even though the impromptu protesters' village that has occupied the statehouse for nearly two weeks was slowly dismantled, the peaceful nature of these extended protests, backed by the stubborn holdout of those senate democrats had this assemblyman saying what the math says is still unlikely. >> we are winning. >> reporter: well, governor walker delivers his budget message tomorrow afternoon at 4:00. he says if his bill is not voted on or approved by then, as many as 1,500 state workers will get layoff notices starting this week. brian? >> mike taibbi in wisconsin, thanks. >>> also in the midwest tonight a lot of cleaning up after a night of violent weather. tornadoes were reported from oklahoma to ohio. lots of damage in kentucky including roofs torn off houses. ice, hail and rain fell across a big area. flooding is a problem from indiana to pennsylvania now. and that system is now stretching, as you see, from the gulf coast churning all the way up through new york with high winds, heavy rain, potential tornado conditions, a lot of ruined travel plans along the east coast from hartsfie

at the statehouse on jackson street, there was an issue as far as overcrowding or possible overcrowding. we had another situation at the rec room, he

. >>> california may have a special election in june if the statehouse agrees to it. oakland wants to take an item on to the special ballot. the city is facing a $46 million budget deficit. mayor jean quan wants to ask for a temporary parcel tax to cover city costs. last night five city council members agreed to place the proposed tax on the june ballot if we end up having a june ballot. the governor has to get that idea past lawmakers in sacramento. >>> in east contra costa county fire districts will be asking voters to pay $96 more each year for fire and rescue. a consultant says that would generate $4 million a year. the east contra costa county fire district figures it will be broke by the end of the nest fiscal year. >>> music teachers could be singing the blues in mount diablo district if they go ahead with costs. the school board will discuss laying off librarians and music teachers to save them $22 million. now the board is covering its bets. trustees are expecting the governor's proposed tax extensions won't make it to the june ballot or will fail. 180 creden

." >>> that budget stalemate at the wisconsin statehouse appears to be over this morning. but a new controversy, of course, is just beginning. republicans actually passed a bill, now, stripping workers of their right to bargain. >> after the vote, protesters came into the capitol building. they are vowing to stay until the senate votes on the bill today. here's brendan conway, from our milwaukee station. >> reporter: senate republicans introduced a modified budget bill, separating the collective bargaining measure from the rest of the governor's cuts. during a conference committee, republicans announced their plan to move forward, with restrictions on collective bargaining. >> excuse me. there's a question. the rules are being violated. >> reporter: assembly minority leader, the only democrat in the room, objectioned a number of times. saying the republicans were violating the open meeting law. but minutes after the meeting started, the five-person committee voted. >> chairman, this is a violation of law. >> reporter: moments after the bill passed in committee, senators me

today a judge in wisconsin is expected to decide whether to keep the statehouse open to the public during the standoff over union rights. >>> yeah, you lose those parking spaces, that is a game changer! [ laughter ] >> hey, folks, if you are headed out today. we are seeing some showers outside. most of that just some scattered light stuff. let's take new for a closer look along the peninsula as we zoom way in you see burlingame here. they are seeing some light showers here, maybe sliding into parts of san mateo as we head in toward the next few minutes. so this is what we are going to see throughout the day. some light scattered showers showing up not a real rainout, not a washout around the bay area but got plenty of cloud and we'll see sunny breaks in between but heading out this morning, plan on a couple of showers, too. toward the afternoon, partly cloudy skies, a few more breaks of sunshine. temperatures not all that bad. 50s and low 60s toward the afternoon. not a complete washout around the bay area today but we have the moist low moving in off the pacific here all that moisture su

. >>> an illegal hospital operating out of a california town statehouse closed. san gabriel city officials busted the makeshift maternity ward this month. they found 10 newborns being cared for in what used to be a kitchen. they say a dozen chinese mothers came to america to give birth so their children could get citizenship and access to public education. neighbors always wondered why the pregnant women filled the townhome, walked the neighborhood and disappeared after their babies were born. >> they just seemed to not know where they're going. >> reporter: what do you mean? >> they just wandered. they would walk back and forth and back and forth and then cars would pick them up and take them away. >> the owner of the building denies any wrongdoing. he was fined $800. >>> 4:56. your eyes aren't playing tricks on you. more and more women are going gray at a younger age. the daily mail reports that 32% of british women under the age of 30 have gray hair. that is up 14% from two decades ago. many are blaming their changing hair color on stress and their husbands --

bargaining rights from three hundred fifty thousand workers there i know this is headed to the statehouse the governor has said he would sign it what's your position on all this well i'm absolutely opposed to any attempt to take away collective bargaining rights from public workers or any workers it's an inherent right of democratic society people should have the right to be able to negotiate for their wages for their working conditions and for their benefit and the minute that you take that away from people the minute you say the state says you'll earn what i say you'll work under these conditions these are your benefits that changes the nature of the relationship and changes to something that is profoundly anti-democratic we're seeing this going on at the state level in your state in wisconsin i wondering you know you're here in washington what's the discussion with you and other colleagues in terms of how this plays out in terms of you know this deficit that we're in people's keep saying these these greedy union members they just want more money but we're too strapped right now what do

was elected on the platform of bringing wisconsin's fiscal house in order, not ju at but in the statehouse and in the state senate 60% of them got elected as republicans on this atrm he is instantly now a national fire because he not only won this battle, but the lesson of mitch daniels is he did th x years ago we eliminated most collective bargaining for government unions. six years ago, indiana was in a ames mitch daniels has turned that state around. he restored the balance between the government sector unions and the private sector. e xper is a huge victory for taxpayers as well -- taxpayers in indiana got protected, and mitch daniels soared to 60% approv and got reelected. >> is walker's victory a defeat for obama? >>i think that is a very strange and washington way to look at it. number one, ask me four years if he's won. his poll numbers are down. enrage a large union, he went from being popular to beg unpopular. i think democrats won a big victory with health care but it didn't help them in the next election and it's likely walker anthrepublicans in wisconsin will find similar. thi

a surprise vote by wisconsin's senate republicans drawing a big crowd of protestors at the statehouse> a wisconsin assembly expected to vote this morning on the bill passed by the state senate yesterday. democratic state senators had fled the state to try to keep the vote from happening. but republicans took the spending measures out of the proposal that eliminated the need for any democrats to vote. >>> how to prevent bullying, the subject of a conference led by the president and first lady. students, parents and teachers will gather at the white house to bring together communities that have been affected by bullying and people who are already addressing that problem. >>> there could be an added benefit in your morning cup of coffee. a new study finds that women who have more than one cup of coffee a day are less likely to have a stroke. researchers looked at more than 34,000 women over 10 years and those who had multiple cups of coffee every day but no more than five -- [ laughter ] >> -- lowered the risk of stroke by 22 to 25%. >> knocking down two cups? >> i'm on three. four will

more than 12,000 off-duty and retired police officers and firefighters gathered outside the statehouse today. they rallied in opposition to governor chris christie's proposed changes to pensions and benefits for many public workers. in ohio yesterday, workers gathered as the republican controlled state senate passed a measure that would restrict the collective bargaining rights of all unions. known as "senate bill 5", it would restrict the collective bargaining rights of roughly 350,000 teachers, university professors, firefighters, police officers, and other public employees. the bill would ban strikes by public workers and penalize those who participate in walkouts. automatic pay raises would disappear and future wage increases would be based on merit, not seniority. unionized workers could not negotiate on health care, sick time, or pension benefits. it's one of a number of measures backed by republican governors in several states that challenge the very notion of traditional bargaining with public sector unions. ohio governor john kasich praised the vote, which still must be approv

the protest has drown thousands of protestors in recent weeks, it now goes to the statehouse where republicans in the majority. thousands of supporters of zimbabwe's president robert mugabe rallied today against economic sanctions imposed on their country. trucks and buses brought the mugabe supporters to an open field on the outskirts of harare. mugabe addressed the rally, and threatened to seize foreign businesses as retaliation. the sanctions target mugabe and his party leaders over human rights abuses. pope benedict the sixteenth has now proclaimed in a new book that the jewish people were not to blame for the death of jesus. the vatican officially adopted that position in 1965. in his book "jesus of nazareth, part two" benedict makes his own case by asking, "how could the whole people have been present at this moment of the crucifixion to clamor for jesus's death?" a holocaust survivors group said today the pope's statement helps, by confirming that view for a new generation of catholics. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to judy. >> woodruff: and to a much anticipated

i was told by both my colleagues in the statehouse and senate, that i was going to be one of those two seats and indeed i was. my home was put into a district that was well over 70% democratic in registration. and against a 20 or 22-year democratic incumbent who eventually decided that he wasn't up for a challenge of running against me for some reason and ended up winning that race again. not a good election year. clinton won my dtrict. george bush only got 29% of my district. i was able to win, and decided to turn at into a senate race in 1994. >> we have elected presidents who have been in the senate or governor, you have not had any executive experience. >> we have had folks that only had legislative experience, guys like abraham lincoln, they did a good job in taking op that responsibility. you scombruft have to look at the person, their leadership qualities, their character they are ability to paint a vision for the country and lead, and articulate that vision. so you have to look at the people you are surrounded with, the history of that person, and theiability to be able to work

i was told by both my colleagues in the statehouse and senate, that i was going to be one of those two seats and indeed i was. my home was put into a district that was well over 70% democratic in registration. and against a 20 or 22-year democratic incumbent who eventually decided that he wasn't up for a challenge of running against me for some reason and ended up winning that race again. not a good election year. clinton won my district. george bush only got 29% of my district. i was able to win, and decided to turn that into a senate race in 1994. >> we have elected presidents who have been in the senate or governor, you have not had any executive experience. >> we have had folks that only had legislative experience, guys like abraham lincoln, they did a good job in taking op that responsibility. you scombruft have to look at the person, their leadership qualities, their character. they are ability to paint a vision for the country and lead, and articulate that vision. so you have to look at the people you are surrounded with, the history of that person, and their ability to be able

the first state of the state address before joint session of the alabama legislature from the old statehouse chamber in montgomery. this is 40 minutes. >> the first joint section -- joint session of the 2011 alabama legislature will now come to order. we are gathered to hear the state of the state address by his excellency, the governor of alabama, robert bentley. [applause] i present to the governor. [applause] >> good to see you. lieutenant governor, speaker, prident pro tem, distinguisd guests, my fellow public servants and my fellow alabama a great privilege that i join you hear in this chamber toark another milestone in our state's history. i am humbled tonight to be addressing this joint session as your governor. as i deliver my first stage of the state address, i do so with humility as a public servant, one who has been called to a great task. i thank you for sharing this moment with me tonight. as public servants, we are called to put others ahead of ourselves. i do not think you will find anyone with a bigger hearts and desire to serve others ban your first lady and my sweet wife, d

reblicans control a majority of the statehouses in the country. they gained a record number of state legislative seats in the midterm election. they realize that they have a real opportunity to check president obama's influence. it's not so much coming from speaker boehner and the republican leadership. host: what are the implications for 2012 and the elections? guest: the biggest names so far -- you have mitt romney and he made big news over the weekend. the one candidate running on that fiscal confidence platform is not a candidate yet, and that is governor mitch daniels. he has a record of restraining collective bargaining. he has a record ofaking on labor in the state. he is trying to get a major education reform bill passed. if he ran, he would be most in tune with the message from a lot of the republicans. host: this story in "the washington post" -- how much does his voice matter in a time when publican governors who are in office are grabbing a lot of headlines right w? guest: it matters. he is the front runner. he's the most prepared to r

it came after they cleared protesters out of the statehouse for the first time in 17 days. >>> a budget shortening the school week to four days. kids and teachers will have mondays off. 45 minutes will be added to the school days, tuesday through fridays. >>> overseas news this morning. new evidence of the toll the uprising in libya is taking on everyday people. long lines in the rebel-held eastern part of the country is evidence of the food shortage crisis there. and 200,000 people have fled to the borders. president obama has called for moammar gadhafi to step down for the first time. but gadhafi forces and rebel leaders are prepared for even more fighting. >>> and now, diane sawyer, with a crescendo in the "made in america" series for tonight's "world news." diane? >> so, juju, we've reached the end of the week. we have totally amazing ideas we're going to bring everyone tonight about "made in america" and keeping jobs right here on u.s. soil. you have to see these. you have to see these. we hope you have a great weekend. i'll see you tonight on "world news." >> and we will be watchi

house and the change in statehouses and state legislatures across the country.that when to happen again in 2012? they tune. that is so much the great part of the system of government is our ability to change directions if we have a problem. -- stay tuned. i know people down in louisiana have a different view of this government done so many others for the reason you point out. i sympathize with that. that is why i think we should utilize the resources we have right now in order to become less energy dependence because of the jobs it creates in national security issues. we will look forward to the 2012 elections. host: new york city. preston. caller: thank you for taking my call. i am always fascinated when people look to take jobs in an industry that is dead end. the oil reserves are down. it is more expensive to drill for oil in this country. we do not have an energy crisis, we have an oil crisis. we have plenty of energy. we have solar and wind and can do more with the electric. kohl? give me a break with coal and oil. -- coal? 2007 was the hottest year on reco

. >>> thousands of protesters stormed the wisconsin statehouse overnight, after republicans in the senateor most public workers. they did it as democrats were still awohl f still awol for the vote. the state assembly is expected to pass the bill. >>> in libya, moammar gadhafi is flexing his muscle near a key oil city. air strikes against rebel targets are intensifying this morning. the red cross has reported a dramatic rise in civilian casualties. >>> reports from britain say prince andrew and his mother, the queen, have discussed his relationship with an american businessman, who is a convicted pedophile. andrew's dealings with justin epstein have become an inconvenient distraction, just weeks before the upcoming royal wedding. >>> doctors are calling it outrageous. a drug taken every week by thousands of pregnant women to prevent premature birth, went up in price. way up. from $20 per shot to $1,500. that's because the government has given exclusive selling rights for the prescription form of progesterone to just one company. after hearing of the increase, one doctor said she was breath

>> reporter: just outside the statehouse, demonstrators continuing protesting his previous budget proposal that would strip bargaining rights from the public employees unions. >> for him to use dedicated public servants who clear our roads and take karp of our sick and teach our kids as poker chips is ridiculous. >> reporter: jon erpenbach is one of 14 minority democrat senators who ran to illinois two weeks ago to avoid a losing vote. they become heroes to protesters and now comes word, albeit from a republican, some may be ready took come home and concede. if and when wisconsin gets past its impasse, protests are under way in other states that are trying to balance budgets by curbing union power, including rhode island and ohio. 8,000 protesters showed up in columbia on tuesday ahoed of a vote by legislature there to outlaw strikes by public employees. but here, the gridlock continues. that is, until those democratic senators come back to allow for a vote. jeff? >> let's ask about that. any timetable right now as far as you know and when those democratic senators might return to wisconsi

i did a roundtable and a fiscal church right off statehouse square and the leaders of the church and some of the volunteers from the church where theyl ch are and they know thatt of mythe belief and i don't preh or where up my sleep byot christianity but they understand the bible talks a lot about poverty and a lot about fairness and equality and egalitarianism if you will, and for them to go workers on behalf of the richest people in our countryth and that is really what they are doing in the covers and the office and medicine and treatment other t places runs t counter least to my faith. i'm not going to judge their faith. they worship and they read what scripture they read, but when you looky at what my faith means and whether as i say i'm a lutheran, not a catholic you look at leo the 13th and what he said about what catholicism means for workers in fairness, you know it is point match, points that match. that clearly spoke definitively about this. t mr. president i said this on the floor today. it is a depiction of the canary and the birdcage. the canary died from lack of oxygen

republicans control a majority of the statehouses in the country.ined a record number of state legislative seats in the midterm election. they realize that they have a real opportunity to check president obama's influence. it's not so much coming from speaker boehner and the republican leadership. host: what are the implications for 2012 and the elections? guest: the biggest names so far -- you have mitt romney and he made big news over the weekend. the one candidate running on that fiscal confidence platform is not a candidate yet, and that is governor mitch daniels. he has a record of restraining collective bargaining. he has a record of taking on labor in the state. he is trying to get a major education reform bill passed. if he ran, he would be most in tune with the message from a lot of the republicans. host: this story in "the washington post" -- how much does his voice matter in a time when republican governors who are in office are grabbing a lot of headlines right now? guest: it matters. he is the front runner. he's the most prepared to run

truth is as our fiscal problems have become deeper, democrats in washington and many others in statehouses across the country have become increasingly less concerned about the consequences. look no further than the ongoing spending debate in which democrats have fought tooth and nail over a proposal to cut a few billion dollars at a time when we're borrowing about $4 billion a day and our national debt stands at $14 trillion. the president has -- the president has set the debate out entirely, and democrats have the nerve to call anyone who expresses concern an extremist. if you're wondering where the tea party came from, look no farther than that. mr. president, i yield the floor. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate will be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each, with the first hour equally divided and controlled between the two leaders or their designees, with the majority controlling the first 30 minutes and the republicans controlling the next 30 minutes. mrs. murray: mr. president? the presiding office

the vote came as union supporters protested the measure for a second day on the grounds of the statehouse in columbus. gop-sponsored bill passed the senate 17-16. six republicans voting against it. it now goes to the house in ohio where it is expected to pass and then to the best of republican governor john kasich, who is expected to sign it. ohio republicans revise the bill to restore collective bargaining on the issues of wages, hours, and certain conditions but also extended an existing ban on strikes to include teachers and a lot binding arbitration, giving the final say in contract disputes to government. that is from "washington journal" this morning. lead story of "the financial times" -- st. louis, missouri. james, on the independent line. talking about the supreme court decision about funeral protests and free-speech. caller: i wish you could have had margie on. i think the words she uses and her manner -- i hate when people put hate of religion. she mentions john the baptist. ok, talk about john baptist, but he was a follower of jesus and what would jesus do. he who is without s

it's under systematic assault in the statehouse is controlled by republican legislatures and republican governors and in this house of representatives controlled by the republicans. a systematic assault that goes beyond after the unions, after the workers, have agreed to give back furlough days, to give back health care benefits, pension benefits, they want more. they want their union, they want their rights in the workplace to be terminated. it's un-american. there's a reason, there's a reason we have collective bargaining in this country because we know that workers have a right -- should have a right to bond together to improve the workplace, to improve the working conditions, and when they do, those rights flow to the rest of middle class working families in this country and even the nonunion workplaces, those rights are there. that's how we achieved an eight-hour day. that's how we achieved vacation time. that's how we achieved health care. that's how we achieved overtime whether in the union or not. now they want to take away the rights of unions to organize in the workplace, the

confident that we will work together to restore the greatness that is that still radiates from this statehouse. thank you. [applause] >> on as to's "washington journal" we'll discuss public transportation with american public transportation association president william michigan ill -- -- millar. a look at the problem of bullying in schools with francisco negron. "washington journal" begins live at 7:00 a.m. eastern time on c-span. >> potential republican presidential contenders have been making stops in key primary states. this weekend on "road to the white house" michelle bachman at a fundraiser for the republican state committee sunday at 6:30 and 9:30 p.m. eastern and pacific. the libyan ambassadors to the u.s. and united nations today called for formal recognition of the newly formed national transitional council. this was hosted at the national press club in washington. >> in the name of god, the most compassionate, the most mercyful, the statement for libyans residing in the united states and canada. after more than 41 years, after living in one of the -- -- regimes in world, the libyan

i did a roundtable at an episcopal church right off statehouse square and some of the leaders of the church and volunteers of the church were there, and they know that part of my belief -- and i don't preach or wear on my sleeve my christianity, but they understand the bible talks a lot about poverty and a lot about fairness and equality and egalitarianism, if you will. and for them to go against workers on behalf of the richest people in our country -- and that's really what they're doing in the governor's office in columbus, in madison, in trenton and other places -- runs counter at least to my faith. i'm not going to judge their faith. they worship what god they worship and they read what scripture they read. but when you look at what -- what my faith means in whether -- i'm a lutheran, i'm not a catholic. but you look at leo xiii and what he said about what catholicism means for workers in fairness, you know, it's -- it's -- it's point match -- whatever, point, set, match. that clearly spoke very definitively about this. mr. president, i have said this before on the floor today,

i was told by both my colleagues in the statehouse and senate, that i was going to be one of those two seats, and indeed i was. my home was put into a district that was well over 70% democratic in registration against a 20 or 22-year democraticat incumbent who eventually decided that he wasn't up for the challenge of running against me for some reason, and ended up winning that race. again, not a great election year. bill clinton was elected president, clinton won myon m district, in fact, george bush only got 29% of my district. but i was able to win andwas decided to turn that into a senate race in the 1994. >> host: we have elected presidents who have been in the senate, we've elected presidents who have been governor. you've not had any executive h experience. should that be a requirement to serve as president? >> guest: oh, i don't think it should be a requirement. i would argue we've had folksexe who didn't have any ec tiff experience and just had legislative experience, guys like abraham lincoln.ln they did a pretty good job in i taking on that responsibility. you just have to l

that, and have been asking us and others questions about the consequences that can happen in the statehouse as as result of a state law changes to the 13 c. linwood, 13 supervision, the flowing of grant funds and the kind of the building that is always provided and we're interested in working with everyone to make sure that those processes continue. there are ways we think we can do it. and get through it. and it's going to require the kind of cooperation and support that we have, are to expect from apta interworking partners in industry to make sure that that is too. is anyone here from wisconsin? okay. from the moment the bill was introduced to the last the day pass, our locals and management in that state have worked hand-in-hand together on dealing with a potential fallout if that bill were to pass, and now that it has passed. we have talked. we have analyzed the issues together, and i think we have some solutions that will be the benefit, every one of those cities in that state. and if bad bills continue to pass in indiana, ohio, florida are challenging our bargaining rights, then i th

of all introduce myself, and by my name is sharon cessna and yen i am a state representative,re statehousend have been with the legislature now seven termso i am in my seventh and represent district 22, which is in fact the district in the state that has the universities and medical systems that actually serve the whole state, so my focus really is health and education. those are the two focuses i have i have another thing that actually brings me here, and that is that i fit a profile of the people that are harmed by the president -- the tsa and that his initials that i haven't actually used very often before, but suddenly found myselfou actually starting in november of this last year in a situation where, like so many other alaskans, i went down for a second opinion to seattle andtt got that medical procedure done. went out to the airport, not having a clue that there had been any changes in the screening devices, and seatac had just put it in. this was in early november, and because in fact i am what i like to consider a veteran of rest cancer, i fit that profile data and simply is to ha