feel they have no prospects for jobs or otherwise in the future and one of those cities is milwaukee wisconsin where earlier this month there was mass violence in the form of riots and you're looking here at cell phone video taken at the wisconsin state fair earlier this month and was in milwaukee county and according to several nine one one calls a witnesses hundreds maybe even thousands of young people were attacking white people on the streets one of the call came from someone saying his mother had been to tact others who said they were pulled from their cars or off their motorcycles and i don't know about you but i don't really see much coverage of this race riots in a major city the news on major networks seems more often the look something like this nancy grace will reportedly be competing on the new season of dumb thing with the stars let's talk about the drafts or should i say dresses we don't expect them to try and she made that announcement at the video music awards. all right so what's the deal here why are problems like this still happening local milwaukee officials there's some no

who feel they have no prospects for jobs or otherwise in the future one of those cities is milwaukee wisconsin where earlier this month there was massive violence in the form of riot. you're looking now at cell phone video taken at the wisconsin state fair in milwaukee county court it was the nine one one calls that came in that night witnesses say hundreds maybe thousands of young black people were attacking people in the streets one call from someone saying his mother had been attacked some say they were pulled from their cars or off their motorcycles i don't know about you but i really didn't think much coverage of this i mean these were race riots in a major city the news on major other and major networks mainstream media often seemed to look more like this nancy grace will reportedly be competing on the new season of dancing with the stars let's talk about the drafts or should i say dresses we are expecting a child and she made that announcement that the video music awards were all right so what's the deal here why are problems like this race right still happening to try to figure that ou

people who feel they have no prospects for jobs or otherwise in the future one of our cities is milwaukee wisconsin where earlier this month there was mass violence in the form of riots this is cell phone video taken at the wisconsin state fair earlier this month this was in milwaukee county now according to nine one one calls and witness accounts hundreds maybe thousands of young black people were attacking light people in the streets one call from someone saying his mother had been attacked others who said they were pulled from their cars even after a motorcycle i don't know about you but i don't really see much coverage of this at all race riots in a major city all of the news on major networks seems often to look more like this nancy grace will reportedly be competing on the new season of dancing with the stars let's talk about the drafts or should i say dressers fiance and jersey expecting a child and she made that announcement at the video music awards. all right so what's going on here why are problems like this like these race riots still happening in this day i want to try to figure that o

who feel they have no prospects or jobs or other ones in the future one of those cities is milwaukee wisconsin where earlier this month there was mass violence in the form of riots take a look at this video this is cell phone video taken at the wisconsin state fair earlier this month in milwaukee county now according to nine one one calls and witnesses hundreds maybe even thousands of young black kids were attacking white people in the streets i know one call came from someone saying his mother had been attacked others who said they were pulled from their cars or even off their motorcycles i don't know about you but i didn't really see much of this covered at all this is race riots in a major city in the united states of america however most of the news most of the major networks seem to look a little more like this nancy grace will reportedly be competing on the new season of don't thing with this let's talk about the drafts or should i say dresses well you don't say injuries are you expecting a child and she made that announcement at the video music awards last. all right what's the deal her

one tea party in rockford, illinois, could have a different view than a tea party up in milwaukee, wisconsin. the fundamental similarities are we want to get our country back on track, economically. we want to recognize that the government is making promises it can't keep and we immediate to get serious about the debt and deficit in this country. >> i agree with a lot of republicans. i grew up in the republican party. i completely understand -- >> what happened? >> i studied the issues. let me ask you about the fact of smaller government, less tax. they're popular ideas. i understand the appeal of those. for a long time donald trump was the lead ner the polls because he challenged the president's legitimacy as an american. there is an appeal to the birther stuff. the president had to show his papers to shut it down. what is it in your party that was so focused that you made donald trump the front runner because all he did was raise the birther issue. >> first of all, i didn't make donald trump the front runner. >> he was the leader in the polls. >> hang on a second, chris. i never one time q

ads purchasing one hundred fifty thousand dollars in television ad time just in milwaukee wisconsin democrats have filed a complaint against americans for prosperity demanding they stop these voter suppression tactics for more on this i'm joined by state representative jennifer shilling one of the six democrats running to unseat incumbent republicans in the wisconsin recall election next tuesday jennifer welcome. mean great to see you i am so. so impressed that you are willing to run for this see that you're out there doing this to take on these republican senators and try to take the senate back in wisconsin from from you know the crazy train the fit's walker stand jennifer first of all jennifer schilling as h i l i n g dot com is that your web site yes stealing dot com great i just want to get that on the record so any of our viewers who might want to find out more about your help you out can get to it isn't what's going on mailing out these absentee ballots and same be sure and send these in by the eleventh when the elections on the ninth is that illegal. we are not surprised at some of th

. >> charles benson of wtmj tv in milwaukee, wisconsin, at roberta darling's headquarters, thank youery much for your report, i really appreciate it. >> you're welcome. >>> while we watch returns in recall elections about the middle class in wisconsin, we, of course, are very excited for our guest on the interview tonight, barbara ehrenreich, one of the great american writers and journalists about making it in the middle class in this country. stay tuned for that, plus live election results as they come in tonight. introducing the schwab mobile app. it's schwab at your fingertips wherever, whenever you want. one log in lets you monitor all of your balances and transfer between accounts, so your money can move as fast as you do. check out your portfolio, track the market with live updates. and execute trades anywhere and anytime the inspiration hits you. even deposit checks right from your phone. just take a picture, hit deposit and you're done. open an account today and put schwab mobile to work for you. can become romantic just like that. a spark might come from -- a touch, a glance

bill: some horrific mom, a state fair in milwaukee, wisconsin, a sudden eruption of mob violence that is displayed now in the newly released 911 calls that tell us a lot about the horror that happened there. >> seven other cars, they just opened my door, and pounded my friend in the face. >> her eye is like bleeding. bill: there's a lot more and it's not clear what sparked the chaos, witnesses say a dispute over race may have been a factor, two dozen people, at least seven officers said to be hurt in milwaukee. alisyn: new video to show you this morning showing the trio of fugitive siblings, the doherty family are the subject of a nationwide man hunt after they opened fire on a police officer in florida and then robbed a bank in georgia. this is video of the high speed chase that sparked the crime spree. meanwhile, we are getting word of possible new leads in this case. sheriff chris noko is trying to catch them and he joins us now. good morning, sheriff. >> good morning, alisyn, thank you for having me. alisyn: a pleasure. we want to get these guys. where do you think they are today?

those are the words of university wisconsin milwaukee political science professor mordecai leap a former democratic lawmaker you see one thing i've noticed with these public unions is that they're always framing themselves as the working man the proletariat down trodden and the media totally easier to go along let them the victims dictate the narrative turn on edge also launch adonal an emissary see you know all you hear about is the plight of the poor or the poor. blue collar working man. that is you know when they're not storming the capitol for taxpayer funded fair pay these people are all just sitting in circle scene who beyond writing folk music about their fellow downtrodden or at least feed to someone in a trash like that but you get the idea the reality is that many government workers who look at things under this marxist class theory believe that they are the proletariat the idea that government workers of the modern day proletariat insults the intelligence of privately employed citizens everywhere especially the economically disparate depressed youths who are being taxed into p

milwaukee, wisconsin, independent line, good morning.aller: i just watched michelle bachmann's appearance and i think she is a real hoot. who will put her -- who will play her on saturday night live? has the iowa straw poll ever been more irrelevant? host: thank you for the call. in the history of the iowa straw poll, the republican straw poll, only once has the determine the winner of the presidency and that was george w. bush. past winners have included mitt romney ran in 2007, losing to governor huckabee and losing the nomination to senator john mccain. in 1999, the winner of the straw poll was steve forbes and in 1995, the winner was bob dole. a look at the campaign calendar -- the announcement of governor perry officially in the race and next up is the florida republican holding a debate in a straw poll that will take place in late september, 22-24. the iowa caucus is set for september 26 next year and that will be followed by the new hampshire primary on valentine's day. julie, republican line, lake erie, illinois, go ahead. caller

. >> ed, the district that we're talking about, district 8, state senate district 8 in wisconsin, includes milwaukee county's north shore suburbs, a little bit of the city of milwaukee, parts of ozaki, washington, and waukesha counties. and as you're mentioning, waukesha county is politically known to the rest of the country because of concerns about the county clerk there, who is -- i was talking with senator erpenbach a while ago, probably the only famous county clerk in the country right now. handling the overcount in the supreme court race. received some national attention, a lot of national criticism. it is almost impossible to believe that kathy nickolaus again is who the state of wisconsin and the nation is waiting on while that county cannot seem to get it together to get their votes out again. this is a republican stronghold county. she is a republican activist. are you worried -- i know you know a lot about wisconsin politics. are you worried that if it does come down to sort of election protection and election integrity concerns that that's going to essentially infect wisconsin politics w

wisconsin, madison toward milwaukee. south of all the activity with the storms, it's the heat. heat advisories, we have plenty of those stretching from the carolinas working back into the southern plains. excessive heat warnings. the hot areas will be staying hot thanks to the big ridge of high pressure in place. more triple digit numbers. dallas, your streak continues. it's been brutal. even into monday we'll keep the triple digit action going. wichita falls, 111 for the afterno afternoon. and an update on tropical depression emily. there's emily turning. very poorly organized system. the good news with emily, impacts expected to be min tall to the u.s. as it continues to missouri further away from the lower 48. >> okay, alex. many thanks. >>> it was the deadliest day in operation enduring freedom and the loss of 30 special ops troops is head hilting one community hard. >>> two police cars in london set ablaze. how a peaceful protest turneded violent. >>> republican hopefuls gearing up for the first big test of the candidacy. who will have the winning strategy? i love that my

it comes down to luther olson in central wisconsin and alberta darling in milwaukee. these are pretty republican districts. those are the swing seats. >> all right. j.r. ross. one of the great ways to follow all things having to do with wisconsin politics. it's where i look. thanks for coming on today. >>> still ahead, we'll take you live to the opening bell on wall street. will the selloff subside today? >>> online dating, online shopping, online gaming. how about holding a political nominating convention online? we'll talk to a leader of a group who wants to do that. >>> today's trivia question, special one from mr. greenfield since 1980, how many non-incumbent republicans have won both the iowa caucuses and ? and friday. we'll have a special prime time edition of "the daily rundown" on ames at 6:00 p.m. iowa is expecting us. >> chuck todd and "the daily rundown" crew will be with us. >> that's matt strawn with a special request for the state fight song. we played the song from the other side. grandpa, my late grandfather, i apologize to you and iowa state alum. we'l

recall tonight does not involve the city in which i'm broadcasting from, madison, wisconsin, it does not involve milwaukee. suburban milwaukee it does involve, but all of these districts are pretty much rural areas, and for the turnout to be what it is, i think, is really something for the archives. it's really interesting the way this has unfolds, and the polling you were talking about, they don't have anything to measure it against, there's polls all over the place. the real sign we have is the intensity of all of this is the turnout that has been strong all day long, and we should point out, in some districts it has been at presidential levels, such as the case with roberta darling, who really is the closest ally to governor scott walker, who was very involved in writing the anti-union legislation. she is being challenged by sandy pasch whoo is up against almost $9 million. think about that, these are rural areas in wisconsin. i go back to my roots of fargo, north dakota, and i think of senators -- what would he do if he was facing an avalanche of $8 or $9 million, in a rural area, in a small town? i j

results, we are joined by craig gilbert, washington bureau chief of the "milwaukee journal sentinel" and author of the blog "the wisconsin voter." and, craig, welcome. thank you for being here. >> good to be with you. >> warner: what are the party leaders on each side saying about the result what is what do they say explains them >> well, democrats are saying that they fell short but they that they did something historic. they recalled two republican senators in one election, never happened before in the state of wisconsin and they were fighting upnil districts that leaned republican so that was mig mountain to climb. republicans are pointing out-- quite legitimately-- that democrats put a lot of money and effort into this and fell short. i mean, they fell one seat short of dealing a real body blow to governor walker and his agenda. >> warner: you've been covering wisconsin politics a long time. what do you think explains it? what do you think there the important factors? >> i think one reason democrats did fall short is because they were playing on republican turf, five of the six districts were republican districts, th

democratic party in wisconsin i don't know if you've gotten callers on this topic the milwaukee sentinel journal reports today that the democratic robo call is making calls issuing the wrong date the point is that both sides make typos humanity is fallible this is not a scandal this is a mistake and i'm sure they regret it and it would be but one thing on their consumer side of it prosperity were just contacting me any random democrats but they were contacting democrats on their own wits and who have already know that we can buy what they want to his needs their guys democratic party do the same thing on the flip side because of all the tension that this is received now people know when the real filing date is which is very good it's not horrible getting actually about that maybe the any one of it with you because there's a word citizenry and press quickfire the super congress gang of twelve has until november so to come up with a deal will they will it pass congress or will the trigger people ninety seconds. they were competent deal i don't know if it's going to be good or bad you know

according to news reports that are credible, their schools throughout the state of wisconsin, especially milwaukee that had to be shut down for several days it has the teachers are protesting in madison. can i ask you this question? i was happening children first? >> as far as i understand it, some school districts in milwaukee and madison have school closures for as many as two and three days. >> so basically teachers are putting their unions added the kids? >> actually they were taking great risks to themselves professionally since there have been no repercussions for those who did. but they were doing it because they really believe in quality of education offered in wisconsin and they are desperate to hold onto it. >> you don't think the kids were how that affected in a school those days? >> the kids were probably delighted. >> let me ask you this question. you've been a big defender of collective bargaining. is that right? that was one of the major issues of contention in the protest about whether republicans should have collective bargaining. let me ask you this question. if you have a situat

. >> reporter: this weekend, milwaukee shuttered as a mob stormed the wisconsin state fair. >> my mom just got attacked by a flash mob. >> my friend just got hit in the face. >> there is a lady bleeding profusely from her eyes. >> reporter: brad garrett was an fbi agent here in washington for 30 years. >> when you get people on the edge anyway and you pull one brick out of their wall, it can collapse. >> reporter: in all your years in law enforcement, when is the last time you saw a combination of conditions like you see today? >> i'm not sure i've ever seen an exact combination of this. >> reporter: there are signs of hope. american cities are generally less segregated than britain's. and crucially, police forces here have gotten much better at fighting and preventing crime and anti-social behavior. we talked a lot about the role that social media played in organizing those london riots. now, the new york city police is forming their own cyber unit to track the social networks, trying to make sure they can stop this kind of violence before it happens. >> using the social media that t

wisconsin as the results continue to come in. the race we are now waiting for is in the 8th district, suburban milwaukee.this hour 67% of the votes having been counted, sandy pasch is leading alberta darling 52% to 48%. she is up by roughly 1,200 votes. we are told that some of the votes are not coming in. coming in a little bit slow, in fact. john nichols, "nation" magazine, what are you hearing on the ground in this district? >> well, here's what we know. this district is going to end up with a close result. perhaps even in the recount zone. because waukesha county, which was such a problematic county in our supreme court race, is reportedly still not returning its results. we don't have them in yet. until people -- >> the crowd knows what that means. >> the crowd is scared. >> in waukesha county you had problems in the supreme court race. >> and we are getting reports that -- >> with david prosser and cloppenberg, the challenger. >> yeah. >> what happened in those votes? >> with the supreme court race? >> yes. >> two days after the election was called for clappenberg, the challenger, the county clerk

according to news reports that are very credible, there were schools throughout the state of wisconsin especially in milwaukeet had to be shut down several days because the teachers were protesting. can i ask you this question? how is that putting children first? >> as far as i understand it some school districts in milwaukee and madisons there was school closures for two and three days. >> these teachers were putting their union ahead of the kids? >> actually, they were taking great risks to themselves professionally since there have been some repercussions for those who did, but they were doing it because they really believe in the quality of education offered in wisconsin, and they are desperate to hold on it it. >> the kids were not harmed by the fact they didn't have school those days 1234 >> the kids were probably delighted. [laughter] >> let me ask you this question. you've been a big defender of collective bargaining; is that right? that's one of the major obviously issues of contention in the protests about whether there should be collective bargaining. let me ask you this question. if you've got a s

wisconsin as the results continue to come in. the race we are now waiting for is in the 8th district, suburban milwaukee.otes having been counted, sandy pasch is leading alberta darling 52% to 48%. she is up by roughly 1,200 votes. we are told that some of the votes are not coming in. coming in a little bit slow, in fact. john nichols, "nation" magazine, what are you hearing on the ground in this district? >> well, here's what we know. this district is going to end up with a close result. perhaps even in the recount zone. because waukesha county, which was such a problematic county in our supreme court race, is reportedly still not returning its results. we don't have them in yet. until people -- >> the crowd knows what that means. >> the crowd is scared. >> in waukesha county you had problems in the supreme court race. >> and we are getting reports that -- >> with david prosser and cloppenberg, the challenger. >> yeah. >> what happened in those votes? >> with the supreme court race? >> yes. >> two days after the election was called for clappenberg, the challenger, the county clerk there found 14,000 vot

. >> greta: this is the highest court of wisconsin making important decisions for its citizens. joining us jason stein report we are the milwaukeesequent to this incident, whatever happened. a detective investigated and no criminal charges will be brought. now it is being sent to a judicial commission. why were they fighting to begin with? what was it that both sides are trying to achieve before the assault? >> well, this goes back to governor scott walker's bill to repair the state budget and in most collective barginning employees your viewers are familiar with that bill. it was struck down by a trial court judge in march. in june the court was arguing whether or not the timing of releasing their decision that would restore that law. justice prosser and other people in the majority on that decision were eager to get that decision out the door before the legislature took another vote to essentially pass the same legislation again. there was an arguement over when to release this decision and they were trying to get it released more quickly. >> greta: justice prosser was accusing chief justice abramson the author of the dissent

wisconsin. a criminal complaint indicating a man shot and killed his neighbor northwest of milwaukee over a disputeard work. investigators reportedly say the suspect used a rifle he had stolen from the victim. prosecutors say that suspect enlisted the help of a homeless man to clean up the crime. california. los angeles police releasing this video showing a mugger sizing up a blind woman on a downtown sidewalk and then choking and robbing her. they are hoping the public can help identify the guy. is he part of a fox watch across america. >> i'm shepard smith. this is "the fox report." it's the bottom of the hour. time for the top of fox news. from one political fight right no another. senators on capitol hill battling over new funding for the federal aviation administration. a vote will have to wait until september because as of today, your congress is having its summer vacation. as you may know, nearly two week fight or two week long partial shutdown of the f.a.a. has forced the government to temporarily lay off thousands of agency employees. and perhaps only in washington could a fight over $16.5

wisconsin, was no exception. >> let's hear it for the longoria family! >> but for the people in this small blue collar town north of milwaukee, november 2008 will be remembered as the month when despite their own troubles, they gave hope to an extraordinary family. and by doing so gave hope to themselves. >> if you have received so much more than you gave, i want you to raise your hand again. >> how do you say thank you to the thousands of people? i mean, this changed our whole life. >> for karen longoria, it all began 15 years ago when she went into labor five months prematurely. >> you gave birth to -- >> quads. >> quadruplets. >> and one lived six days. they told us she was the healthiest. that's when it got really scary. >> are you going to say hi to the world? hi, world. >> the triplets stayed in the neonatal unit for five months. kylie was the only child that didn't have a disability. >> she had to quit her job to take care of the kids. >> there he is. >> then just as her children celebrated their first birthday, karen's marriage broke up. when megan, tyler, and kylie were ten years old, karen sold her how the and boug

wisconsin state representative fred clark challenging republican state senator luther. also joining us, sandy pasch running against alberta darling. she joins us tonight from milwaukee. great to have you all with us. john, let's start with you. there are polls all over the board. give us a sense of what you think the turnout is going to be like tomorrow and the chance the democrats have of unseating these six republicans. >> throw the polls out. you can't poll races that are unprecedented. you have never had anything like this. all we know is both sides are energized. there is energy on the republican side. it strikes me that i have never seen the level of grass roots energy that is going on in races like fred clark up in portage, over in milwaukee where sandy pasch is running. it makes me believe something remarkable could happen tomorrow. we are talking about six republican districts, districts drawn for republicans, they have elected republicans sometimes for generations. if we see these seats fall, one, two, three, four, five, six, if that happens, that will be american history. >> what evidence do you have other than tremendous crowd and enthusiasm, what evidenc

wisconsin. the turnout today has been at presidential levels in some of these districts. i think one to watch will be in suburban milwaukee, where roberta darling, a close associate to the governor and helped write that antiunion bill is getting a strong push on the ground from the democrats and strong push from sandy pasch. i think she has an outside shot there. i think the democrats will pick up three, i think they'll get the majority back, they might get four, but this race is the crown jewel. if they with defeat alberta darlgts, if they can win in that district, that will be very good for the democrats, so enthusiasm here is high, but the fact is no one anticipated this kind of turnout, so what does it mean on a tuesday in august that has no record of this happening before. >> the race that you called the crown jewel, the legislator darling, senator darling, is very close to scott walker? she is very close. she has been instrumental in pushing forward the radical agenda. she has had $8 million poured in to support her from out of state. the comment was made earlier on this network about the democrats have outraised th

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maybe you stop in milwaukee and talking to a nurse would motivate the white house to realize, maybe we should pay attention to races like this. maybe park the bus in wisconsin and meet a city worker or go to baribou and talk to a farmer. and the president needs to meet people i have seen in the badger state. they are the fabric of the middle class, you see the financial make-up of that state is that less than one half of one percent of the people that work and live in wisconsin make over $250,000 a year. you know what they had in 2008? the second highest voter turnout. these are people that get into it. these are people who are the middle class in this country. president obama, what i saw last night, and when i saw these election returns roll in, i started thinking about something the president had talked about during the state of the union in 2010. >> with all due deafer ens to separation of powers. last week the supreme court reversed a century of law that i believe will open the flood gates for businesses. to spend without limit in our elections. >> the president was on his game that night. but what happened to it. the man who talked about citizens unite

district suburban milwaukee, where the incumbent alberta darling, a close associate of the governor, had over $8race. but again, as we are seeing the packer fans out here in wisconsin, grabbing on to any morsel of information, sitting on the edge of their seats and standing on their toes here in madison because they have waited for the positive results for their side of the ledger since january. bear with me tonight, america. i can't do this story tonight without having fun with these people. they have been -- they have been so wonderful to be around. i mean, this is the heart of america. these are middle-classers who stand up for what they believe in. and you know what? you know what's great about this tonight? when you see our camera shots of the crowd, no matter how this turns out, no matter who wins here tonight, how thankful we should be to be in a country where we can come out and speak our piece and speak our mind. and ironically, that's what this has been all about in wisconsin. giving workers an opportunity to do just that in the workplace when it comes to bargaining. john erpenbach, great to have you with us tonight. senator. >> good to see you. >> good t

joining us live from milwaukee this morning, amy cramer, chairman of the tea party express. their bus has been touring wisconsin and diane palmer has been working to kick those republicans out of office. she's the president of the service employees international union, health care wisconsin and also a public health care nurse. welcome to both of you. >> thanks for having us. >> thanks for being here. we appreciate it. amy, start with you, governor walker, the republican governor who pushed this anti-union legislation, he's not exactly well loved in wisconsin. just 37% approve of his performance. just 37%. and 55% oppose his tax and spending plan. aren't you fighting for something most people in wisconsin don't even want? >> actually, carol, we're fighting for what is good for the state of wisconsin and what most people in wisconsin do want, and since governor walker has taken office and they have passed this legislation earlier this year, they're turning wisconsin's economy back around and wisconsin is now the fifth leading state in the nation for job growth in the month of june, they created 9500 jobs and i be

loss was in southwestern wisconsin, state senator dan kepecke lost in a democratic seat that barack obama carried. the democrats lost seats. in the 8th district in the north milwaukee suburbs, alberta dar hreulg one where barack obama carried by four points. she held out, democrats by 8. it looks good at the surface and even better when you look at the details of where the republicans won and lost. jenna: it's interesting to look at the issues that most of us don't have insight on. some are pointing to the state to see what is going to happen in 2012. we are far away from november 2012. how do you handicap that? >> reporter: it does give some indications. in wisconsin it took a local issue to energize the democratic base. if i were a democrat i'd worry about the ability to duplicate the angst. how can you do that in florida, colorado, new mexico, virginia. democrats have to say can we duplicate that elsewhere. it will be hard for them to do so. whatever the democrats did on intensity. if you're against something you're always more intense, the republicans were able to more than offset it in four of these six races. as i say, local conditions in one -- look, if the

example the wisconsin teacher pension system for instance stipulates employers will make a 6.8% contribution to the pension system on behalf of employees. employees were to make 6.2%. the milwaukeepublic schools in 1996 negotiated away so that they are paying the entirety of the employee share so 13% on top of each employee. in addition to that there was a supplemental 4.2% contribution made entirely by the -- so nps was giving 17.2% of each teacher position into pensions and supplementary pensions and employees from a king zero contributions. is probably not a shock that while the median compensation for teachers were $56,000 fully loaded with benefits they were $100,000 apiece. the school boards and superintendents who are engaging in this over the decades have suggested that they are frankly probably not to be trusted in these kinds of negotiations. basically governor walker took away local control? >> there a couple of things when we talk about public collective-bargaining -- are getting. public bargaining was illegal in 1992 when pressing kennedy issued an executive order. was illegal until the 1950s. in wisconsin i believe is 59. frankly there is a famous letter from frank

the wisconsin teacher pension system stipulates that employers will make a 6.8% contribution to the pension system on behalf of employees. employees were to make 6.2%. milwaukee public schools negotiated to pay the entirety of the employee share. in addition, there was a supplemental 4.2% contribution made entirely by the district. they were paying 17.2% of each teacher position into supplementary pensions. employees were making no contribution. it is no shock that while the median compensation for a teacher was $56,000,ith benefits, there were $100,000 a piece. the school boards and superintendents who engage in this have suggested they are not going to be trusted in these negotiations. >> when governor walker took away local control -- >> when we talk about public collective bargaining, first off, at the federal level, it was illegal until 1962, when president kennedy issued an executive order. it was illegal for state and local communities in tell the 50's. there is a letter from fralin roosevelt to the federation of government employees where he pointed out that government employees should realize collective bargaining as understood cannot be transplanted