unions have always had to get a majority. and they've done that year after year after year in most situations, in most union elections. but to now make it so that, let's say you have a company with 1,000 employees, and only 100 show up, and 51 of them vote for the union. is that right to bind all 1,000 employees in the company itself and only 51 out of 1,000 employees have voted for it? of course it's not. this is a very, very important issue. and all that the -- that those who propose getting this long-term extension or even a short-term extension have to do is correct the national mediation board, get union elections back to where a majority of employees are requisite in order to have a union, and i don't think there'd be any problem. -- any problem in solving this problem. it would be solved in a nanosecond. now maybe this extended essential service language is something that might cause problems. well, i would suggest that both sides get together and try to resolve those shalls. but this is not some little small issue. this is a big issue. and it even becomes bigger when you consider that the national labor relati

. >> correct the national mediation board, get union elections back to where a majority of employees are requisite in order to have a union, and i don't think there would be any problems. >> woodruff: if nothing changes, the f.a.a. could lose more than $1 billion from uncollected ticket taxes before congress returns from its august recess. in the meantime, the flying public has not benefited. in fact, nearly all major u.s. airlines have raised fares to what they would be if the taxes were still being collected. >> woodruff: for more on the impact of the shutdown and the politics surrounding it, we are joined by todd zwillich, washington correspondent for "the takeaway," a program on public radio international and wnyc radio. he also writes for the public radio blog, "transportation nation." and ben mutzabaugh, who covers the aviation industry for "u.s.a. today," and writes a blog called "today in the sky." thank you both for being with us. ben mutzabaugh, i gather from what you just told me that reporters covering this had no idea this was going to not get resolved before congress wen

union voters and union get out the vote efforts and organizing strengths, not to mention union money, when president obama was running for president and the three presidential electionsore that, more voted for the democrat in the race. just being in a union in 2008 made you significantly more likely to vote for barack obama than all of those other factors. look at the money part of it. in the most recent election, these were the top donors, outside groups that spent the most money on the 2010 midterm elections, all corporations all giving to the republican side of the race, all but three of them, the only three that gave more money to the democratic side than to the republican side were the three unions. they were the only competition to all the top donations to the republican side. corporations, big business, they know they have a home in the republican party, people who work for a living, the whole dream of the american middle class is supposed to have a home in democratic politics. union rights and union strength are intertwined with democratic politics, unions do not succeed without strong democrats and democrats do not succeed without strong unions. with the mid

the unions a the driver of getting school board mbers elected. it certainly happened in dayton. the performers come into office, the union will mobilize and get them out in the next election. >> that is not true. >> if that is the dynamic, doesn't it make sense to say that is a perversion of democracy and we have to take some of these rights away or move an area of control, or something like that? >> first, we now argue, it -- we now are you using the exceptions to make the case. there have been lots of elections throughout school board elections, senatorial elections, other kinds of elections where lots of people have gotten engaged. i have often seen the role the union exaggerated when it comes to the elections of school boards or other kinds of things, and i have watched the role of money in all of this totally and completely change the relationship everywher people should have a right to engage politically. that is part of our democracy. separate and apart from that, take those situations like male control versus elected school boards. ishere positive proof that any of these

california prison guards are headed to las vegas this month for the union annual convention where they will elect new leaders and get collective bargaining training. they will receive the full state pay with taxpayer footing as much as 350,000 dollars. >> this is one of those things that makes no sense whatsoever and why i think taxpayers are outraged at the sweet heart deals. >>reporter: california correctional peace officer association usually reimburses the state for pay involving union activities. but about a 1% pay hike like most otherg a public employee union, prison guards opted for other benefits instead. including what is called activist relief tile. for taxpayers it is far cheaper than pay raises. >> we chose to use that to ensure that our union activists who attend our annual convention do so the while still receiving their pay. >>reporter: in the latest contract this year negotiated by the brown administration, the convention benefit was continued. the union points out members gave 150 million dollars in concessions but at a time when family on welfare are seeing smaller checks, social services are being

elected by unions. the unions are the driver in getting them elected.whereas if reforms come into office, they would mobilize. if that is the dynamic, doesn't it make sense to say, well, that is kind of some proversion of democracy and so we have to address it by taking some of these rights away obvious moving to mayor of control or something else like that. >> well, look, we actually -- first off, we now argue using the exceptions to make the case. there have been lots and lots of elections throughout whether it's school board, whether it's, you know, senatorial elections, where it's other kinds of elections where lots of people have gotten engaged. thethe -- i have often seen the role of the union exaggerated when it comes to elections of school boards or other kinds of -- other kinds of things. and i've watched now the role of money in all of this. totally and completely change the relationship everywhere. now people should have a right to engage politically. that is part of our democracy. but separate and apart from that, take those situations like

get them going. it is not going to be unions that deliver by themselves. they love to get something that be -- that can be an equivalent. harder to do in a mid term electionty is going to be out there maybe just gaining steam if it is as strong as it was in 2010, it will be tough in 2012. >> greta: who do you think can energy the tea party the most? >> the republican that can get them going? >> greta: yeah, which republican really would get the tea party going? >> i think michelle bachmann and rick perry money the current candidates are most likely to tap into that. i think the tea party going to be behind the republican candidate, whoever it is. the one who has been associated with them most closely has been michelle bachmann and i think rick perry and some of the things he's done and the rhetoric makes him a better match than some of the others. >> greta: if governor palin jumps in what does that? >> i think she makes a play. there is plenty of time get something done. she's a force. >> greta: are they going to give money? is the tea party opening wallets? >> yes, it has. michelle bachmann is a classic example. the record sums she raised as a house cand

he's going to need union support to get re-elected. he needs to raise a billion dollars.ructure bank means there's money that he knows where it's coming from. could come from gas tax and could come from anywhere. that bank will be used to fund union jobs. >> that would have to pass for congress, right? it's not going to pass in the house. >> but $850 billion of stimulus which was supposed to be infrastructure stimulus ended up being, what, $80 billion, $70 billion in infrastructure stimulus. >> look forward to that speech ahead of time to test the waters and if you don't go along with it, then you're anti-american. >> yeah. >> road block. >> so the president of the united states in his message, in his last three stops, yesterday in an even smaller town essentially says look, i'm responsible for the economy and i'm responsible for everything. by the way, if you're wondering why things are in gridlock, it's not my fault. it's because we have to put party politics, we're putting party politics ahead of the country. and essentially he was pointing to the tea party without say

perry elected as governor by talking about succession from the union and now using the term treason about an important federal economic official. rick perry will do anything, say anything to get elected president. but i think this time he's put his boot in his mouth. i do want to see president obama focussing more on jobs. if what he just outlined the one that i think is most important is doing work that needs to be done to deal with our infrastructure here in san antonio, austin, across central texas and across america there are jobs out there. there are skilled construction workers who could be at work. where people across america see what we're building and know that the economic recovery is getting in place. >> i know you're a long time critic of rick perry, let's look at the numbers. he claims and it's been substantiated by others that 40% of the new jobs across america in the last two years did come from texas. the explanation is a little more complicated, military jobs, we're in two wars ark lot of federal money spent there. there's the oil and gas industry as you well know. there's a population explosion and a lot of new trade with mexico. that said, he is creating jo

elected by the unions. union is a driver in getting school board members elected, and we have do an example -- have an example where they will get them out of the next election. so if that is a dynamic, doesn't it make sense to say, well, that is some kind of perversion of democracy so we have to address it by taking some of these rights away or moving it to mayoral control or something like that? >> well, look, we actually -- first off, we now argue using the exceptions to make the case. there have been lots and lots of elections throughout whether it's school board elections, whether it's, you know, senatorial elections where lots of people have gotten engaged. i've often seen the role of the union exaggerated when it comes to elections of school boards or other kinds of, other kinds of things. and i've watched, now, the role of money in all of this totally and completely change the relationship everywhere. now, people should have a right to engage politically. that is part of our democracy. but separate and apart from that, take those situations like merrill control versus elected school boards. is there a

elected representative of west san jose. >> that is an issue we look at every department, what is the best way to get the work done to serve the residents. >> the union is fighting back and in march was successful in forcing the matter to arbitration. it's arguing the position must be filled and that the councilmember did not follow the proper procedure. >> he did not have the right to unilaterally decide that they don't need to fill or the residents don't need. >> the internal legal process, district one will have no administrative assistant and given the budget crisis, he scoffed at the criticism. >> i'm trying to be as efficient as i can with the tax dollars given to me to run my office. if i'm being too efficient, i don't have apologies for that. >> sheet only republican on the city council and so far the only one to opt out of the administrative help. >>> still ahead, detecting stroke. >> our system is fast. it can get a diagnosis under 90 seconds. >> thece developed in device den the bay area and how amazing technology is making it happen. and a gourmet finds an experiment turnsúd >>> welcome back. a new device being developed in the bay area c

union election rules. the other has to do with the small airports and the money they get from you.respondent doug mckelway has that story. >> paul is a soft weather salesman who thinks the $59 subsidized flight every other week and for him it beats driving. >> you save the hour and is a. if you got an early morning flight you don't battle everybody going to baltimore. then the cutoff going down to d.c. so you miss all the trafficeas, semiair service, created in 19 # when the airlines were deregulated to preserve air service to community where flights might be eliminated because of unprofitability. in the present climate, financial frugality, some critics say the 150 plus subsidized airports lie too close to major airports to be eligible for subsidy. hagueerstown is 57-miles from baltimore and 73 from washington. >> we're subsidizing $200 for a flight that saves that traveler 40 minutes in the car. >> others suggest a top to bottom re-examination of eas is warranted. not a expense of scrapping unprofitable air service in alaska alone more than 40 airports are subsidized by eas. >> s

other powers wanted to inforce a pretty close election result and through bad go out they just did it they didn't really get to give any space to this african union mediation same thing to put on libya now i know a lot of people that think the african union is you know should have been against go should be against gadhafi but the reality is you can't have it both ways you can't say that you respect the african union when they agree with you and then totally blow them off and they don't and that's. called a double standard and you and i think a lot of really quickly we have i just want to keep this going. i want to know if it does effect the stage for you where for nato boots on the ground and do you think that that is the point. well this is i mean just to stick to the document itself it says that if things remain unsafe which apparently they are at least at this point that they could envision sending an unarmed military observers but actual peacekeepers and the document even says the two member states have been shown what capacity would be needed but i was lee trying i have a pretty good sense of the two are although i want to nail it down i'll

get. vote certification the union anybody who doesn't show up who doesn't vote that's considered no vote that's like saying you know we're going to change our federal election system so anybody who doesn't show up is considered a vote for the republicans i mean it's it's nuts and that language is still in this bill which means it's going to be a lot harder to get it out again in september when they come back and we haven't had a bill in four years but we add extensions right where they were just passed extensions and continue to work their differences you know there will always be a tax on the working people of this country that there is there is the extreme right that doesn't believe in collective bargaining doesn't believe in what unions stand for and then there is there is you know the politicians that support workers' rights and believe that you know the way you get the best product out of america is to have hard working men and women standing up together and believing in the company and working for the best product so really that difference will never go away we will always fight the anti-labor movement we always have a you go back to one thousand nine

teachers and other public employees get because a hot of times these are union-owned companies that have almost have a monopoly providing that insurance. so, this electiont by the unions, a recall election, to take back the state senate to prevent the republicans from going any further, and to kind of give the troops some hope because lately unions have been losing a lot of ground in legislature in addition to the ground in membership. >>neil: so they are not going after the dozen or so democrats who left the state. >>guest: no, those are the good guys. >>neil: because this is an issue of the constitutionality of those guys doing that but if they succeed and what means what? it could be fought in the courts? >>guest: well, that is their recall statute. they are able to, you are able to recall public officials in wisconsin that are elected after serving a year f they succeed it could mean that governor walker will face a recall election maybe several months from now. >>neil: or, other could go after the democrats and go for a recall of them and back and forth. >>guest: that is true and there are some democratic recall elections coming up a little bit lat

the fact that you have two newly elected democratic governors in california and new york, two large states, they enjoyed union backing, they enjoyed union workers to get both come out very strongly for pension reform proposals, cuomo and brown. and i said that's the clearest evidence that you have a crisis because it would be very easy for a democratic governor in one of these to strongly union states to stand up and say we don't have a pension problem, or cannot say anything about it at all and leave it for somebody else. but in their very first few months in office they recognized how this was affecting everything else in the state finances. and they both came out with proposals. no sooner did i finish making that statement then transcends if you think i want to be doing this? he said it's the same star and olympic i was elected in november with union money. they helped me run my campaign. they are now, you got against me. they are showing up at meetings. he said it's no fun being a mayor and having to tackle this problem. i just make this point because it's happening in city after city. and if you liked our report on state pensions, we are preparin

the show now before we get into what could be in the future let's backtrack really quick if you go back to the election in two thousand and eight talk about how big of a role unions play when it comes to organizing right when it comes to spreading the message you could even say basically campaigning for a democratic president here i mean basically unions were the biggest provider of money to the democratic party that provided hundreds of millions of dollars and thousands of ground troops and there were you know union voters people that are union members even if they're white you know world voters tend to vote much more democratic than nonunion members of the apparatus the education effort of organized labor it really helps the democratic party is the backbone so basically if the president obama didn't have the a.f.l.-cio behind him for two thousand and twelve that would be a pretty big blow well you know i think it would really hurt the president but how much do you think the trunk is actually theory is here when he gives these kinds of threats and he said. is that i'm going to bed soon you we're not going to go to the d.n.c. we're not going to support you in the

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union convention. >> hundreds of california prison guards are led to las vegas for their annual convention where they elect new leaders and getwill receive their full state pay with packs payers footing as much as $350,000. >> it makes no sense whatsoever and why taxpayers are outraged at the sweetheart deals. >> the california peace officers association usually reimburses the state for pay involving union activities but about a decade ago, instead of taking a one percent pay hike like most other unions, they opted for other benefits as well, including what is called activist relief time. for taxpayers it's far cheaper than pay raises. >> we chose to use that to ensure our union activists who attend our annual convention do so, while still receiving their pay. >> in their latest contract this year, negotiated by the brown administration, the convention benefit was continued. union points out members gave $150 million in concessions. but at a time when families on welfare are seeing smaller checks, social services are being eliminated, and public schools are doing away with teachers and p. e. classes, some atiance are scratchi

. >> the unions elect people who give them money and if there is any left these lobbyists want it. >> funding for housing. >> american ford foundation. >> the politicians say no get boo'd. >> we've taken a scapel to the budget rather an machete. >> maybe we need to take one of these because we don't make big cuts. >> john: if you can't pay workers' salaries. what is our future going to be? cuts so draconian you need a chainsaw to make them or sweat shops. we have choices to make. >> john: our government keeps spending. we're already $14.5 trillion in debt but you could say, so what. look around, america is doing pretty well. what is the worst that can happen? >> well, this could happen. these protests happened when greece with was so far in debt they had trouble borrowing money. an economist at the mercada center, she says greek riots is just the most visible. >> greeks still go on and they still serve. >> if you wanted to borrow money for a house or car, the interest rates will be dramatically high. >> greece spends so much by last year they owed more money than their entire economy produced. no wonder they are in trouble. we won't reach that level of debt until

union convention. >> hundreds of california prison guards are heading to las vegas for their annual convention where they elect new leaders and gety will receive their full state pay, with taxpayers footing as much as $350,000. >> it makes no sense whatsoever and that is why taxpayers are outraged at the sweetheart deals. >> the california correctional peace officers association usually reimburses the state for pay involving union activities, but about a decade ago, instead of taking a one percent pay hike like most other unions, they opted for other benefits as well, including what is called activist relief time. for taxpayers it's far cheaper than pay raises. >> we chose to use that to ensure that our union activists who attend our annual convention do so, while still receiving their pay. >> in their latest contract this year, negotiated by the brown administration, the convention benefit was continued. the union points out members gave $150 million in concessions. but at a time when families on welfare are seeing smaller checks, social services are being eliminated, and public schools are doing away with teachers and p. e. cla

unions in terms of how they actually function. workers themselves, local elected leaders, stewards can get in the leaderships between the campaigns that really feel more like a workers movement. what we've seen in madison. doesn't look like people in madison are marching in line with the respective union colors. looks like they are all measured together; right? in the way the labor movement should. people are not thinking i'm a member of the cwa, or smeared sciu. it's about us and what we can accomplish by fighting together. so i think the response of the clc is around the country to the terrible afl at the top of 2005, and a lot of people are very worried about what happened. people at both levels seem to have more sense, valued long term relationships, solidarity charter mechanism was developed and it was actually in most places relatively little to be expected or feared disruption of the labor unity, regardless of what the people did here and they are working together or not. let's hear from some other folks, any other topics that we seem to be missing. brother here. >> dr. gruenberg from the newspaper guild. one the few lay b

of union money spent to get rid of the republican senator that supported scott walker's reforms, they didn't win. >> in 2008, president obama won wisconsin by 13.9%. i think the most recent elections senate seats says a lot about the current state of the country and wisconsin. if you think about it, i believe people are sending a clear message. they want their government to learn to put spending under control. >> sean: it is simple. >> when you talk about the tipping point and we talk about the importance of religion and prayer there is a great awakening in this country. there's an awakening as to the decisions that we've made. and the decisions we need to be making. not only in the spiritual sense, but in the political sense and the civic sense. this great awakening is happening everyday. >> sean: can obama recover? >> no, but we need america to recover. >> i don't think so. >>

union members will sit at home and not vote for anyone. >> but if they don't help -- if they don't help democrats get elected they're not going to do any betterpretty disenfranchised right now. >> teachers have had their union troubles with what they see is their unions under attack, teachers are fired up. maybe they will be going out to vote. >> i think scott walker will be on piers morgan, the governor of wisconsin. >> i asked him last week, i said are teachers better off in your state today than before you were elected and -- >> you mean scott walker you interviewed? >> he said yes. his state is in better shape. >> i don't know. >> i love this topic. >> thanks. >>> we're going to talk to the mayor of patterson, new jersey. as you know there have been water rescues going on there, still people to be evacuated. we'll get an update just ahead. >> can diet alone cure or prevent heart disease? dr. sanjay gupta has the surprising answer. it's 38 minutes after the hour. have i got a surprise for you! a mouthwatering combination of ingredients... i know you're gonna love. [ barks ] yes, it's new beneful healthy fiesta. made with wholesome grains,

get recalled? what is the latest? >> i think they are going to be pushing for that. you look last tuesday six republicans facing election we kept the injure of the seats. out of 12, the unionan all 12 combined. in total, there was more than 30 million dollars spent on those elections for the state senate recalls. i spent 13 running for governor. you can only imagine if they are willing to put that kind of money behind a senate recall they will probably try to put that money behind us. results will matter. people will see our reforms work. our schools and left governments are working. my hope is they will see it has paid off. >> greta: there's been no effort now under the state law they can't recall you until what point? you were elected in november, sworn in, in january when can they technically try to recall you? >> earliest is january 4th, the day after a year has passed. they could do that for me or any other elected official. who knows, whether they try then, push it back later in the spring. whether they try and put a recall election if successful on the fall ballot. two things between now and next january will be critical in terms of whether a recall would be success

unions, as you mentioned, they have been putting their dues money into supporting democratic candidates but have not been getting that support back. obama talked about raising minimum wage more before he was elected. hasn't happened. no talk about that anymore. he talked about reforming labor laws and it would be possible for workers to exercise their right to organize. no support on that. and i don't see that connection between the democratic party and the unions that you described as being as entirely healthy anymore. the democratic party has to know that people, middle class people, working class people, are going to stand up and go their own way if they don't get something in return. >> barbara, you started working minimum wage and low wage jobs in '98 for "nickelled and dimed." economically things were good then compared to now. how do you think it would be different now to pursue that same project? >> you know, it really hurts me that we're still talking about that subject ten years later. at a time when the book first came out, i thought things were changing in a positive way, because there was a struggle all over the country for a living wage, to raise people's wages to an amount they cou

election. >> alex says texas strength may sell. immigration is one question, we deal with conservative critics. some tea party people occasionally get so mad at washington they say their state should leave the unionvernor perry at a tea party rally, whether texas should leave the union is on the table. >> since the u.s. constitution was first ratified, the federal government has slowly steadily and successfully eroded the notion of state's rights. the founding fathers understood something. they understood one size fits all doesn't work. it sure doesn't work in a country as big in america and it darned sure doesn't work in texas. >> size him up. >> well, first of all i knew him when he was a democrat, that was back in the 1980s, when he ran as an agricultural commissioner. he is someone who is quite personable. he can relate to a lot of people. he's from west texas. comes from -- >> does he worry you more than any of those other republicans you saw up there on the stage last night? >> i'm not worried, john, i'm trying to let democrats know this is one texan they better took seriously just like they took george w. bush seriously. he knows how to run. he will run to his right and run as you saw with

unions don't like that. a lot of the left doesn't like it. nancy pelosi has expressed reservations. when you get into the electionnd you have a republican nominee i think most of the liberal base is going to get behind president obama. will it be enough, though? president obama lost a lot of the independent support that he had in 2008. in 2010 they abandoned him. that's what he's trying to do, he's trying to move to the middle, grab that support, we'll see if it's successful. president obamonce upon a time political pundits said he would sale to a second term. they will have to focus on ohio, pennsylvania, florida, traditional battleground states. this election if the white house is fortunate is going to be close, it's not going to be a blowout. jenna: what about the independents, though? do you think thebl inspired enough to actually get out and vote in that was something that we saw in 2008 that a lot of new people came and voted. it was one of the elections that really used social media, it was an election that a lot of people felt drawn to. and the same thing happened in 2010 in a different form with the tea

if the union got me elected do not going to go hard-core after the union for a better contract. i am reliant on them to gett time. that's what is really problematic. and we have to find a way to get the public more engaged in public education. you've got to know when your school board elections are. you've got to know exactly what those people stand for, and who they're going to stand for when it comes to actually running the school district. >> questions? yes. right here in the front row. >> hi. i currently serve at the city or. my question is this. programs for teaching america often recruit from sort of a select group of students. how do we make sure that sort of all groups of students can serve their country? >> first of all, i love seedier. but how about that for an endorsement? >> citier was a huge component of our success in washington, d.c.. when i first got to the city, i went to a citier opening ceremony. got to see all the excitement and i came back and talk to the citier folks and his that i've an idea. i want a citier core member on every single one of my schools. and they said, that's interes

these were local elections, but a lot of money spent not only by labor unions and progressive unions, but tea party groups. trying to getn voters out there, and i guess it worked to a degree. >> and one republican a lot of folks are watching is texas governor rick perry. a lot of buzz around whether or not he's going to run. what do we know? >> i guess you could say that rick perry is going to be a frequent flier this weekend. a political hat trick. earlier this week we learned he'll be in wisconsin saturday while all eyes in iowa. he's going to give a speech in south carolina at a conservative conference, and he's going to pretty much say he's running for president without saying those words. he's going to hint that he's going to make his intentions known. but what does he do later that day? he goes to new hampshire, and now we learn he's going to be in iowa on sunday. he's going to hit all three of those crucial early-voting states. a hat trick for rick perry this weekend. suzanne? >> appreciate it. the latest political news, you know where to go, cnnpolitics.com. >>> well, the fluctuating stock market is making a lot

get elected president of the united states by not providing leadership. he had a bipartisan commission that recommended they do something about the debt. he had an opportunity with the state of the uniono do so. i don't think the president of the united states can win by blaming the congress and blaming everybody else. the fact is, he's been the president. they've racked up the biggest debt in our states' and our nation's history, and private sector business is scared to death to invest. republican governors were elected all across this upper midwest in the last election, and what are they doing? they're providing leadership, they're getting their states' financial house in order and they're focussing on jobs. >> the president is playing general election politics. the republican primary, i could have gotten 1,000 people yesterday to sign a petition against algebra. so, this isn't even the republican primary. this isn't even the caucus. this is 11% of the caucus, which is half the primary. so, we've got to be a little careful of treating last night like election night. this was the natural serengeti for ron paul and sarah palin. that's why ron pawlenty got killed. >> one of the questio

if the union got me elected a won't go after the union for a better contract because i am relying on them to getd next time. that is problematic. we have to find a way to get the public more engaged in public education. you have got to know when your school board elections are and exactly what those people stand for and do they are going to stand for when it comes to running the school district. >> yes? let's have this question up front. >> i surge in city here. my question is programs like city air and teach for america often recruit a select group of students. how do we make sure all groups of students can serve their country? >> i love city year. >> how about that for an endorsement? >> city year with a huge component of our success in washington d.c.. when i first got to the city i went to the opening ceremony and got to see the excitement and came back and talked to the city year folks and set i have an idea. i want everyone of my schools to have a member and they said that is interesting. we have a better idea. basically what they said was they had a new program they wanted to start. the s

i hope to get elected president of the united states and begin an immediate pullout from iraq, afghanistan and libya. >> you said you support the notion of gay unions gay marriage? >> i think government should get out of the marriage business. i think government can be in the civil union business. get out of the marriage business. leave that to the churches. >> could you talk a little bit more about how you view the issue of climate change and what should the government's role be in mitigating that? >> well, climate change. i think the world is getting warmer. i think that this man -- i think that it is man-caused. that said, should we be engaged in cap and trade taxation? i do not think we should. we should lend certainty to the energy field. we should be building new coal-fired plants. when you look at the trends, i just think the result is completely inconsequential to the amount of money we could end up sending. the long-term view, should we take the long-term view when it comes to global warming? i think we should and in billions of years the sun is going to actually grow an encompass the earth, right? so global warming is in our future. >> ce

get to keep their jobs after a recall election. remember prounion protesters camping out and democratic senators leave the state in an effort to stop what they called anti-unionislation. republicans needed three to gain control, but they only got two. ted rollins joins us from the capitol building in madison. democrats don't see the vote as a total loss. right? how is that? >> reporter: obviously they have to spin it in a positive matter. the.the they want to make is after they were so upset in february, their only recourse was a recall. they threatened and organized and made it happen, and they say just those two senators that lost their jobs should send a message to other people, and other states, too, that think about tinkering with labor laws in different states. they say what they accomplished was of note, and they vow to keep fighting and they vow a recall against governor scott walker when he is eligible after his first year in office. >> and then democrats face a similar challenge, right? >> well, the funny thing about this, both sides were calling for recalls, because republicans said because of the 14 democratic senators that left the state, well th

after lincoln's election as president, and this little island, fort sumter, the center of charleston harbor becomes an isolated union outpost. i think you wanted me to talk about before they get twos fort sumter however, so anderson is originally stationed with his men at a place called fort moultrie which is an old ford, ford that goes back to the american revolution. anderson's father was a soldier in the roof rove bush and awarded in stationed at this ford and the 1770s and 1780s during the revolution and he has got this little harrison there, literally 60 men 16 men and a brass band. that is the sort of military force that ends up being the bane of the confederacy, 60 guys in a brass band. and some workmen. and they quickly realize that they are at the center of this unfolding secession crisis. south carolina sort of the center of this secession fever and charleston is the center of that. and the southern militia begins encircling this little fort. anderson and his men realize that this sport is about as dispensable should it come to that as a public park, and they are looking out at these troops that are massing all around them. they feel as anderson writes in a letter,

elections. democrats needed three wins to shift power and they didn't get it. this all started, of course, as a budget battle between governor scott walker and state unions.he state and tried to stop the legislation. ted rolawlands is live in madis this morning. this has been a long, drawn out process ending with the recall election and it reinforced the republican control of the senate, didn't it? >> absolutely. you know, the republicans can declare victory here. absolutely. because they had six of their senators on the chopping block, if you will, fighting for their job last night here. the democrats needed to win three of those races to get control of the state senate. they didn't do it. both sides spent upwards of $30 million on these elections that normally wouldn't get much attention at all, let alone financing. however, democrats say they also are victorious in this whole process. saying basically, that they held these people accountable, they used the democratic process. in fact, we got a statement from the progressive change campaign this morning saying voters made history and proved when republicans declare war on working families, they will be

after lincoln's election as president, and this little island, fort sumter, the center of charleston harbor becomes an isolated union outpost. i think you wanted me to talk about before they get twos fort sumter however, so anderson is originally stationed with his men at a place called fort moultrie which is an old ford, ford that goes back to the american revolution. anderson's father was a soldier in the roof rove bush and awarded in stationed at this ford and the 1770s and 1780s during the revolution and he has got this little harrison there, literally 60 men 16 men and a brass band. that is the sort of military force that ends up being the bane of the confederacy, 60 guys in a brass band. and some workmen. and they quickly realize that they are at the center of this unfolding secession crisis. south carolina sort of the center of this secession fever and charleston is the center of that. and the southern militia begins encircling this little fort. anderson and his men realize that this sport is about as dispensable should it come to that as a public park, and they are looking out at these troops that are massing all around them. they feel as anderson writes in a letter,