born and raised right here in milwaukee. i worked here at under five ye. currently working at the combination lock department behind you and now working toward electrical apprenticeship. going to school for it. and that can only be done with the support from my union brothers and sisters and the president, mike baker. it's an honor working for master lock where we build the best products in the world right here on this factory floor. i guarantee you won't find a stronger lock anywhere else. working side by side with men and women every day who no longer come to work to build locks. they come to work to change the world. with our vision and leadership by john hepner, bob rice and bruce press, we're leading the country by example. it's an honor to have president obama here at master lock today to discuss the importance of keeping jobs right here in the united states of america. >> we have the right formula. we have the right ingredients and we have the right recipe to bring jobs back to this plant and to this country. so from now on, as master lock world cha

january, he told me how it makes more business sense for master lock to bring jobs back home here to milwaukee. and today for the first time in 15 years, this plant is running at full capacity. and that's an example of what happens when unions and employers work together to create good jobs. today you're selling products directly to customers in china stamped with those words, made in america. and the good news is, this is starting to happen around the country. for the first time since 1990, american manufacturers are creating new jobs. that's good for the companies. but it's also good up and down the supply chain because if you are making this stuff here, that means that there are producers and suppliers in and around the area who have a better chance of selling stuff here. it means the restaurant close by suddenly has more customers. everybody benefits when manufacturing is going strong. so you all have heard enough about outsourcing. more and more companies like master lock are now insourcing. deciding that if the costs of doing business here isn't too much different than the cost of doing

milwaukee mayor tom barrett is in the house. your congresswoman gwenn moore is here.great tour from the president of uaw local 469, mike bink. and finally, i want to thank master lock's ceo, john hebner for inviting us here today. it is wonderful to be at master lock. i have to say, though, it brought back some memories. and i was thinking about my gym locker in high school. and you know, if you go into the boys' locker room in high school, sometimes it's a little powerful, the odor in there. so i was thinking about the fact that we weren't washing our stuff enough. and then i was thinking about as i got older and i kept on using master locks, i became an even better customer because i couldn't always remember my combination. so i'd end up having to have the lochsaed off and buy a new one. so i was giving you guys a lot of business. and now, as i was looking at some of the really industrial size locks, i was thinking about the fact that i am a father of two girls who are going to be in high school. and that it might come in handy to have these super locks. for now, i'

milwaukee mayor tom barrett and state senator lena taylor are outraged, they're here to respond. >>> oh! >> 8th grade science whiz, joey hudy is bringing his cannon from the white house to "the ed show." >> came out great. it looks safe. >>> good to have you with us thanks for watching. >>> the republicans are moving forward with the war on women's health care. despite the compromise, offered by president obama. the president announced a revision to his administration's contraceptive policy. women will still get free access to birth control, regardless of their employer and religious institutions will not have to provide coverage. this is what the catholics want. instead, the rule shifts the responsibility on insurers, not employers. >> religious organizations won't have to pay for these services. and no religious institution will have to provide these services directly. whether you're a teacher, or small business woman, or a nurse, or a janitor, no woman's health should depend on who she is, or what she works, or how much money sheç makes. every woman should be in control of the de

january, he told me how it makes more business sense for masterlock to bring jobs back home here to milwaukee. and today for the first time in 15 years, this plant is running at full capacity. and that's an example of what happens when unions and employers work together to the create good jobs. >> today, you're selling is products directly to customers in china, stamped with those words "made in america." and the good news is, this is starting to happen around the country. for the first time since 1990, american manufacturers are creating new jobs. that's good for the companies, but it's also good up and down the supply chain. because if you're making this stuff here, that means that there are producers and suppliers in and around the area who have a better chance of selling stuff here. it means the restaurant close by suddenly has more customers. everybody benefits when manufacturing is going strong. so you all have heard enough about outsourcing. more and more companies like masterlock are now insourcing, deciding that if the costs of doing business here isn't too much different than the co

fuel is friday and milwaukee. naples area ceremony may also be scheduled.man charged with sexual abuse to children more than a decade police arrested 63 year-old robert gaskill at his home thursday. robert gaskill operated a foster care service with his wife accused of sexually assaulting two young girls 1996 until 2009. history of working with or for organizations that help children. to back in court thursday. was it a mistake? halftime no no television executives apologizing for what happened at halftime and former white house intern claims lost virginity to ex-president. later in sports no time to rest for luol deng chicago bulls forward third and a row tonight in new jersey. the funny thing about a garage is... that it always seems to be closed when you want it open. and open when you want it closed. until now. with the craftsfman assurelink garage door opener you never have to wonder. because you can open or close your door antime from anywhere. and with all these features, craftsman has your garage door covered. exclusively at sears. craftsman. trust.

from lacrosse to green bay, from milwaukee to awe claire, from madison to wasaw, we listened. we heard small business owners say they have jobs but they can't find enough skilled workers to fill them. this is a problem that must be solved. [ applause ] [ we doubled the amount of job fares, added staff to double people looking for employment, made it easier for job seekers to get the needed skills and did more to promote manufacturing. in addition, we are specifically targeting our veterans for full employment. it is unacceptable -- [ applause ] i think you'll agree with me on this, it is unaccept to believe think that any man or woman that served our country would return home and not be able to have find a joob. i've made the full employment of our returning veterans a number one priority of the state department of veteran affairs. [ applause ] you see, focussing on veterans is good for employers like monarch company in milwaukee who's looking to add machinists and welders. they told me they understand the benefits of employing veterans. our returning service members are good

their most impressive win in milwaukee tonight. notre dame led by nine.e had 23 points and notre dame knocks off irish win 76-69. they cannot score in the final five minutes of the game at cincinnati pulls away. they lose 74-66 2 and 8 in the big east. johnnie hoh gets the ball and drive since then, they scored a 69-29 over bradley into the final was 78-48. chris martin has this year's pro football hall of fame, jim harbaugh is the coach of the year. all of this setting the tone for the super bowl tomorrow. everybody has their predictions. including some of the bulls players. >> i am a patriots' fans but i have a lot of respect for both of those coaches, and we will see. >> i think it will be a a good game of real close game, especially tom brady has the ball in the fourth quarter he will run the ball down. >> i feel like we have peaked at the right time. >> since i am from new york i'm going to go with the giants. >> chicago wolves facing peoria. they lose it. >> could you pick tomorrow? >> the commercial. >> that's the news for this saturday night. good

when president obama arrived in milwaukee, wisconsin. they were supposed to go to milwaukee's masterlock factory together, as kind of a team effort. no, not really. scott walker got sick. think about that packer fans. your governor can't play hurt. dog gone it the president in town he gets the flu. probably he should have the flu, heck he's facing recall election, he can't raise enough money to save his political career, some of of his buddies up on felony charges. it's been a rough run plus he can't do jobs. you know what he's got? cowarditis. he can't face the people of his own state because his job record is really in the tank. he gave the president a brewer's jersey, with the number one on it. the only thing that walker is number one at is killing jobs. he is the number one governor in the country when it comes to killing jobs. look at private sector job growth in wisconsin. for the last seven months of 2011, holy smokes, that sucker is sinking like a stone, that is bad. instead of creating jobs, walker has focused on let's see tax c

here is president obama today in milwaukee at that unionized masterlock plant.dent taking a tour of the plant and delivering a speech in front of a stack of boxes that said "made in the usa" hyping a company that chose to bring jobs back to the united states. speaking on the floor of the unionized plant. he's there in a state the governor has stripped union rights in the state last year. in this picture it's not just the president running a campaign to stay in office, governor scott walker, republican of wisconsin, is facing being recalled from office before the end of his first term, thanks to wisconsin voters angry with that stripping of union rights in the state. and his big, big cuts to education and much more. on the pro-scott walker side there are ads running in wisconsin now against recalling the governor. in these ads the government walker and groups support him describe the governor has having balanced the state's budget. turns out he did not balance the state's budget. this is the headline last week in the milwaukee journal sentinel, state faces $143 m

. >> president obama in milwaukee today outlining what he calls blueprint for america built to last. >> manufacturing is coming back. companies are starting to bring

the president is visiting masterlock, it's an milwaukee maker of padlocks that was cited in his state of the union address for bringing back 100 jobs from china. in his speech at masterlock, president obama intends to call on companies to promote more investments and more jobs in the u.s. we'll have live coverage of his comments in milwaukee starting at 1:40 eastern. >>> after the wisconsin trip, president obama turns to fund-raising. he's holding eight fund-raisers over the next couple of days for his re-election campaign in the los angeles area, san francisco, and seattle. >>> booktv is live saturday from the savannah book festival. coverage starts at 9:30 eastern with tom clavin followed by carl, and scotty smiley at noon. at 1:30 eastern, greg meyery and jennifer griffin on the changing israeli/palestinian conflict. irshad manji connects love. toure looks at who's afraid of post blackness at 4:00. and at 5:15, sc guinn on the rise and fall of the comanches on c-span2's book tv. >>> only two of the four major republican presidential candidates are on the campaign trail today. moirm

milwaukee could get nothing and chicago could end up with six inches of snow while indianapolis gets nothing too. if you're in the narrow band of moderate heavy snow you probably have enough to do shoveling out there that's going to include areas like detroit too. here's my snowfall forecast for the bigger cities. most areas rain changing to the heavy wet snow during the day today if not tonight. four to eight inches possible, chicago, detroit, sioux falls, grand rapids, michigan, des moines a little less and milwaukee and cleveland on the edge, but looks like mostly a miss for you. the forecast we talk about the temperature of 83 today in dallas and at the same time we got a snow forecast in the northern plains. >> it's been very confusing, bill. >> it is. >> thank you. >>> coming up, pc sales lag, on-line privacy makes progress, and the intellectual property fight truly lin-sane. it will never get old. >> love it. >> your first look at this morning's business headlines is straight ahead. >> coming up, jeremy lin and carmelo anthony hit their stride, lakers knock out the champs and

eastern conference leaders chicago bulls have thrashed milwaukee bucks one hundred thirty nine t. in their own backyard the visitors started brightly finishing the opening quarter with a thirty six lead. derek sharyn for the bulls with sixteen points to his name in twelve minutes to prevention finished with twenty six on the night to continue to press in the second increase in their advantage to twenty four points by halftime chicago slowed down then after the interval before me how on to the island as milwaukee outscored them by by a single point during the third and fourth quarter as one hundred thirty nine t. how it finished in chicago falls atop of the eastern conference milwaukee and on to a playoff spot. finally to winter sports and bobsleigh russia finished second in a world cup event in canada the crew led by alexander zubkov managed a time of one minute forty two point four six seconds to outpace all their opponents russia's other tame captained by alexander kasyanov came home second fourteen hundredth of a second behind the winners or has canada finished. well that's all

after air force one landed and the president deplaned the governor presented him with a milwaukee brewers jersey that bore the number 1 and the president's name. this greeting was drawing some attention given the fact that there has been some democratic antipathy toward walker and that tense exchange the president had last month in arizona with governor jan brewer. in a recent fund-raising letter walker said 75ing a recall election would deliver "a devastating blow" to the president's re-election. but governor walker did cancel a planned appearance with the president at a milwaukee factory, the master lock factory. a spokesman for the governor saying that governor walker is still recovering from a nasty case of the flu. >>> in new jersey, governor chris christie is defending his decision to have flags lowered to half staff on saturday for the late singer whitney houston. some criticism partly related to her history of substance abuse. governor christie says he rejects the idea that whitney houston, a new jersey native, forfeited the good things that she did in her life because of that sub

. >>> wizards in milwaukee, and they couldn't avoid losing the fifth straight.er mason back at the scene of the crime. the last the wizards were in milwaukee he was accidentally left off the roster. some good and bad from mcgee tonight. he has the longest reach in the nba, and it came in handy right there. we call that a hook slam, but now with time running out. don't foul, don't foul. oh, javele, you fouled and gave him three shots. randy whitman beside him. he benches mcgee the rest of the second half. 11 seconds to go in the game. wizards down by one. john wall hits the runner and now the wizards up by one. there's six seconds to go. brandon jennings, the talented point guard, misses the shot for milwaukee here, but they're there. the bucks go up by one. last chance for the wizards. the aforementioned roger mason, jr. oh, no. he traveled. that's what he did. he kind of lost his balance there and traveled. that's it. wizards lose 119-118. >>> before we go i have to say congratulations to my little brother and lovely wife jamie. broth[ male announcer ] jamie. t

right now. >> the president at the master lock plant in milwaukee. the first stop in a series of visits that will take the president out west for politics and public policy and joining us live on the phone from the political newsroom is kerry boudoff-brown. thanks for being with us. >> thank you, steve. >> let's talk about the trip to width. as we said it is an important battleground state in the 2012 election and the president using this as one of the issues that he brought up in his state of the union address. part of the themes of we can't wait and bringing jobs back to the u.s. >> sure, i mean the importance of wisconsin is the obama campaign has a number of scenarios they have laid out how to get to 70 electoral votes. something to note, though, wisconsin is in all of those game plans so they're really relying on wisconsin to be a stalwart state for them. he won it pretty easily in '08 but since then there's been a republican governor, it's been become a more republican tate in terms of elected officials so he has some work to do, the message he

working on the line out in milwaukee somewhere in a factory. this is the ability to connect. it's not there with the guys. it's not there with these guys. >> you know, democrats like roosevelt and kennedy, buzz because their policies are more directed at working people, they can kind of get away the fact that they didn't come up the hard way. republicans, it really helps if you're self made, like ronald reagan, and you actually came all the way up. if you're born with a silver spoon in your mouth, it's harder for you as george h. w. bush learned. he only got in through the vice presidency. he didn't make it directly to the oval office. so it's been very tough for a republican to connect to working class voters when they come from a background that smells of money. >> i agree. i don't think you have the right candidate yet, steve. if i were on that side, i would be thinking, i'm looking for mr. goodbar, too. and i don't see the guy i'm looking for tonight. do you, steve? do you find the guy you're looking for tonight? >> when you look at the race or the president's approval nu

. >>> good news for substance abuse and the milwaukee brewers. >>> and the sharks won one! >>> the state of maryland is on the brink of legalizing same-sex marriage. the legislature has approved a bill which will make maryland the eighth state in the union to recognize same-sex marriages. all that's needed now is the governor's signature, and he is expected to sign the measure into law. opponents however are promising to take the measure to the november ballot. they need nearly 56,000 signatures in order to do so. ♪ beth! hi! looking good. you've lost some weight. thanks. you noticed. these clothes are too big, so i'm donating them. how'd you do it? eating right -- whole grain. [ female announcer ] people who choose more whole grain tend to weigh less than those who don't. multi-grain cheerios -- 5 whole grains, 110 calories. creamy, dreamy peanut butter taste in a tempting new cereal. mmm! [ female announcer ] new multi-grain cheerios peanut butter. anything not moving forward is moving backward. [ tires screech ] [ engine turns over, tires squeal ] introducing the 2013 gs

in milwaukee, the president will be greeted by wisconsin's republican governor, scott walker.e was one of the featured speakers at last week's conservative political action conference here in washington. walker even took shots at president obama in that speech. >>> the alexandria fire department will be out of service for 48 hours to honor a paramedic killed last week in the line of duty. joshua weissman died last week when he fell from an overpass on interstate 395. his visitation will be held today. his funeral is set for tomorrow. while the fire department attends weissman's funeral services, first responders from arlington and fairfax will field

. >>> straight ahead, your friday morning weather and in sports, milwaukee's sprinting sausages pitchas the brewers join baseball's spring migration. seball's spring migration. [ male announcer ] new starbucks blonde roast is another way to look at the bean. another way that reveals the lighter, mellower side of our roast. being blonde is nothing new but blonde roast is something new. something subtle. something soft. something with 40 years of roasting experience on its side. introducing delicious new starbucks blonde roast. the lighter roast perfected. ♪ but does bringing a floor back to life really make us heroes? [ chuckles ] yes. yes, it does. ♪ call 1-800-steemer >>> here's a look at the weather this some cities. new york sunny, 49. miami, mostly cloudy, 80. chicago, snow, 32. dallas, you're going to see morning showers there. 54. l.a., a sunny 73 degrees. >>> time now for a check of the national forecast. the western great lakes will see lake effect snow. rain and snow showers will fall in the ozarks and the ohio valley. rain in the southern plains will spread to the southeast.

now to sports and miami against the bucs in milwaukee.n, lebron james looked like he could win it for the heat all by himself. including a huge jam late in the first quarter. james scored 40 in the game. but that just was not enough. milwaukee jennings came on strong with 31 points including three-pointers in the final period. the bucs win 105-97. >>> in philadelphia, the 76ers blocked a shot by chicago's rose and followed with a fast break. it was finished with a flourish on his way to 19 points. drew holiday added 17. they beat the bulls, 98-82. their fourth straight win. >>> in college hoops, texas a&m hosted sixth ranked baylor and the ag is gave the bears a run for their money. baylor's jackson responded with a three-pointer. the aggies could not score and the bears wept on to their 20th victory. 63-60. >>> finally, boxing trainer angelo dundee, muhammad ali's long time corner man has died. dundee was there for all of ali's most famous fights in the 1960s and '70s. it was the most successful fighter/trainer relationship in history. d

right after the prohibition ended to take on the brewry jobs, the good brewry jobs in milwaukee. they brewed a lot of beer in milwaukee and they created good jobs there right at the enof the prohibition era and people were willing to move from the gulf states up into those neighborhoods to go to work in the brewries. well, now -- so that would be the 1930's and from the 1930's to the 1990's a 60-year period of time, so to speak, so thomas jefferson would call that delee generations, i'd say probably so. one generation arrived in milwaukee at the dawn of the aftermath of prohibition, another generation was born and raised in the -- and the grandchildren were still living there but they didn't have a single employed male head of household in 36 square blocks and the story was about the lament, mr. speaker, that we couldn't bring jobs to the people in that neighborhood. but truthfully their parents or grandparents had moved to milwaukee from the gulf states for the jobs and it didn't occur to the person writing the article that people could also move for jobs in the modern era. that

milwaukee and kansas city, this is not for you. right in the middle of those areas.the forecast, chicago, by about tomorrow morning, you could have four to eight inches of snow on the ground. you've only had 16 inches this entire winter. it's a big deal for you. same goes for detroit, four to eight inches. notice that des moines, only two to four, milwaukee and cleveland right on the edge. looks like mostly a miss for you, only about a slushy inch or two. forecast for the big cities of the east today after a cloudy morning with some showers, a nice afternoon. but it will be windy. temperatures in the 50s. d.c. today, you a shot at 70 degrees. and look at the south. dallas, 81, atlanta 75. jonathan, it's, you know, pretty crazy spring. >> i was going to ask, i feel like i'm a lobster in a pot. >> yes. >> like any minute now you're going to come out and say it's going to be 100 degrees and it's only march. >> it's been an april fool's winter. i'll check on barnicle. >> the moment we've been waiting for, sports. we start at madison square garden. carmelo anthony and jer

about 500 jobs will be taking off from mitchell airport in milwaukee. laying off employees and half of those jobs are flight crew members who will be reassigned to bases outside milwaukee. this is the first time -- this is not the first time they have cut jobs. they eliminated 213 workers in november and another 120 in january. >>> university of baltimore is trash talking greatest sports legend. they are not bad mouthing him but use him for the well-known sports figures promoting see recycling. they despec the sports legends on a fence and letting the public vote for the favorite by putting recycables in the bins. the bins that collect the most recycled goods by the end of the month will be determined as the winner. and speaking of sports, spring training beginning today for a lot of major league ball clubs. that means orioles will be back in action soon. exhibition games start march 5th and o's play the rays and pirates on that day. o's home opener is april 6th at camden yards and we are planning a live show for that. >>> perhaps it was the tribute to

will ferrell for old milwaukee.owl ad but only aired in that one town. ♪ ♪ >> that's how they did it. they cut off the end. they only had 30 seconds so his walk was too slow. they cut him off. will ferrell for old milwaukee, an actual ad. >>> the critics by the way if you read up and down were impressed. if you didn't like madonna, you weren't going to like this. she kept it between the lines for the most part. opening with an army of roman gladiators, lmfao and cee lo green, nicki minaj also took to the stage. it wasn't actually madonna who got the controversial headline. it was the woman on the right there named m.i.a. you know her song named "paper planes." she had a salute for the world. ♪ it's supersonic uranium hits ♪ ima say this one i don't give a ♪ >> she flipped off the world. the censors apparently caught it. good reviews for madonna. >>> still ahead on "way too early," your tweets, texts and e-mails are next. "morning joe" is just minutes away. even ragu users chose prego. prego?! but i've been buying ra

. >>> tonight, the wizards tip off the second half of the season at the milwaukee bucks. on milwaukee bucs. >> one last look at the forecast. >> tomorrow's the wet day and looks like we may pick up a half an inch and some of you can get closer to an inch othur >> we're back here at 10. the news edge. hope