and don't take my word for it take wisconsin republican scott fitzgerald's word for it he's the guy who undermine democracy in convene the illegal session last night to pass the anti-union bill and he had this to say yesterday just hours before the vote. they flipped the state senate which is obviously obviously the goal with eight recalls going on right now they can take control of the labor unions if we win this battle and the money is not there under the auspices of the unions certainly what you're going to find is president obama is going to have a much difficult a much more difficult time getting elected in and winning the state of wisconsin well there it is right there you guys admitting this is all about disabling the democratic party crippling president obama's chances of winning next year it's not just about destroying the unions it's about destroying our two party system and if they get away with the communities that you and i live in all across america will be transformed dramatically this is our little city over here democracy bill usa and a few minutes i'm going to show you

scott fitzgerald was it wasn't sam scott fitzgerald. who was one of the committee chair people who seemed very wary in fact a couple of weeks ago he shot down this very strategy when it was first proposed if these guys all go out and phone calls on the koch brothers i think any idea what's causing this sudden change my guess is that because the it was constant has become the rallying cry for the nation i mean today we saw protests you know ten thousand people in florida you know calling out rick scott. because whoever's calling the tune or saying we told them yes it says scott fitzgerald the senate republican leader just this afternoon on fox also kind of gave way the game when he said essentially that what they're doing is if we win this battle he said then the unions will have less money and a lot less money to give to president obama in two thousand and twelve and he'll have a much harder time when he was constant and you're exactly right when he said that we don't want to do this kind of this kind of this this thing that they're exa

fitzgerald all is that of you know that we're going to come back we're not going to come back we're going to meet at the line in the middle we're going to have. you know a rope pulling contest what's going on. well here's what here's the best we could tell i think a lot of people that could use this morning by an article in the wall street journal where some headline writer essentially suggested that the democrats were coming back. almost imminently we know quite well when you read the story however it was just a rehash of things that have been said over the last two and a half to three weeks it didn't there wasn't they are there but it did effect the dialogue at least for a few hours very quickly jon erpenbach one of the state senators very well more social media friendly state senators put up a response on his facebook page in which he said you know look nobody talked to us about this we are not planning to come back today or or were any time so the big story the big story of the day really was that state senate minority leader mark miller a democrat but a letter to the governor and to

speaker fitzgerald, speaker pro tem kramer, president ellis, majority leader fitzgerald, minority leader barca, supreme court justices, constitutional officers, tribal leaders, members of the cabinet, distinguished guests, members of the wisconsin state legislature, and most importantly, fellow citizens of wisconsin. each and every one of us gathered in this chamber today hold the first set of the vote -- of believes -- believes that we are passionate about sharing and serve to guide our actions. each of us have a vision for a better tomorrow in wisconsin. we all share something in common, an unrivaled passion for the state in the people who call it home. we all want wisconsin to be the very best that it can be. it because our experiences are unique and our beliefs diverse, and our paths may diverge as we tackle today is challenges. but even at the hyatt -- the height of our differences, we can and must keep our promise to the people of wisconsin that they will always come first. democracy does not just expect differences, it demands them. it's the manner in which we discuss and resolve

we will skip over the podium and the next go to alice and fitzgerald. she is vice chair of our press club's speakers' committee. maryland is the senior business editor for npr. patricia harris and its president and ceo of the corporation for public broadcasting and a guest of our speaker. andrea's down is washington correspondent for aol news. how about a warm round of applause? [applause] lindsey arent usually delivers the news, but in recent months -- and he are usually delivers the news. last october, the decision to cut ties with juan williams infuriated conservatives. npr is in the news again. it would be a blow to local member stations and destabilizing for npr itself, which celebrates its 40th anniversary on the air next month. this battle is not the first crisis that vivian schiller has faced. when she came to npr in to douse the nine, the u.s. economy was unraveling. -- 2009, the u.s. economy was unraveling. she had to start her career just as corporate underwriting was traveling. programs are being eliminated and budgets for being cut to the b

people travel by airplane for from blood yourself to moscow and back and as you perfectly know you fitzgerald by airplane from what it was looked almost all from moscow to new york and back you are not going to the hospital or you can come but they can medical matters are free so should people in russia's far east timor read about what's happening should they be evacuating the area. i would like to underline that you know that it's nice scenario but mostly it's a scenario. our experts consider. doesn't save the. people you from far east should be worth about sixty because you and you there when exactly to the russian cost it will be not. a no radio call increase or for radioactive. and let's cross back to japan itself now you talked earlier about the people within the twenty kilometer radius being evacuated around the plant what emergency service is there be doing right now to contain the design and to prevent any further fallout. and sir i didn't hear your question it wasn't what well i imagine the services in japan be doing to contain the situation and you mention that they've already evacu

maybe it's senator fitzgerald, not speaker fitzgerald that has come up with the grand scheme that you can beat president obama in wisconsin. strictly by stripping people's rights, and passing a bill that clearly the people don't support. and, in fact, the polls show people no longer support your governor either. governor walker no longer has support of people. because of these extreme radical ideas. it's not my words. it's the radical idea was senator luther olson called it radical. and it was radical. it's going to hurt the middle class and you know it. if the budget continues along with that, we are going to really decimate education in wisconsin. nearly $1 billion in cuts to p5. 30% cuts in vocational colleges. if there's one thing you could do to hurt the long-term economic impact of this state, it's pass all of those budget measures to destroy education in wisconsin. our priorities are so far off it is so far off that it just is absolutely astounding me. i just hope when it comes time for final passage, whenever the speaker decides that democracy is over for the day and we are go

constant senator fitzgerald actually told us yesterday it's not just about taking down the unions just in his state of wisconsin this is part of a much a larger republican plan for two thousand and twelve let's take a listen to what he said yesterday on making kelly's program. they flipped the state senate which is obviously obviously the goal with the recalls going on right now they can take control of the labor unions if we win this battle and the money is not there under the auspices of the unions certainly what you're going to find is president obama's going to have a much difficult a much more difficult time getting elected in winning the state it was parents are . now there he lays out the completely blatantly obvious victims who wish for politicians to set it straight what their intentions are the whole way. yeah absolutely i mean i would love for them to be honest and open and transparent from the beginning when annoys me about that interview with meghan kelley is the fact that he was so brazen about it after lying over and over again about how they're just trying to balance th

meeting he's working the law in order to ram through this bill which the state senate majority leader fitzgerald imminent yesterday was mainly an effort to bust unions and defund the democrats and we're going to talk about that pretty soon and david i want to go to you you know i've been calling for all day on this and i thought this tweet i thought was pretty interesting it says nothing says democracy like voting with no notice preventing a public from observing and locking the doors of the chap at all i what what do you think about that day going to reports i think that people have been urged to boycott companies that made large contributions to republican governor scott walker campaign have you been hearing talk about this. that there's been any violations ship first of all last weekend there was a judge john albert at the state said that the that that the capital hatch get back to the way it was on january. the normal working day but this much this past monday it has not been like that most of the doors have been closed because of it happened letting people in we thought that heavy security

look scott fitzgerald the top republican in the senate said exactly what it's all about one fox news would make it in cali and said here's what we're doing. if we bust the unions we will take away the support for the democratic party and barack obama will not win wisconsin in two thousand and twelve quote on quote you can say it any clearer who had nothing to do with the budget and nothing to do with saving wisconsin i think the policy was correct but it certainly has devolved into a political situation now where we've galvanized both sides and you've got a union base that really was responding to the message of the tea party and now they're galvanized again as democratic consultants and we in other words this this is like populism of one kind turned into populism of. i want to start a year from now the republican party is going to say how do we get stuck with scott walker get him out of here he's destroying the party destroying image it's a war on the middle class this is not good for the party in the long run i think it's going to backfire i'm not i'm not that interested in image i

meeting he's broken the law in order to ram through this bill which the state senate majority leader fitzgerald admitted yesterday was mainly an effort to bust unions defund the democrats yeah we did it and many violations here first of all last weekend there was a judge shot albert at that that said that the at that at the capitol had to keep back to the way it was judge anyway i thought which the normal working day. just might this past monday it has not been like that most of the doors have been closed even though they happen many people and we've got the happy security and yesterday the assembly was called it only took but there were five. so to allege that it's an extreme right that's it this clearly was not and so they're clearly trying to push out of this debate and they're not listening to what the boy says about you to live with and like you touched upon something i want to bring back into this conversation the notion that's starting to come out all over that what's happening in wisconsin you know a huge deal for sure but that this is actually part of a bigger plan to tear down the sta

cardinals wide receiver, larry fitzgerald, watching the panthers taking on uconn. walker.. the hopping part. march.c1: also spring training. the giants have a good one. seems all the starting pitchers are starting to make the strides that the giants want to see. we'll tell you about matt cane in a moment. today, giants visiting spring home of the reds. getting up to speed. struck out six reds today in four scoreless innings to get his first win of spring. giants were making home runs rain off cincinnati starter, cc: aroyyo, torez got one. cody ross, and freddie sanchez. today with their first home runs of cactus league play. even more positive signs. simulated game to livecc1: batters. 47 pitches. three innings. works towards returning to game action. after missing time with elbow inflammation. in his pitching arm. hoping to get him three starts here. before the start of the season. tomorrow, the giants face the area. here on nbc baycc1: our first telecast of the season. starts at 6:00 p.m. on le cactus league gamescc1: the air. this is the first. tomorrow, 6:00 p.m. giant

he won for san francisco their first state title since john fitzgerald kennedy was president 83-81 overitrus. parker came home to a hero's welcome on campus today. [ applause ] >> it was chaos. after that went in we called a quick time out and got our defense set. they missed the half court shot and it was off to the races. seemed like everyone just ran on to the court and it was fun. >> how many text messages did you have? >> over 30. >> over 30? >> yeah. probably over 40 on facebook and stuff like that. >> d-end. >> well, there must be something in the water. the oakland as biggest obstacle has been their inability to stay healthy. they even changed trainer this is year. so i couldn't help but bring the topic up to billy bean at spring training. >> the injury bug has been the achilles heel for years, hasn't it? >> i am trying to stand up. >> chris carter all 250 pounds of the as young slugger faces the indians. put that in your teepee. it is obviously going to hit the sea which must obviously stand for carter. now the bad news closer andrew bailey comes off in pain. the trainers came

but i would be remiss in talking about the first tycoon, clever title which i assume is a plea on fitzgerald. >> i thought it was very clever. >> my editor and i both thought it independently. >> it's true. it's true, yes. >> of course winning the national book award as it did must have been a great gratification to you and then of course he went on to win the pulitzer prize. not just for all of us because we can only dream about this year call, get a letter, how does this wonderful news of life? >> i have to say i really feel that i'm very fortunate because as i've said before my book had been left off the list finals there would have been no mobs in the street for justice. there's a lot of good nonfiction books that year. i'm very fortunate. and the national book award it's an award given like the oscars at a ceremony. the juries meet the day of the ceremony and decide which of the finalists win and it's a total surprise to everyone but the jury. so it was a shock. the whole thing was stunning and it is a very emotional moment for me actually and nine friends with the winner of the fiction

. >> reporter: majority leader fitzgerald signed orders finding the 14 democrats in contempt.and tame them if necessary, but still only in wisconsin, not illinois. >> if this is what it takes to get a democrat senator back to the chamber, then this is what it takes. >> reporter: gop members of the senate say they didn't want it to come to this, but they maintain their actions were not about the repair bill but about protecting the institution of the state senate. >> well, it is very difficult for all of us. none of us wanted to be in this position. it was with heavy heart that we came to the floor today. >> that was jason newton reporting. governor walker is also threatening to issue layoff notices to 1500 state workers today. he says he will go through with this if the controversial plan to cut bargaining rights does not pass. >>> there's been a major breakthrough in the search for a retired fbi agent who disappeared on a trip to iran four years ago. u.s. officials say they have received proof that robert levinson is still alive. they say indications are that levinson is held

we skipped over the podium, and we next go to alison fitzgerald, vice chair of our press club's speakers' committee and government and enterprise reporter for bloomberg news. skipping over our speaker for a moment, the senior business editor for npr and speakers' committee member who organized today's event. thank you. patricia harrison is president and ceo of the corporation for public broadcasting and a guest of our speaker. senior washington correspondent for aol news. and washington bureau chief with the nightly business report on pbs. how about a warm round of applause for all of our guests. [applause] npr usually delivers the news, but in recent months, the media organization has been making news itself very last october, decisions to cut ties with juan williams infuriated conservatives who accuse npr of left-wing bias. now, npr's in the news again because some in congress are working to eliminate funding for federal broadcasting. it would be a blow to local stations and destabilizing for npr itself, which celebrates its 40th anniversary on the air next month. the federal funding b

let's listen to the assembly speaker, republican jeb fitzgerald. >> we ran on this. we were going to get the fiscal house in order. this is what we ran in our elections. this is how we pick up 14 seats from you guys. you know what? you thought taxing your way out of a problem, pushing the problems down the road, increasing government spending was the way to go. that is okay, but it was not. the public spoke. they said -- no more. we want you to go to madison and do what we want you to do. host: back to your telephone calls. the wisconsin union legislation -- who was a letter and was the loser? good morning. caller: yes, i've called before. i'm very upset about this. i'm really watching my country devolved into -- i'm going to say it. yes, fascism. george orwell, the author of "1984" prophetically said decades ago that when fascism comes to america, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying the cross. i'm terrified from what i'm seeing happening here. the parallels between the republicans and the team baggers and the buildup of fascism in nazi germany -- the paralle

scott fitzgerald for parts of the literary masterpiece.square foot estate along one of the most prestigious score lines hosted winston churchill, the marx brothers and the duke and duchess of windsor in the 20s and 30s. now it looks like this. dilapidated, weathered and soon to be demolished. it's quite a place. >> it's spectacular. the views are spectacular. the building was spectacular. it was a spectacular era but it's gone. >> reporter: burt bought the place for $17 million. he first wanted to make it a family compound and later tried to sell it. neither plan worked out. maintains the es indicate cost him close to $5,000 a day, much of it in high property taxes. now he plans to tear the mansion down, divide the land into smaller lots with brand new homes and sell them. >> i will pay homage to the property. people will drive up and say, this is a special place. that's what it was. a special place. >> reporter: the romantic 1974 film starring robert redford captured the golden era. those extravagant parties that could have occurred here

we'll skip over the podium and we next go to allison fitzgerald, she's vice chair of our press club speakerstee and she is government and enterprise reporter for bloomberg news. skipping over our speaker for just a moment, marilyn gwax is senior business editor for npr and the speaker's committee member who organized today's event. thank you, marilyn. and we have the corporation for public casting and the guest of our speaker and andrea stone is washington correspondent for aol news, te-milla bay a freelance journalist and darren gersh with the nightly business report on pbs. how about a warm applause for all of them. [applause] >> npr usually delivers the news. but in recent months the media organization has been making news itself. last october, npr's decision to cut ties with juan williams infuriated conservative whose accused npr of left-leaning bias. now npr is in the news again because some in congress are working to eliminate federal funding for public broadcasting wiping out federal financial support would be a blow to local member stations and destabilizing for npr itself which cele

today, deputy assistant secretary william fitzgerald is attending a summit of the economic communityof west african states, focus on the political crisis and kosovar and we expect a strong statement from the meeting of the issues. we look forward to the upcoming resolution of the human rights council double forcefully condemn the continuing abuses and violations of human rights and kosovar and establish a commitment of inquiry to investigate these abuses. the resolution will further amplify the unequivocal message of the international community to former president died so that the mass respect to the quarry in people, step aside immediately and allow the president to carry out the media. international community will not stand by while one that users power industries the country. >> can i ask you a question about that? >> absolutely. [inaudible] >> what exactly is the international community time to not stand by? >> well, we have supported the united nations operations and kosovar, the milky mid-day which supports protection of civilians. we have done that i supported the additional 2