing the use in billions of dollars from the public funds. and based on their financial shadow the shadow financial system. making be as in billions of dollars as poor and working people are pushed to the margins and i think more and more working class persons who thought they had a secure existence recognize that their plight is more and more time to the plight of poor people and tied to the plight of working poor people so yes we're experiencing now the early stages of a kind of shift in perception in the united states that the west you have mentioned several times that americans are working harder than ever before they are earning less than ever before and the economic disparities in this country are deepening and deepening. you call yourself a critical supporter of u.s. president ba

. >>> thousands of union members rallied today at the state house in columbus, ohio. as republicans in the state legislature there work on a bill that would strip public employee unions of collective bargaining rights. the same fight continued in wisconsin today, as governor scott walker unveiled his new budget which contains huge cuts in state aide to cities, towns and public schools. it wasn't long ago you heard education in the united states referred to in terms of the apollo program. the way to regain u.s. superiority around the world, but then came the tightening of budgets around the country. deficits, grim forecasts, and now in state after state, so many parents and teachers and students are asking, why does it seem education has to take the brunt of the cutbacks? it was in the news again today, and our report tonight from our chief education correspondent, rehema ellis. >> reporter: today in the nation's largest school district, officials are considering a startling plan that could push more than 4,600 teachers out of the classrooms. >> there is a limit to how

and here's what happens when we go up to the monument of christopher columbus. it's made of granite. granite is radioactive but perfectly safe. and as you can see, the meter is pretty much pinning. to see the needle really get pinned, you need to go into grand central station, which we did. this whole place is made of granite and marble, both of which are radioactive. tens of thousands of people walk through that hall every day. >> that's right. >> reporter: are they at risk of getting sick because of the radioactivity around them? >> no. the doses are very small. >> reporter: another place you're exposed to radiation, air travel, because you're closer to the radiation of outer space. every year, each of us is exposed to about 3.5 millisieverts, that's the term they use, of radiation. that's about 67 chest x-rays or the same as 134 cross-country plane trips. in order to get radiation sickness, you need to to 1,000 millisieverts at once. and for most people, a fatal dose is about five-times that. to put this all in perspective, the radiation levels at the scene o

there are holidays with last names of columbus and lincoln and washington and king.nd there's a possibility of adding chavez to that. >> i hope so. i think he deserves to have a holiday, like everybody else that has done a lot of work in this world like he did. you know. we are sure going to work very hard on it. if i can, i will. >> just saying, that barbara, it kind of sent a chill up my spine and got a few goosebumps. can you imagine that thought, that there's king and washington and lincoln and chavez as national holidays? >> i can imagine it. he obviously -- he wouldn't have wanted it. because he was very humble. he would have wanted us to be out there fighting for the farm workers. not just farm workers but all the other people. like right now people in wisconsin that are losing, you know, their rights to have a union.s but i think, you know, he ser deserves it. he's been kept in the background a little bit too long. and i think he deserves to be up there like everybody else. >> all right. well, there are several things happening around the caesar chavez holida

in columbus, ohio icy roads made for treacherous driving, with reports of 60 traffic accidents in just 2 1/2 hours today. in buffalo, new york, roads were shut down because of heavy snow. all this with just two weeks before the official start of spring. rehema ellis, nbc news, new york. >>> we want to go now to the weather channel's mike seidel. he is in syracuse, new york where it is really coming down tonight. mike, good evening. >> reporter: hey, lester. if you think you've had a bad winter, here in syracuse, where they average 10 feet of snow a season, they're closing in on 14 feet of snow tonight. you can still see it coming down. look at the radar. that snow and rain with this storm is pulling out. it will be out to sea by tomorrow afternoon. then we turn our attention to the next storm on tuesday. a foot of snow, wind, maybe a blizzard in parts of the central plains, severe weather and isolated tornados south of vista there, and the warm air. we'll keep an eye on oklahoma city, little rock, and shreveport. on wednesday more dangerous storms in the deep south. rain and the risk o

columbus, in tokyo and tripoli, so much is turning on u.s. government action or inaction. starting with the budget, are we detecting any kind of give on this, karen? >> i will tell you the president's tone sounded almost like te adult telling the kids they can come out of the time-out corner now and start getting to work. all we really have seen this week is, you know, the as we knew it would happen, the republican's plan failed in the senate and then the democrat's plan failed in the senate. so it's very clear now that while both sides really want to avoid a government shutdown, they are not going to be able to come up with a spending bill that funds the government for the next of the year before the next deadline. so there's probably going to be another two or three-week bill and then at this point as the president said, we've got to quit running the government on these kinds of short-term fixes. but the important thing to remember is we're talking about a fiscal year that's already halfway over. this is not the main event this year. gwen: it sounds like both sides are c

and i-70, from philadelphia to columbus.her wet morning commute on i-10, from tallahassee to jacksonville. wet on i-5, from seattle to san francisco. and snowy on i-84 and 90 in the northern rockies. >> and if you are flying today, airport delays can be expected in san francisco, boston, new york, philly, d.c., charlotte and miami. a lot of east coast destinations. >> oh, yeah. a wet one. >>> well, security is being stepped up on capitol hill, ahead of a hearing today, into muslim radicals. >> new york congressman peter king has come under intense criticism for holding these hearings. john hendren reports, now, from washington. >> reporter: muslim-americans say this is the new mccarthyism. >> mohammed was a child molester. mohammed was a pervert. >> reporter: outside a fund-raiser for muslim charities in california's conservative orange county, protesters targeted muslims, as pundits were targeted by congressional leaders in the 1950s. muslim-american leaders say this is the new senator mccarthy, new york congressman peter k

a tornado touched down south of columbus. >> my son's here and i had the outside lights on and he said, mom, the bins are gone, the barn's gone, the roof's gone, you know. so, yeah. i knew it was bad then. >> tornadoes also hit kentucky, indiana and illinois. now to washington and efforts to overt a government shutdown. the house is expected to vote today on a two week extension of the current funding measure. that bill runs out on friday. the extension cuts the budget by $4 billion and gives lawmakers more time to come up with a funding plan for the rest of the fiscal year. the senate is likely to go along. >>> in wisconsin today, governor scott walker officially presents his budget proposal for the next two years. it includes a proposal to end nearly all union bargaining rights for state employees, a plan which has prompted two weeks of protests and contentious debate. randall pinkston has more. >> reporter: protests are going strong for a third week outside the wisconsin capitol. where no new entry is permitted. protesters say they believe governor walker is trying to limit their nu

today, people from across ohio are gathering at the state house in columbus. they're gathering to speak up for workers and the middle class in this country. last tuesday, i went to columbus and joined our brothers and sisters in our fight to protect the right of public employees to have a voice at the negotiating table and as we gathered to oppose senate bill 5, that backward effort of the governor and his republican friends in he state legislature to eliminate collective bargaining, i was struck by the weight of the moment and by the weight of the fight but i was inspired, too. inspired to see thousands of people from across the state coming together to protest the radical measures that the republicans were proposing. and though we can't be there today physically, we are there with those who gathering at the state house and we stand with them from our place here in our nation's capital. last week we were there, shoulder to shoulder, people in common purpose, standing up for working families, standing together in the fight for the promise of the middle class.

anti-union bill and as a result more than thousand people showed up outside the state capital of columbus to protest the bill actually i've heard some larger crowds as large as forty thousand it looks like the labor movement now has the momentum in this nationwide struggle. it is time for our daily poll your chance to tell us what you think if wisconsin democrats don't return today governor scott walker says he's going to lay off two thousand teachers so here's today's question will his divide and conquer strategy work or possible answers are yes in order for his agenda to work the middle class needs to be turned against one another or know his plan will backfire because fifty two percent was consummated so they wouldn't vote for this guy right now if the election was held again today but again it's our list of what you think will be open until tomorrow. still ahead here in the big picture mirror mirror on the wall who's the crony capitalists of all i'd say charles koch but it seems his wall street journal op ed disagrees with me plus more money more problems well not from their allies se

pushes for japan to expand evacuation say from twenty to forty columbus's. case there. hello welcome to the sports news thank you for joining me and these other top stories. second it turns out lions have another chance to move into the k h l finals they take on a lot more t.v. on the road. while miami night there has been a rover joins maria sharapova in the semifinals of the sideline ericsson open. and co-host showdown in g.o.p.'s arch rivals pakistan to set up a cricket world cup final against sri lanka. the first to ice hockey and in just a few minutes afghans will start their quest to become in their maiden guarin cup finals as the team from the moscow region faces off that form a final is looking at even the playoffs atlanta just one win away from finishing risk rest of seven series they lead by three wins to want what would be on the lookout for new coach coming back especially after they pulled off the cells in the quarter finals against scar while over in the eastern conference sol about to live also with one of the finals and then for the fun taking its three

inequality is playing a role you know here in this country from wisconsin to even think that in columbus ohio absolutely one hundred percent it is a direct result you know you're a half ago people started writing stories. about the austerity will come and i believe i truly believe in the last we have seen social unrest in earnest. and it's not based on what's coming down the road it's unrest based on the austerity implemented on the people the most terrific article that when i when i watched it i see the mainstream media with articles that were posted just a week ago where how did somebody on the right at the least robin edition and then they put out another article about the on the left it's kind of. the problem is it works too well as blame game and getting at least one another absolutely i think the indignation is right in the sense that we should be we need to look at the two products and until we have some integrity in our government none of this is going to change we need a lot of these financial terrorists abroad and it certainly is interesting to watch the discussion on various c

brent adams in columbus, ohio, is taking a lot.e and eric harding, my security person. you know, they have kept me grounded, keeping me away from offers and so forth. not letting me know there is an abundance of them. they are just more or less gradually helping me out. >> when i look at the picture of you when you were homeless, that image, and then i see you now. i mean, obviously physically there is a dramatic difference in the way you look. internally? >> yes. i do have a stronger spirituality. pastor greg mcnichol ks in columbus is my spiritual adviser. i have to implement him more in my daily conversations as well. i have to get reconnected with jesus christ who helped me through all of this. >> we wish you the best, ted. we do. good luck with the rehab. >> i love you, meredith. >> i love you, too. doing a great job. >> thank you so much. >> if you have a question for ted, head to today.com. he'll answer your e-mails in our next hour. >>> up next,eren williams opens up about her recent health score. [ sneezing ] ♪ [ male anno

one in wisconsin as many as forty thousand protesters showed up at that state capitol yesterday in columbus the largest protests in that state since cases started his dirty work two weeks ago so if the labor movement loses in ohio which is likely will be able to keep up the momentum to stop other into union measures around the country here with us here with us with some answers is james p. hoffa general president of the international brotherhood of teamsters mr have great to have you with us good to be here first of all that question ohio it looks like a since you were there i would argue all day we had forty thousand people was excited a lot of great speeches and a lot of people are fired up about you know the heaven their jobs taken away and demonstrating that they want to fight back and they're mad as hell about what's going on public employees losing their right to negotiate right to collective bargaining that was the issue and it was a tremendous demonstration the same thing i was also in madison wisconsin the same thing we had a tremendous demonstration there and last saturday there w

debates about national policy as well as in places like madison wisconsin and columbus ohio and all over tallahassee florida and i just want to but before we get into taxing though with the wealthiest people if you look at the corporations the big six j.p. morgan bank of america that are all their banks they're not paying the thirty five percent rate they're paying an eleven percent rate and if we had gotten the thirty five percent rate from them we would have earned thirteen billion dollars in tax revenue which were not i mean it seems like it's the sort of political third rail to even suggest that these corporations actually have to make more sacrifices when remember just a few years ago they came with their hats in hand begging for for bailouts to get out of this financial mess. no i mean i certainly agree with you obviously the financial system here was propped propped up very aggressively by the federal reserve the treasury more or less taxpayers of many instances and then doesn't want to do its sort of fair share of paying taxes sadly however this in no way distinguishes wall stree

is playing a role you know here in this country from wisconsin to even what we're seeing today in columbus ohio absolutely one hundred percent it is a direct result you know a year and a half ago people started making writing stories and making commentary about the austerity will come and i believe i truly believe in the last we have seen social unrest in earnest in this country and it's not based on what's coming down the road it's underground based on the prosperity of the people to be the most horrific part of all this is when i when i watch movement or think i see the mainstream media articles that were posted just a week ago where a how did somebody on the right at the legions live ammunition and then they put out another article the same day about the on the left thing it's kind of just what the problem is it works too well. and getting hot at least for one another absolutely not the answer i think the indignation is right in the sense that we should be upset and we need to look at the two big products here and until we have an integrity on wall street and in our government know this

present with workers would send a tremendous message across the country if the president went to columbus ohio and stood with the workers if you want to wisconsin and stewarts workers and indiana so that he shows where where his sympathies lie because what's happening is all of government is being used to accelerate the wealth upwards and if we stand back and let corporations or their adherents at a state level. crush people's ability to organize their garden collectively knock down their wages take away people's ability to have any say at all in their health care and their pensions and the working conditions then what you have is something that's not democratic so we're really fighting for democracy or this goes beyond labor this goes to the essence of our democracy and our democratic president isn't necessarily saying much about and i want to segue here to what we're seeing happen of course across the middle east libya specifically there's a lot of talk right now as to whether a no fly zone should be implemented whether the u.s. should intervene here and it seems like we have a bit of a