wisconsin governor and scott and koch brother lapdogs scott walker is in washington d.c. today he'll be the keynote speaker at a summit to promote education privatization was right wingers call it school choice it's unclear if walker will also be signing autographs or posing for pictures or running his own kissing booth for the all the right wingers who are now falling over him since he had the so-called courage to screw over average working joes and janes in his state the last time walker was in d.c. was because chairman of a government oversight committee and were. just manning congress and former small time criminal. wanted to honor him with an appearance before congress for busting up labor unions in wisconsin meanwhile is walker is being treated like a rock star here in d.c. today his republican co-horts back in wisconsin are scrambling because they know their days are numbered this summer six republican state senators will face recall elections for supporting scott walker's anti-union efforts those elections could begin as early as next month so right now these guys

against union busting republicans is in full swing today a federal judge in wisconsin struck down scott walker's anti-union bill was passed in the dead of night with little notice of the public a judge ruled that the way the bill was asked violated the state's open meeting laws by not giving the proper twenty four hour notice for the public to review that bill in her ruling judge marion so he wrote the court must consider the potential damage to public trust and confidence in government if the legislature is not held to the same rules of transparency that it has created for other governmental bodies our form of government depends on citizens trust and confidence in the process by which our elected officials make laws at all levels of government the state supreme court will take up the case next week meanwhile in nearby ohio there's a bad news for another union busting governor former fox news talking head john face a just a half a year. he was a life with the office just a few months after he signed a controversial anti-union bill into law a new poll by public policy polling shows that if the el

business it's doubt up and pick up the slack and now reagan worshippers like chris christie and scott walker find themselves in positions of power around the country and they want to further expand private education until it completely replaces public education but we can't let them do it just like the new jersey supreme court stood up yesterday for the rights of students to have access to free public education we need to stand up and tell our lawmakers that we're tired of having our education of our kids outsourced to greedy c.e.o.'s are being forced to pay for other people's kids to go to church schools as jefferson warned the taxes we all pay to educate americans are far less than the consequences of not educating them at the cost of tyrants rising to power in an ignorant america let's keep the profiteers and the of banjul lists out of our schools. as the big picture for tonight for more information on the stories we covered visit our website to thom hartmann dot com and r t dot com also check out our youtube page at youtube dot com slash the big picture artsy and youtube dot com slash to

scott walker of wisconsin may try to place a recall effort over pension reform. >> to handle their pension, san for cisco decided to change the retirement age, from 62 years old to 65 years old. firefighters and police, the a's will increase from 55 years old to 58 years old. the city hopes to save $800 million over the next decade. now another area of the public sector dealing with budget issues. that is the schools. kron4 jeff bush joins us live here. this is one of many cities that see the budget process. >> that is right, this group has a lot of support a lot of people honking in support. basically we are processing the cuts to the schools. this group right you're on the corner in millbrae. there are more of them over there and they're not the only one, their goal is to fill the four corners with more people they have about 50 people caught protesting cuts to the schools. their parents, teachers, students, you can see that they are carrying the signs, the signs say cut her kids and fight for our schools. >> new on kron4 news at 5:00 p.m.. we show you how fast gasoline prices drop. we t

the law, championed by republican governor scott walker was passed in march despite massive protests. the court ruled that republicans in the state senate violated wisconsin's open meeting law. >>> the supreme court has ruled that states have the right to shut down businesses that knowingly employ illegal immigrants. the court upheld a 2007 arizona law rejecting arguments that control over illegal immigration is solely a federal responsibility. >>> the last of three men blamed for instigating ethnic cleansing during the bosnian war will face charges on genocide. ratko mladic is accused of massacre of 18,000 boys and men in serbia. >>> two astronauts are taking the final walk on the fourth walk of this next to last mission, astronauts are installing an extension pole on the space station, officially ending its construction. no walk is scheduled for the final shuttle mission. >> and now here's an early look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 12,402 after adding 8 points yesterday. the s&p was up 5 points. the nasdaq rose 21. taking a look at overseas trading this

[ cheers and applause ] >> those were the protests in wisconsin when governor scott walker proposed aot passed and signed into law today. a judge struck down that law, jeff. tell us about this ruling. >> well, some people might say it's a technicality. at the time, the democrats were saying to the republicans who were intent on passing this bill, you're violating the public record -- the public records act, the public access act. it was passed anyway today. a judge in madison said the law violated the public -- public access, public records acts. it's now off the books, we'll see whether an appeal goes forward and whether the supreme court gets involved. >> sounds like mayhem awaits us, always good fun for us but maybe not the citizens of wisconsin. >> we are pro-mayhem. >> senator mary lasik voted for the bill. she joins us, welcome for chatting with us. >> thank you. thank you for having me. >> let me ask you this -- as you heard jeff say, and you probably know better than we do -- at one level the judge has struck the bill down because of a technicality. when it was voted out of th

politicians like john kasich and scott walker campaigned promising to do something about jobs only to reveal when they took office that their jobs agenda was to make them disappear. but the real passion, their real passion was for eliminating the rights of working people. and destroying their unions who are standing in their way of their agenda. and in response working people took to the streets. on april 4th under the banner of "we are one," we came together all across america, and then we did so again on may 1st when we stood together with our immigrant brothers and sisters saying again that we are truly one. in signs all across the rotunda in wisconsin's statehouse, we proclaimed that we were there to defend the principle that in america we look out after each other. and one of the people who was there is here with us today. and i'd like to introduce him. alex hannah is a graduate assistant at the university of wisconsin madison and a co-president of the teachers' assistance association of the american federation of teachers. stand up, please, alex. [applause] now, alex stood up fo

serbian polydrug sweatshirt it's six o'clock to six three win against polish one of our little scott walker which cruising into the third round part of the season at the light and the second he could see thrown two time defending champion rough on the last of the top of the men's rankings after the tournament off of egypt needs to seal off his seventh straight title this year and also have been exhausting bills before the semifinals turned on the ladies' side of the draw teenager and if the fear of the changeover was trying to reassure her back in one thousand three hundred a close fourth straight sets win obviously the euro chevon. do i thought he were defending champions the czech republic are preparing to take on the olympic silver medalist the usa in the quarter finals of the all championships in slovakia for the game for the better coulthard said is he will go all out to extend their eleven game winning streak in the second quarter final sweden to play germany these two played for third place in the last world championships and then the swedish t.v. took the bronze with a three one vic

the koch brothers are behind the tea party they're behind climate change deniers they're behind scott walker's union busting efforts you name the right wing cause the koch brothers are more than likely to have thrown a few million bucks at so indoctrinating students in college seems like the next logical step for these guys now there's there's a piece to this that's really worth thinking about look around the room that you're sitting in right now not not just of the t.v. set you might be watching or the computer or whatever but you know look at the furniture look at the windows look at the other the other items the pieces of you know electronics computers everything you see right down to the walls of the building everything you see are pretty much everything you see started as an idea in someone's mind that's the power of ideas. ideas have been have have had tariff reform the planet changed the way that we interact with things change the way that we live in a very real way every culture and nation in history started as an idea everything started as an idea ideas are at the core of absolutely e

this really doma i don't support that law and i think that i think that you know whether it's scott walker in wisconsin or president obama if an executive believes that was unconstitutional then they have an obligation not to defend it because they have an obligation to uphold the constitution when they take care of that but i think it seems to me that a lot of these guys are just taking gratuitous shots. you know install it makes this historically we've had groups that. you know have been the victims of the demagogues basically and and you know we over the last decade you know the jury falwell era you know it was gays i mean you know gays are responsible for nine eleven and now it's also muslims right so it's well well i don't think i don't think that it's just republicans or just democrats who pander to one community or another but it's how actually it largely is partisan and also most democrats are lining up behind gay rights most republicans are are saying no way i think. you're seeing most republicans now focused on fixing government you see the leadership on the hill you know paul ry

of this cancer after busting up a state employee unions in the name of ronald reagan governor scott walker's republicans in wisconsin are now telling college students they can't vote anymore just like reagan killed free public college education in california when he was governor there and there's a constitutional battle underway in michigan where the benton harbor city council rules of that governor rick snyder's financial manager or dictator brought in to break up the unions fire local elected officials and sell the city off to republicans and corporations or republican cronies is unconstitutional unfortunately their ruling isn't going to go very far since governor snyder has already stripped them of their powers and this cancer is also infecting new jersey georgia florida. pennsylvania maine south carolina kansas and arizona all states where republicans are setting fire to government preprogrammed that heal us educate us and keep us safe in order to give away billions in tax cuts for millionaires billionaires and transnational corporations this was reagan's ideal vision a nation where the

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i think the scott walkers, the john kay sick, even chris christie learned something from him. >> schieffer: why do you think he decided not to run? >> you have to ask him. he's been a very formidable competitor. i thought he would be in the frontrunners from day one if he had decided to run. >> schieffer: let's talk about your campaign. we kind of laid it out there. you began your campaign last week on "meet the press" with what i have to say was withering criticism of the plan passed by the republican house to replace medicare with government subsidized private insurance. you heard them. you've heard them all week. republicans from rush limbaugh to governor nikki haley of south carolina to paul ryan himself cried foul. then you backed off and said you made a mistake. but you sounded pretty certain. i just want to go back and let's listen to what you said last week. >> do you think that republicans ought to buck the public opposition and really move forward to completely change medicare, turn it into a voucher program where you give seniors some premium support and so that they can go out

people because it's because of the democratic party defeated the people get a fair share of a base scott walker in wisconsin just flipped out right and in one hundred fifty six this is what the republican party's platform under the leadership of delight eisenhower said about labor workers have benefited by the progress which has been made in carrying out the programs and principles set forth in the one nine hundred fifty two republican platform all workers again and unions have grown in strength and responsibility and have increased their membership by two millions this is the republican platform keep in mind furthermore the process of free collective bargaining has been strengthened by the insistence of this administration that labor and management subtler differences of the party table this policy has brought to our country an unprecedented period of labor management peace and understanding end of quote from the republican party's official platform in the one nine hundred fifty six election under the truman and eisenhower administrations nearly a third of all private sector workers in america

scott walker would give a martin luther king day speech hailing dr. the same time he drafted a bill to take away the collective bargaining rights for sanitation workers in wisconsin. the ultimate goal of those to blame workers for wall street's economic crisis is to unravel the fabric of our common life and pursuit -- in pursuit of power. this environment, working people and their unions must do more. morgan does protect our right to voice -- more than just protect our rights to a voice in our nation. we must also raise our voice to win a better future for all people, every last one of them. here in america and around the globe. here is what will be doing. we will use that voice to end the scott walker agenda as a viable political strategy by winning recall elections in wisconsin and citizen at the toes of destructive legislation and other states and retake the state out. [applause] then they will spend the summer holding be elected leaders in congress accountable to one measure. are you improving, or are you degrading life for working families? we ar

it will simply not be enough to beat back the scott walkers and the john kasichs. america's economic fate depends on us coming together to educate our children, who invest in our infrastructure, to face the threat of climate change, and to reverse the economic inequality that threatens our future. let me be specific. unemployment stands at 9%. underemployment is that 16%. housing prices are falling, and foreclosures remain at historic highs. economic growth is hovering at around 2% annually, not enough to put a dent in unemployment, especially as tax cuts expire and as the recovery act wind down and state and local governments to gear up for more it deep cuts. yet, instead of having a national conversation about putting america back to work to build the future, the debate here in washington is about how fast we can destroy the fabric of our country, about breaking the promises that we made to our parents and our grandparents. now understand, at the paul ryan budget destroys jobs. it destroys almost all the jobs created during the recovery so far. it gets medicare.

wall and fund them anyway through voucher programs is going down in wisconsin where governor scott walker's slashing nine hundred million dollars out of his education budget and adding seven hundred fifty million dollars to the school voucher program and also a new jersey governor chris christie cut two hundred or eight hundred twenty million dollars out of his education budget last year then created an eight hundred twenty five million dollars school voucher program last year and that's just to name a few here to explain how the scam works and what it means for the future of public education in america is the giuliani reporter and blogger extraordinary at think progress welcome back thanks for having me what does how does this work exactly federal funds going to fund religious schools you know what happened to thomas jefferson's wall of separation well that's exactly where this go about your movement came from a one point american history of the twentieth century a lot of religious conservative americans said that you know we want tax dollars going to religious schools we want our kids in

it it's called and in a recession resident in the banks are subject to the president criticize scott walker of wisconsin when he was cracking down on teachers union just a month ago and said that he was assaulting them and that he was vilified the teachers union and why hasn't the president said anything about massachusetts why hasn't the president said anything because it's a garbage issue because it's not a game to hear him say well it is an issue for teachers it is need it is it's not it was it is you're not understanding why it's one with an education in the law and get i don't got denmark and sweden and singapore and these other here this is not that i'm not coming out of the lobbying is education country rote learning where and then the teachers are all you know nies and they get really good going out it's we're not going to resolve this issue i think we're going to we're going to agree to disagree we need and it was reported this week the back in two thousand and eight well all of our charles koch one of the billionaire koch brothers wrote a big fat check to florida state university

it will simply not be enough to and back the scott walker's others. america oppose the economic fate depends of us coming together to invest in our infrastructure and face the threat of climate change and reverse the economic inequality that threatens our future. let me be specific. unemployment stands at 9%. underemployment is that 16%. housing prices are falling and foreclosures remain at historic highs. economic growth is hovering around 2% annually, but of to put a dent in unemployment especially has tax cuts expire and state in local governments gear up for more deep cuts. is that of having a national conversation about putting america back to work to build the future, the debate here in washington is about how fast we can destroy the fabric of our country, about breaking the promise is that we made it to our parents and grandparents. understand that the rise in budget destroys jobs. it destroys almost all of the jobs created during the recovery so far. in a tax social security. in the one piece of retirement security system that actually works.

we got to make some change. >> you mentioned scott walker. what is the situation in wisconsin mean to you? wisconsin, virginia, very different states, but what does the experience we've been watching in wisconsin mean to you? >> it means that there really are big battles in the country between the left and the rght. and for there to be significant results gained and restoring fiscal responsibility at both the state and federal level don't have to be some very tough battles. and there were two issues really in wisconsin. one was the walker budget to address the $3.7 billion deficit similar to what had in virginia, and i think largely the citizens were with him. they got it he was very clear. i'm reducing the budget without raising taxes. we'll find a way to get this done. the bigger battle obviously was the public sector collective bargaining. and all of you are well versed in what happened there. we did that 18 years ago in virginia before i got there. actually governor wilder, democrat governor, signed that bill in virginia. so we have long

with governor scott walker we are ready to change that. [applause] i can tell you as chairman of the party you have always done a great job of sending us the best and the brightest into our state, assisting efforts in wisconsin, making sure we can do everything we can do to help run our elections fairly and as accurately as possible. ronald reagan obviously is your honoree for your meeting. he charmed us with his few -- humor and blessed us with his leadership. my task as chairman of this party is to help elect a republican president who shares ronald reagan's vision of an america that removes government's intrusive obstacles to opportunity. and america built on principle and purpose. and america that is strong, safe and free. that is the america of ronald reagan created. and i fear that is the america we are losing with each passing day under our president, barack obama. [applause] that is what i want to talk about today. there is no doubt about it. the president is a gifted politician. but good politics do not inherently yield good polic

. >> just like wisconsin we have governor scott walker. it looks like in san jose you have mayor chuck reid and he is trying to make public employees the scapegoat for the city's financial problems. >> reid's proposal has gained national attention as the so- called nuclear option, a drastic plain to gain leverage over the unions by treating the $1,115,000,000 a federal a natural disaster. >> this is more than a bad budget year. we are facing a tsunami and it is time to sound the alarm and move out of the way of the tsunami. >> reporter: beyond that reid had little to say about that. >> people are losing their jobs and services are being reduced. he is probably not aware to that. he is welcome to san jose and we love to have visitors and i hope he spent a lot of money until the hotels. >> reporter: the council will put off the vote until june 21st. the challenges to the mayor's plan have already started including one call to the state attorney general to investigate. this is len ramirez, cbs 5. >>> san francisco is also taking on pension re

but with our new governor, scott walker, i think we are ready to change that. you have always done -- [applause] i can tell you, as chairman of the party, you've always done a great job of sending us the best and brightest into our state, assisting efforts in wisconsin, making sure that we can do everything we can possibly do to run our election as fairly as possible. ronald reagan obviously is your honor read today for your meeting. he charmed us with his humor, and he blessed us with his leadership. my goal is to help elect a republican president to shares ronald reagan's vision that removes the of truce of obstacles to opportunity, and america built on principle and purpose, something that is free. that is the america ronald reagan created, and i fear that is the america we are losing with each passing day under a president, barack obama. that is what i want to talk to you about a little bit today. there is no doubt about it, the president is a gifted politician, but good politics do not inherently good policies. good speeches do not create good jobs, and wi

. >>> delivering a blow to wisconsin governor scott walker.ersial law has been struck down. it restricts collective bargaining. the supreme court ruled it violates the state's open meetings law and failed to provide the public enough notice before passing the measure. the ruling renders the law void but this decision is not the end to the legal fight. the state supreme court is scheduled to hear arguments in june to determine whether it will consider the case. >>> many young adults may look healthy but they could be walking around with high blood pressure and not even know it. our dr. sanjay gupta looks at what's behind this increase. that story is next. >>> many young adults may have high blood pressure and they don't even know about it. a new study finds nearly 20% of young adults suffer from higher blood pressure. the number is much higher than previously thought. our chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta explains why it is vital for young people to improve their health. >> randi, this study is unique, the first of its kind really to

apparently we're doing something right because guys like scott walker, his ratings in his own state have fallen like a big rock in a small pond. they think he is going too far. >> someone says i didn't hear the word obama in your prepared remarks. doesn't the president warrant at least an honorable mention? [laughter] >> i was talking about people that are off on the wrong course. so of course i wouldn't mention him. i think that the president has done a good job. i think his skill has been limited either in because he was too low on things in the fixing or because the republicans have prevented him from -- but if you look at the framework that he has tried to lay out for getting the economy back on track, i think he has the right framework, to create jobs, to rebuild our infrastructure, to give aid to state and local governments so they don't lose it. to get money back into the hands of small business and medium size business through loans these big banks are not giving out. i think that is a step in the right direction. i think the scale hasn't been there. and we'll work on that. >> of

. >> it's going to be a court battle, and if ike is not careful, he could end up being the scott walkermery county. and this is strange because he has such a great working relationship and endorsements from labor unions. i guess the position that confuses me is that you negotiate these pension agreements, you negotiate for collective bargaining, and then you turn around and say, i'm sorry. what we negotiated doesn't work. no union is going to go for that. i think, quite honestly, he's going to be forced, bothered by the courts to live up to the negotiated agreement. >> from the community standpoint, i should say from a public standpoint, when you talk about recommending a budget cut and benefits for police and police officers, i don't know how well that seems with not only unions but people out in the streets. >> their families will be shorter. exactly. i think he's got a big battle here. i'm somewhat surprised because i remember being in madison, wisconsin, there was a county executive who happened to be a union official at one point in time, and she very successfully negotiated her de

mississippi haley barbour, and even wisconsin's scott walker and congressman paul ryan. but everyone says here that his wife, cheri daniels, is critical that his decision on whether to get into this race, she's kind of been a reluctant first lady. she does not like politics. and as an example, an indication of how pivotal she is to this decision, former first lady laura bush, cbs news can now confirm, personally called cheri daniels to offer her encouragement, give her some advice on what her role on a campaign and possibly in the white house might be. jeff? >> meanwhile, jan, can we talk quickly about mitt romney. because he's got this delicate dance, as you know. he spoke yesterday, he supported health care reform in massachusetts but he's against the president's health care reform. is there any way this issue doesn't stay with him this whole race? >> well, i mean, we saw prominent conservatives yesterday saying that he just cannot put this behind him. he can't distance himself from the president's plan. he is saying that his plan is different. let's take a listen to w

because scott walker, i mean he was adamant about the law being important to the economy of his stateting thing, carol. there are now recall movements for three of the republican state senators. they are reading the tea leaves. the upstate vote in new york state, the congressional race, which is saying to the republican party back off a little bit, you misunderstood perhaps the results of last november's election. the anti-union vote that this triggered in the state senate has -- the response has been overwhelmingly negative within the state of wisconsin. and people are saying, frankly, as i asked of the republican senators on our show over and over again, i said, look, they have given you all the money back that you want. why are you taking away their right to negotiate? so the issue of their negotiating rights is a very different issue than the issue of whether or not they should be paid a lot or a little or how big their pension should be. and so the political dynamic in wisconsin is different. rick scott is nowhere near as popular as he was when he had just been elected. so it may

but with our new governor, scott walker, i think we are ready to change that. we've always done -- [applause] i can tell you as chairman of the party, you've always done a great job of sending us the best and brightest in to our state, assisting efforts in wisconsin, making sure that we can do everything we possibly can do to help run n-word elections fairly and as accurately as possible. ronald reagan obviously as your honor you today for your meeting charmed us with his humor and blessed us with his leadership. my task as the chairman of this party is to help elect a republican president who shares ronald reagan's vision of an america that removes the government's interests of obstacles to opportunity, in america built on principle and purpose, america that is strong, safe and free. that is the america that ronald reagan created. and i fear that is the america we are losing with each passing day under our president, barack obama. and that's what -- [applause] and that's what i want to talk to you a little bit about today. there is no doubt about it, the presi

scott. >>> dog walkers are dealing with the business equivalent of a choke collar.hat story coming up next. >>> and a live look from our chopper up in the north bay. we've got some big slowing coming into the city approaching that beautiful golden gate bridge. i'll explain what's going on and when we expect that to get a little relief coming up. >>> all right. it's 6:25 right now. we have some slowing in san rafael that i want to talk about first. we'll take you right out to the chopper shot. we just missed all the activity second ago. we saw a caltrans crew picking up cones there. there you go, that car at the bottom of the screen was stalled in the roadway. these guys jumped off of their trucks, stopped picking up the cones, pushed the car out of the way. now they're getting back onto their truck and will continue to clear the roadway of these cones and this sign. that's been causing all the slowdown so double duty by those folks at caltrans, another reason to appreciate all the work that they do. they just saved much of that morning commute from the north bay. we

host: give your impressions on scott walker and the recall election. guest: it is going to be very interesting. they have basically been a cultural. this puts a big fisher with your blue-collar union workers and sympathizers. for the record, mass. the did something similar without a scratch. it was more collaborative and less confrontational. wiscsin did not have collective bargaining for public employees until 1959. for the first time, they come in and reward their base. in virginia, we do not have collective bargaining for any public employees. federal employees have fewer rights and collective bargaining. if it is such an outrage, the president and congress can try to change it. it is not what you do but how you do it. they were itching for a fight, and it is going to be bloody. host: are you done with electoral politics? guest: i am done with electoral politics. it is going to be an interesting ra. they have some solid attributes ansome solid bases. allen's oblem is going to be northern virginia. in a presidential year turnout, the turnout is going

host: give your impressions on scott walker and the recall election. guest: it is going to be very interesting. they have basically been a cultural. this puts a big fisher with your blue-collar union workers and sympathizers. for the record, mass. the did something similar without a scratch. it was more collaborative and less confrontational. wisconsin did not have collective bargaining for public employees until 1959. for the first time, they come in and reward their base. in virginia, we do not have collective bargaining for any public employees. federal employees have fewer rights and collective bargaining. if it is such an outrage, the president and congress can try to change it. it is not what you do but how you do it. they were itching for a fight, and it is going to be bloody. host: are you done with electoral politics? guest: i am done with electoral politics. it is going to be an interesting race. they have some solid attributes and some solid bases. allen's problem is going to be northern virginia. in a presidential year turnout, the turnout

but with our new governor, scott walker, i think we're ready to change that.an tell you as chairman of the party, you've always done a great job of sending us the best and the brightest into our state, assisting efforts in wisconsin, making sure that we can do everything that we possibly could do to help run our elections fairly and as accurately as possible. ronald reagan obviously is your honoree today for your meeting. he charmed us with his humor and blessed us with his leadership. my task as chairman of that party is to help elect a republican president who shares ronald reagan's vision, his vision of an america that removes the government's intrusive obstacles to community, and america build on principal and purpose and an american that is strong, safe, and free. that is the america ronald reagan created. and i fear that is the america that we are losing with each passing day under our president barack obama. [applause] >> that's what i want to talk to you a little bit about today. there's no doubt about it, the president is a gifted politician. but good

wisconsin because there's a test case of how bad elections can be run, but with our new governor scott walker, i think we're ready to change that. you've always done -- [applause] i can tell you as chairman of the party, you've always done a great job of sending us the best and the brightest into our state assisting efforts in wisconsin, making sure that we can do everything that we possibly could do to help run our elections as fairly and as accurately as possible. ronald reagan obviously is your honoree for your meeting. he charmed us with his humor and blessed us with his leadership. my task as chairman of this party is to help elect a republican president who shares ronald reagan's vision, his vision of an america that removes the government's intrusive obstacles to opportunity, an america built on principle and purpose, an america that is strong, safe, and free. that is the america ronald reagan created, and i fear that is the america we're losing with each passing day under our president barak obama, and that's what -- [applause] and that's what i want to talk to you a little bit about

talk to scott walker and several governors who said give us the freedom and flexibility because we will make the work better. right now we are having problems with this program. on medicare it comes down to this. it is the biggest driver of our debt in the future. it has tens of trillion of dollars of unfunded liability. the status quo is the enemy of medicare. that means collapse. does the money go to the government and come down through price controls and rationing care? we have a board of 15 people making these decisions. or the money goes through the individual. more for the 4, more for the wealthy and give them power to the marketplace to have competition. do you want to centrally planned system or do you want a system where the providers, doctors and hospitals and insurance companies compete against each other for our business. to make that work you make sure the person is powerful. they have money and they have rights to clean up our insurance laws and medicare reform proposal, medicare does negotiating with insurance companies. medicare sets of guaranteed coverage options from w

brand in the state of wisconsin has been so destroyed by what scott walker did that you have the reagan democrats essentially ready to come home recognizing that this is why they were democrats in the first place, so i actually think there is a better opportunity this cycle for democrats, particularly if we have a strong candidate to hold on to that seat, than you might have seen in other years. >> and cheri jacobus, you have senator lugar who is seeking another term for the first time since 1976, challenged in his own primary. he is 79 years old, running on moderation in immoderate times, is the front page below the full story in the "new york times." guest: we're still having these fights with tea party candidates and others making things difficult. but interesting, and that is a democracy. i imagine it will still have an impact in 2012 as it did in the last election. there will be very positive things that come from the tea party -- it's not a party, obviously, but the tea party folks, i guess, as we call them, the tea party voters -- and we're going to lose some. i think it makes it

brand in the state of wisconsin has been so destroyed by what scott walker did that you have the reagan democrats essentially ready to come home recognizing that this is why they were democrats in the first place, so i actually think there is a better opportunity this cycle for democrats, particularly if we have a strong candidate to hold on to that seat, than you might have seen in other years. >> and cheri jacobus, you have senator lugar who is seeking another term for the first time since 1976, challenged in his own primary. he is 79 years old, running on moderation in immoderate times, is the front page below the full story in the "new york times." guest: we're still having these fights with tea party candidates and others making things difficult. but interesting, and that is a democracy. i imagine it will still have an impact in 2012 as it did in the last election. there will be very positive things that come from the tea party -- it's not a party, obviously, but the tea party folks, i guess, as we call them, the tea party voters -- and we're going to lose some. i think it makes it

host: give your impressions on scott walker and the recall election. guest: it is goi to be very interesting. they have basically been a cultural. this puts a big fisher with your blue-collar union workers and sympathizers. for the record, mass. the did something similar without a scratch. it was more collaborative and less confrontational. wisconsin did not have collective bargaining forublic employees until 1959. for the first time, they come in and reward their base. in virginia, we do not have collective bargaining for any public employees. federal employees have fewer rights and collective bargaining. if it is such an outrage, the president and congress can try to change it. it is not what you do but how you do it. they were itching for a fight, and it is going to be bloody. host: are you done with electoral politics? guest: i am done with electoral politics. it is going to be an interesting race. they have some solid attributes and some solid bases. allen's problem is going to be northern virginia. in a presidential year turnout, the turnout is g

host: give your impressions on scott walker and the recall election. guest: it is going to be very interesting. they have basically been a cultural. this puts a big fisher with your blue-collar union workers and sympathizers. for the record, mass. the did something similar without a scratch. it was more collaborative and less confrontational. wisconsin did not have collective bargaining for public employees until 1959. for the first time, they come in and reward their base. in virginia, we do not have collective bargaining for any public employees. federal employees have fewer rights and collective bargaining. if it is such an outrage, the president and congress can try to change it. it is not what you do but how you do it. they were itching for a fight, and it is going to be bloody. host: are you done with electoral politics? guest: i am done with electoral politics. it is going to be an interesting race. they have some solid attributes and some solid bases. allen's problem is going to be northern virginia. in a presidential year turnout, the turnout

scott in governor walker will support them. everyone says we will not support them.ry year about the wetback operation? it can be done. host: "the washington post" lead today -- "cia will search bin laden complex." also, we mentioned congress extended the patriot act. the president is at the g-8 summit right now. "the washington post" says he has directed aides to have the bill signed by auto-pen. from japan, a japanese professor offers assessment that the meltdown began five hours after the earthquake. about 11 hours later, all of the uranium fuel was at the bottom of the injured containment -- inner containment. host: and we have pensacola, florida. james, an independent. good morning. please hit the mute button on your tv. caller: yes, i will do that. what i would like to explain, first and foremost, is that the driver's licenses in all 50 states are not uniform. in florida, are driver's license number starts with the first letter of our last name and then it has a series of three numbers, then a dash, then a series of three numbers, then a dash, and then two year