and inside the capitol building some camping out overnight now it's all response to governor scott walker's plan to take away bargaining rights from public sector unions somebody he claims will help close the state's budget gap but it's also becoming an all out political war president obama has expressed that he feels that this is an assault on unions scott walker said that he is not going to be bullied and the unrest is spreading as a number of other states have similar legislation on the table and today workers in connecticut and tennessee also took to the streets so the question is which side is going to win we're discussing with me is j.p. frere soucy editor of commentary for the washington examiner and michaele labor journalist and contributing editor for in these times gentlemen thank you so much for being here this rather than you know i've got to say this is pretty incredible because you don't see this many americans going out into the streets every day you know we constantly talk about the fact that you see so many protests perhaps in europe obviously right now we're seeing them sp

students other supporters even a sprinkling of rock stars and celebrities fight against governor scott walker's plan to take away collective bargaining rights tens of thousands have come out over the last week many camping out inside of the state capitol building and walker has shown no signs of changing his plans and fourteen democratic lawmakers have left the state but with poor weather conditions and perhaps most notably a concern over schools being closed how much longer can we expect all this to last joining me from wisconsin is andrew state associate editor at the badger herald andrew thanks so much for joining us now as you've been watching this unfold over the past week how has you know how is the crowd changed has it changed at all over the last week was it just teachers at first and then you saw people from other states come in and tea partiers and the like as well. well it all started on monday when a group of students led by. the teaching assistants so ca should make came up to governor walker's office with valentines and i believe they had hundreds and hundreds of these valentines

institute welcome to you all let's get started thanks and thank you governor scott walker's union busting proposal passed the wisconsin state assembly house in the wee hours of the morning will be one step closer to becoming a lot of the land in that state so if walker is successful in busting up unions in his state how much longer until republicans succeed in their alderman goal of destroying unions around the country and thus destroying the largest funder of the democratic party and put into place one party billionaire rule in america. but again it's ludicrous it's kind of hard to knew where to begin. i mean they're not trying to bust you'd still be able to go take it out to end the union what they're trying to do is roll back a muscle in the massive union power that we've established unions will basically end up with the with the power to have a teacher there's a reason why the unions are controlling basically the public sector because unions turn out voters in the primaries which means basically the our operatives for the democratic party which is why do we they are just so powerful i

which maybe is a little bit of a stretch right there calling scott walker a dictator but they're saying you know they were the american people were the american worker we want to take the democracy back so do you know it could be a turning point where either they win or they lose and we're going to see this same move happen across many states i mean right now there are similar bills being introduced in many states and i do think this could be a turning point as far as people's awareness. what's going on this bill in wisconsin is not that different from some bills in ohio and in missouri and in ohio actually today thousands of people turned out to protest a bill there. whether we're going to be able to win this i don't know given a lot of states. last november's election a lot of states flipped to republican control in some states it's just going to be really hard to stop but what we can do is send a message that you know if you're a republican state legislator from a swing district two thousand and twelve might be a little uncomfortable for you but how do you think that up until now the

scott walker urged them to return to the capital. >> i am not asking people to agree with me. what i am asking for is for 14 state senators to do what their colleagues and assembly have done over the last several days. come back and have the vote. >> reporter: they continue to it showed " shame " we -- covering pension and collective bargaining by state employees. in washington at the national governors' association meeting verlaine's democratic governor criticized republicans in wisconsin. them up with all with the challenges we have gone through is crazy that any state would be distracted from job creation when we're trying to settle political scores. it is a logical. >> reporter: they are picking up in other states. in ohio a bill similar to wisconsin's collective bargaining is before the state legislature. friday is the deadline for them to balance their budget. scott walker says if the bill does not pass the and the agencies will be cut and layoffs are likely. and cement that for oakland. >>louisa: sheens of the ice on car why there's so wilwindowf a headache than what pe

so it isn't the unions who -- scott walker got elected, he's an anti-union guy. mitch daniels just told us about his own record of abolishing collective bargaining in indiana, he got reelected. so it's not simply a one-way route to achieving it. and i think the question, is it a water shed moment, it is a water shed moment, there's no question bit. organized labor and the g. i. bill were the book ends of the middle class prosperity. america exploded economically. the only reason that pie was divided was because americans and veterans return hg a chance to educate themsves like no generation had before and to participate in security of the american dream. and the only reason wages rose is because one-third of the work force was organized and they secured those higher wages and the ripple effect across our economy is no accident, jim. since 1979 since when unions have been in full retreat in this country, from 1979 to 2009, the median income dropped by 2%. >> you've got schools whe you get rid of all the good young teachers because of the rules, you've got californ

. >> my guests, a man at the center of the storm, embattled republican governor, scott walker. >>> also the future of the middle east remains in doubt as libya's brutal dictator cracks down on protesters. >> these actions violate international norms and every stander of common decency. this violence must stop. >> what's next? and has the administration done enough? joining me this morning from the site of such unrest earlier this month, cairo, egypt, the ranking member on the senate armed services committee. republican john mccain. >>> then our political roundtable, what rising oil costs could mean to our own economy. can washington avoid a government shutdown over spending? and the rhetorical start to 2012, leading republicans exchanging blows and union activists mobilizing. with us, president of the afl-cio, republican governor of mississippi and former rnc chairman, haley barbour. chairman of the congressional black caucus, emmanuel cleaver. host of msnbc's, the last word, lawrence o'donnell. and editorial board member and columnist for "the wall street journal," kim straser. caption

scott walker said of the bill doesn't pass, that aid to local governments will be cut and layoffs are likely. washington, samantha hayes kron 4 news. >>live, from the bay area's news station, this is kron4 news at 4:30 p.m. >>pam: were still talking about the weather, the weather map showing the winds and they're pretty strong in certain places >>louisa: stain winds at sfo right now, we're getting stronger gusts with that too and it just seems kind of like scattered showers. a big difference from what we saw earlier. here's a look of your radar. you could see isolated cells working away right on through the bay. to take you up to the north bay, we actually have seen a little bit in the way of snow. it looks like the snow was coming down at about 100 snow. it looks like the snow was coming down at about 100 to 200 ft.. we're talking

protests in wisconsin continued today but not without new threats coming from governor scott walker who continues to say that he will not back down from his plan to take away bargaining rights from public sector unions but today governor walker warned that state employees could start receiving layoff notices possibly as early as next week if this bill doesn't pass so how are protesters in wisconsin reacting to that news on joined live by r t correspondent in the who's in wisconsin with more details now on this i think can you tell us today how many people were still out protesting on the streets or in the capital as well i don't know what the number of people outside the capitol building as well and inside we have estimated that the number is probably around ten thousand people which is still a very large amount of protesters of course we know that during the weekend on saturday there was many of seventy thousand people here that number has somewhat die down because many of the protesters they were not just teachers and students they were people who actually had to return to work when w

of america ok meir a week ago yesterday i decided it's getting way more important would it be scott walker because if we don't know what kind of a school system are going to have the governor who launched the battle against unions in wisconsin and sparked an uprising of the middle class here and in other states calls these people troublemakers who will eventually tire. but everyone here begs to differ this is our city these are our teachers our nurses our transit workers. we're not going to get tired because this is our place. not going away. the thousands that are here are not just numbers but real people and they're committed to fight till the end and they say forty madison wisconsin. that's happening more and more often under the obama administration journalists lawyers stop at the u.s. border when there were turning from trips abroad being detained for hours having their laptops their cameras cell phones confiscated and all the material on the copy and when asked why they were told that they are on a list but is this in violation of the first and fourth amendments treating people like

. >> scott walker was elected to do a job, and now that he's doing it some people are having a little temper tantrum. >> reporter: scott walker's first job, he says, is to fill a $136 million shortfall for this fiscal year. to help do that he wants nearly 300,000 wisconsin public workers to contribute more to their pensions and health insurance. >> this is what democracy looks like! >> reporter: but what is fueling these fiery protests is the provision that would take away public sector unions' right to collective bargaining. second grade teacher mary beth wendt says the governor's plan is union busting, disguised as budget balancing. >> we're sending a really strong message that unions are here for a purpose. >> reporter: although wendt taught this week, so many other teachers called in sick, dozens of school districts had to cancel class. today, prounion physicians were busy writing backdated notes to allow those teachers to collect pay, even though they skipped school. >> the taxpayers are paying them to work while they're pretending they're sick and that's okay with you? >> it is.

here with us now from madison, the man in the middle of all of this, wisconsin governor, scott walker. governor, welcome to "meet the press." >> good morning, good to be with you, david. >> that context is important. because there's collective bargaining, which you'd like to limit. and there are those, the specific contributions that you ask the union. they said they would do that. they would meet those demands. so the question that comes up again and again, is if you want to deal with the budget and the deficit, why not take yes for an answer? well, because we've seen that actions speak louder than words. for us to balance $3.6 billion deficit we have, but not only now, but to insure we can continue 20 do it in the future, so our kids don't inherit the same consequences, we've to have those insurances and over the past two weeks we've seen local union after local union rush to school boards, the city councils and rush through contracts in the past two weeks that had no contribution to the pension and no contribution to health care. in fact one case in janesville, they were pushing th

just a little bit ago republican governor scott walker came out. he defiantly compared the tens of thousands of state employees who are protesting here at the state capitol with what he said were the hundreds of thousands of workers who stayed on the jobs. he made it clear he is not budging. >> show me what democracy looks like. >> this is what democracy looks like. >> reporter: at the wisconsin state capitol thousands of students, teachers and union members joined for a fourth straight day of mass protests. they're denouncing governor scott walker's plan to attack a projected $3.6 billion budget deficit. >> he's not thinking. he could sit down and rationally discuss this, but he's a chicken. >> we're not here for money an salary, it's for rights. >> reporter: the most controversial parts of walker's proposal would limit state workers collective bargaining rights and increase how much they pay for their pensions and health insurance. it would exempt police, firefighters and state troopers, groups that endorsed walker in last year's election, but no

governor scott walker took the call from a liberal blogger pretending to be a billionaire conservativer spoke of plans to lay off public workers and force democrat state senators camped in illinois to return for a vote on curbing union bargaining power. >> only say we'll wait it out. if they want to start sacrificing thousands of public workers and be laid off, sooner or later there's going to be pressure on the senators to come back. >> scott went on to compare himself to ronald reagan, battling big labor, saying, quote, this is when we change the course of history. in >>> in medical news, there could be a major overhaul in the way kidneys are distributed to patients in need of a transplant. under a new proposal, the best kidneys would go to younger, healthier patients. the current system gives priority to people who've been on the waiting list the longest. now the aim is for patients to get the most out of each kidney. the kidney transplant pardon for two sisters in mississippi, that is on hold. jamie and gladys scott were released from prison january 7th after serving 16 years for a

they are opposed to governor scott walker's legislation, he's a republican remember, that would require union workers to pay more money into their state pensions and health care plans. he also wants to curb the union's collective bargaining rights. union members say the governor walker wants to bust up the union. on wednesday president obama stood the wisconsin pot by describing walker's actions as a assault on the union. on friday, speaker john boehner weighed in on facebook, saying the president attacked governor walker for attempting to rein in state spending, then he said, call off th>> right on! look, the state governors are in fiscal disasters, just the way the federal government is? a fiscal disaster. they have to balance their budgets and that's exactly what this governor and and the new republican legislature in wisconsin were elected to do, just two short months ago. what this governor is trying to do is rein in the power of government unions and reduce the size of government overall. guess what, john? there is no money! there is no money in these states! the party is over. an

governor scott walker and workers from state unions staring each other down in a confrontation over the right to collective bargaining. a showdown with national implications. so how could it end? what does it mean for all of us? joining us is steven greenhouse, "new york times" labor and workplace correspondent. steve, good to have you on the program. thanks for joining us. >> nice to be here. >> you said this could be a watershed moment for public unions in the united states. why? and what is exactly at stake? >> so we're in wisconsin. i'm talking from wisconsin which traditionally say heavily pro-union state. now the new republican governor scott walker is proposing to take away collective bargaining rights for, you know, like 200,000 government employees here. and if he gets his way, if the democrats and the unions aren't able to block it, it will greatly weaken unions here in wisconsin. i believe it will give momentum to similar efforts in ohio and indianapolis and we're hearing some othe same things going on now in tennessee and oklahoma. and public sector unions represent more tha

. >> the right thing is republican governor of wisconsin scott walker's state budget bill. the bill is designed by governor walker to close wisconsin's projected $3.6 billion deficit for fiscal year 2012 and 2013. the budget bill would save $1.7 billion. here's how he breaks it out. one, no layoffs. avoid 1500 immediate state worker layoffs and 10,000 to 12,000 long-term layoffs. two, underwrite education. wisconsin public schools gained $1 billion in savings. three, protect worker workers' rights. no mandatory union membership, no forced union dues. up to $1,000 in savings per worker. four, pension plan pay-in. workers contribute 5.8% of paycheck to a pension plan. their current contribution, zero. five, health insurance pay-in. workers contribute 12.6% of their paycheck to their health insurance plan. up from a current 5%. six, no collecti bargaining rights for unions, except in the instance of wage negotiations. governor walker says that an end to collective bargaining would save the state $30 million in the remaining fiscal year. seven, protect bargaining for public saf

scott walker was duped by a prank caller in revealing his negotiating strategy. he says he will announce that 6,000 state workers are at risk of being laidoff if his bill does not pass soon. he thought he was speaking to up a porter. but it was an editor at a local newspaper. >>> lawmakers are fleeing the state capital. they are holed up in a budget motel across the border in illinois. at issue, is a bill that would direct taxpayer money to private schools and a so-called right-to-work bill. >> protests overseas. >>> thisests here. >>> this morning's weather, now, from around the country. up to a half-foot of snow from northern california into the pacific northwest and northern rockies. snow, also from kansas city to central illinois. gusty winds, hail and isolated tornadoes from oklahoma and east texas, into nashville. some heavy downpours in louisville, little rock, and ohio valley, moving to the northeast by tonight. >> 40s from boston to baltimore. while miami heats up to 80. single digits from billings to fargo. and 22 degrees in minneapolis. 33 in seattle.

we'll hear from governor scott walker.rk interview with reporter serene branson about what really happened during her mysterious on-air appearance in a video that went viral. >>> and we will find out which couple won a luxurious trip to the caribbean in our "honeymoon take 2" contest. that's the "cbs morning news" for this friday. thanks for watching, everyone, i'm betty nguyen. have a great weekend. d >>> your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. >>> caption colorado, l.l.c. comments@captioncolorado.com >>> a cold rain continues to fall around parts of the bay area. how much more rain will we see as we head in toward the weekend? details coming up. >>> and we're still dealing with a windy commute this morning. wind advisories for some of your bay area bridges. i'll have information in just a few minutes. >> and good morning, president obama is waking up in the bay area today. what came out of his meeting with some of the silicon valley's movers and shakers. >>> and the bay area cop accused of selling stolen drugs

. >> scott walker has got to go! >> labor has been good for union and non-union workers alike.he eight hour work day, 40-hour work week, the fact that you have overtime and health insurance, vacation, sick leave and family medical leave, all those great things happened because of the labor movement. >> reporter: even so,republican leaders say they have the votes and they vow to pass this legislation. tonight governor scott walker will give a televised fire side chat hoping he can bypass the ongoing protests. katie? >> couric: cynthia bowers, thank you very much, cynthia. meanwhile, new film surfaced today from november 21, 1963, the night before president kennedy was assassinated. it shows the president and mrs. kennedy at a gathering of hispanic voters in houston. the photographer had kept the film in his home for decades and has now donated it to the sixth floor museum in dallas. and coming up next, a former football star commits suicide but donates his brain to help his fellow players. with heart-related chest pain or a heart attack known as acs, you may not want to face the

. >> scott walker has got to go! scott walker's plan would require most of the state's public employees to pay more for their pension and health care. many workers say they'll grudgingly accept that, but they won't accept his plan to ban unions from bargaining on issues other than wages. >> it's the right to be in the union and the right to protect my job and have a say in what i do everyday. >> reporter: high school history teacher anagela bazan took a personal day to get her students to the protests. >> they were learning about democracy firsthand. >> reporter: the single mom has been teaching 13 years and earns $41,000. what do you say to taxpayers who say, you know what? this has been a great ride for everybody but we just really can't afford to keep footing the bill. >> we've already given up things. we don't have a cushy ride. i'm not getting rich off becoming a teacher. >> reporter: in fact, public sector workers in wisconsin do make slightly more in salary and benefits than the average private sector worker.

governor scott walker of wisconsin did not attend the meetings earlier today. not expected at tonight's dinner either. russ? >> mitchell: thanks. in sports baseball has lost one of its greatest, hall of fame outfielder duke snider died today in california. he was 84 years old. one of the original boys of summer, snider played 18 seasons, and lead the brooklyn dodgers to their only world series title. tony guida has more. >> the dodger goes ahead, 3-2. >> reporter: if the dodgers were royalty in the brooklyn of its 1940s and '50s, field was their tackle and edwin donald snider was their lead. the duke of flatbush they called him. snider strutted on the diamond whether he was slugging home runs or taking in extra base or climbing the centerfield wall to make another spectacular catch, snider played the game like he owned it and played his way into the hall of fame. >> duke snider who hit four homers in the 1952 world series. >> reporter: 407 home runs in all. snider was a father some slugger and a great centerfielder says his former teammate. >> he played the mos

now wisconsin governor scott walker has started a war with public sector unions late last week walker announced that he will propose removing nearly all public employee collective bargaining rights with the exception of wages but still the twist and he salary increase could be no more than the consumer price index unless voters in the jurisdiction approve the higher rates now as a warning shot he's also announce of the wisconsin national guard has been alerted and is prepared to respond in the case of any problems that could result and destruction of state services and water claims that this move is necessary step to plug a three point six billion dollars budget hole in the state the labor activists many democrats say this is a calculated political assault on public sector employees even some state republicans in wisconsin are upset saying of the governor is coming across as more of a dictator. and less of a leader so is this tough love but a very necessary move or is this a political war against the working class well joining me to discuss this the motley founder and president of les

them is there a kind you know a unified voice as to who they're putting the blame on is it on scott walker is it on wall street is it all republicans or they all over the place well i don't know that's actually very interesting because when the protests first kicked off it was definitely more about the governor because he was the one who introduced this bill that's causing all the outrage but is that these are passing and this is week two of the protests here people are really beginning to look at the bigger picture and they're wondering if you know they should blame not just government but also the federal government too like you saw in that report you just showed essentially people are beginning to question why and whether or not the president should be acting more whether wall street you know that got them there in the first place should be blamed and this is something that's causing you know a big out of out reach so it's definitely not concentrated anger on dog just walker at this point but definitely picture people beginning to question in general the way things have been operating i

>> a group of people that -- something that scott walker is trying to destroy. >> here in california, a republican assemblyman from southern california announced a similar bill that would eliminate public employees' rights to collectively bargain for ben -- for pension benefits. governor jerry brown has indicated that he would not seek a wisconsin-type measure to balance our budget. >>> some same-sex couples in california, you will getting a bigger refund. the irs is requiring that all same-sex married couples or registered domestic partners do what is called income splitting. they should combine their incomes and each declare half on their separate tax returns. the couples who have larger differences object money they earn, you may see thousands of dollars on savings. >>> rush limbaugh is defending comments against michelle obama and her campaign for obesity. he says on his show that it doesn't look like the first lady is following her own add vice and is not -- advice and is not qualified to run such a campaign. he said she was spotted eating ribs last weekend and has taken a lot of

you can see it from the last election cycle where wisconsin unions said if you elect this guy scott walker he's going to reform or limit collective bargaining. he was open about what he was going to do about contributions to pensions and retirement and he told the people of wisconsin i'm going to change collective bargaining because it impedes progress when it comes to education, it's too hard to fire anybody, too complicated and i'm going to change that system. so in a democracy, when you run on something you do have an obligation to fulfill your promise. he didn't take anybody by surprise. he's doing exactly what he said. there was a referendum on this issue and the unions lost and the democrats in wisconsin should come back to wisconsin to have votes. >> let me take a break here. we'll come back and talk more about the president's budget and the question of leadership in washington on the biggest drivers of our nation's debt. more with senators durbin and graham in just a moment. we know why we're here. to build a new generation of airplanes to connect the world. ♪ airplanes that fly cl

scott walker said all of this is necessary.he says because the state is facing a $137 million dollar short-term budget deficit by june 30th. a $3.6 billion budget deficit over the next two years. workers here say they are willing to sacrifice some wages in it if necessary to help the state balances the budget. what they believe is this an effort to bus their union. they say that is why they're here at the capitol protesting against this legislation. they also have supporters among democrats among the state senate. they temporarily left the state and what that has done is deprive the state legislator of the core of the need to advance this bill forward. were expecting this protests throughout the weekend. the tea party said they will be here saturday afternoon. meanwhile schools in parts of wisconsin have been closed for the third consecutive day because the teachers are here protesting against this proposed legislation. >>pam: today in washington the republican controlled house voted to strip federal money from president barack

there were also demonstrations yesterday in support of governor scott walker's plan.e'll have more on this situation in wisconsin in just a few minutes. demonstrations continue across the middle east and north africa with protests now underway in at least five countries. alan pizzey reports. >> reporter: the celebration in bahrain went on through the tonight. tens of thousands flocked to pearl square where the revolt began and was fought. government has offered to talk to all opposition parties but no one at the table yet. (gun fire) fort in libya a brutal crackdown on protestors has so far left more than 100 people dead and many more wounded according to human ryes watch. no independent reporting is allowed, but witnesses using social networking sites said the security forces fired heavy weapons. the protests were an unprecedented twist to the rule of libyan strongman moammar qaddafi. in yemen protestors and police hurled stones, boltss and stones at each other until the security forces opened up with gun fire. violent protests which began nine days ago are aimed at

governor scott walker says wisconsin is flat broke and he needs to take drastic action. >>> if you want visual proof that the america's cup is coming to san francisco -- the america's cup is coming to san francisco, we'll tell you where you can see it. >>> nice and sunny right now. but that will change. we'll have the forecast in a minute. >>> also -- >> and the oscar goes to -- >> stars shined bright on hollywood's biggest night. ahead, hear more about the film that was treated like royalty. >>> the chp is clearing the scene in sonoma county between a big rig and a car. it happened around 9:45 on highway 16 near adobe road east of petaluma. the road was shut down for an hour and will be shut down shortly to tow the big rig. there were no fatalities, but at least one person was trapped in a burning car and needed to be cut free. officers say the driver of the car made an unsafe turn and hit the big rig. >>> sheriff deputies in san mateo county have a warning for people living in woodside. watch out for conmen posing as utility workers. investigators say two people are making the rounds,

governor scott walker announced plans to cut collective bargaining for union and other workers. democratic lawmakers left the state to stop the vote and today the governor threatened layoffs if they don't come back. >> we're broke. here's our problem, here's the solution and acted on it. >> democrats and union workers say there are other solutions. >>> in many ways the situation in wisconsin reflects budget problems across this country. too few dollars and too many fixed costs. governor jerry brown has given lawmakers a march 10th deadline for special elections. now, republicans are waiting for the governor to make them an offer in return for their support. at the top of the gop agenda, longterm pension reforms as the state faces $115 billion in pension liables. >> between governor brown on one side, trust with the pension thing. and republicans saying w we don't have room for trust anymore. >> brown said that if you can't sufficient republican support to vote for the special election the alternative is deep spending cut to close the $26.5 billion short fall. >>> teachers and ed

. >>> and scott walker was the victim of a prank call by a reporter for an alternative newspaper in new york. the reporter posed billionaire david coke. >>> cash deals are pushing home prices lower and first-time buyers out of the market. the national association of realtors says existing home sales rose 2.7% in january but that most of the buyers were investors who could pay cash. the number of first-time buyers shrank to 29% of the market and that's the lowest level in two years. a more healthy level is about 40%. the medium price of a home sold in january was just under $160,000. >>> apple's shareholders have rejected a plan to require company disclosure about a succession plan for ceo steve jobs. they cast their ballots today at the annual shareholders meeting in cupertino. and preliminary voting shows it was turned down. apple said a plan was in place internally but to require its disclosure would compromise trade secret. this morning, one analyst said at this point, steve jobs is important but not indispense in. >> had jobs left a few years ago, i would be worried aboutle but toda

scott walker wrapped up his opposition that they will get layoff notices as early as next week if bargainingides are not passed soon. it would force public workers to pay more for their benefits. rallies are inspiring units here. hundreds from the mount diablo unified district are planningto protest today. they're meeting to demonstrate tonight outside the school board meeting where the members will talk about the possible closure of another school. they claim the district is using the excuse in budget cuts to destroy the unions and collective bargaining. >> voters are picking the city's new mayor. ron emanuel has been the front running to replace mayor richard daily. for the first time in 20 years there is no daily on the ballot. another first for the city is any one of the top four candidates are elected, that person will make history as either the city's first jewish mayor, the first black female make or the first hispanic mayor. >> and still ahead meteorologist mike nicco with the forecast. >> looks really nice outside. lots of sunshine. we'll show you what it looks like from emeryville

scott walker wrapped up his opposition that they will get layoff notices as early as next week if bargaining sides are not passed soon. it would force public workers to pay more for their benefits. rallies are inspiring units here. hundreds from the mount diablo unified district are planningto protest today. they're meeting to demonstrate tonight outside the school board meeting where the members will talk about the possible closure of another school. they claim the district is using the excuse in budget cuts to destroy the unions and collective bargaining. >> voters are picking the city's new mayor. ron emanuel has been the front running to replace mayor richard daily. for the first time in 20 years there is no daily on the ballot. another first for the city is any one of the top four candidates are elected, that person will make history as either the city's first jewish mayor, the first black female make or the first hispanic mayor. >> and still ahead meteorologist mike nicco with the forecast. >> looks really nice outside. lots of sunshine. we'll show you what it looks like from emeryvill

. >> scott walker is manufacturing a crisis to strip away our union rights. >> for us, this is about balancing the budget. we've -- we are broke just like nearly every other state across the country. >> reporter: they believe the proposals are only about union busting and have little to do with real reform. >> the real motivation is a desperate need for power on -- that some individuals feel they need. >> reporter: the republican may vote on the budget bill on tuesday but no action can be taken until democratic state senators return to the capitol. >> they should realize if you want to participate in democracy you got to be in the arena. >> reporter: walker says several our governors are urging him to hold his ground. if walker prevails, other states may try to follow. week. he will push an >>> san francisco mayor ed lee will head to sacramento this week. he will push an alternative proposal to save the city's redevelopment funds. the money would save the state $1.7 billion. >>> -- finalist for running the job, airport authority in washington d.c. his departure would come at a critic

. >> reporter: wisconsin's's governor, scott walker, wants to strip the collective bargaining right to help balance the budget. >> it has a cost, with pension and healthcare. it has a cost with how our governments operate. we have to change that relationship. >> reporter: there's no real threat of the same thing happening here in california but protesters want to see this die in wisconsin. >> do i think that bill is gonna pass? >> no. >> reporter: frank burton with moveon.org -- >> i believe this will be a -- a drop in the bucket compared to the number of people that will be on the streets in america if that bill passes and gets signed. >> a lawmaker in sacramento introduced similar legislation that would strip unions of their bargaining power but it was symbolic. it has no chance of passing. at san francisco, ken pritchett, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> abortion rights advocates marched around lake merritt today as part of a nationwide campaign in support of women's rights. the nonprofit group observed this group along with events in santa cruz and several southern california cities. the g

the protesters first descended on the capitol monday, raging at the new republican governor scott walker. he's demanding workers pay more for pensions and health care. all these protesters, governor, give you some pause? >> i'm not going to let them round out the voices of the 5 million taxpayers across the state, much of whom pay much more for health care and pensions than what we're proposing. >> reporter: by thursday, the protests had reached a fever pitch. but with a new twist. just as republicans prepared to pass the budget bill, key democrats fled the state to stall the vote. >> we are willing to take this action that disrupts our lives because -- for the lives of the workers is much more serious. >> it is not political theater. it is standing with thousands of people that have e-mailed us and called us and they're telling us, don't let the governor do this to us. >> reporter: most infuriating for union employees, the governor wants to strip away nearly all bargaining rights, everything from wages to work rules. you think he's trying to bust your union? >> of course, he's going to.

. >> scott walker is manufacturing a crisis to strip away union rights. >> reporter: the governor is not giving in. >> for us this is about balancing the budget. we are broke just like nearly every other state across the country. >> reporter: but the protesters here firmly believe that the proposals are only about union busting and have little to do with real row -- reform. >> the real motivation is a desperate needs for power on the -- that some individuals feel they need. >> reporter: tuesday wisconsin's republican-led assembly may vote on the budget bill but no real action can happen until the democratic state senators return to the capital to face what seems to be a inevitable defeat. >> few want to participate in democracy you have to be in the arena. >> reporter: several other governors like john kay sick of ohio are urging him to hold his ground. if walker prevails other states may try to follow. >>> san jose's vietnamese community celebrated the lunar new year with a spring festival and parade. while the chinese are celebrating the year of the rabbit. for the vietnamese it is

scott walker of wisconsin. this is madison, wiscoin. wisconsin. likell of our ates iha a red ink problem and the new republican government introduced the bill that would cut public union bargaining rights and benefits, including 90,000 statewide teachers' unions. in 1936, the american federation of state, county, nvib employees was founded in wisconsin and in 1959 the state passed a comprehensive collective bargaining law. what is going on? >>this strikes me as the worst sort of power grab. i have sat athbaaing table and helped with givebacks because there was not any money. >>hi se reoun? >> i am working stiff. t vi sd that -- it is one thing to say you don't -- we don't have money and you will have to pay more and pensions d we have to lay offut anhething that we will not negotiate with the. been in ohio, john kasich is talking about the same thing. >> n' you get misty eyed about collective bargaining? you know who is against collective -- who was against collective bgain for public employees? franklin roosevelt. it is not like the private secto