it would also create an evaluation system which the teachers union is not fond of to evaluate teachers principals based on student test scores and other types of things. >> even if they don't get the money, though, they seem like some fairly big reforms. i mean, california is one of the only states in america where the test score trends of the students in a classroom can't be used in the evaluation -- or couldn't before be used in the evaluation of a teacher. and now because of california's application they can be. obama said, as i recall, last time we won't even take your application unless you at least have that metric to see how -- >> well, we didn't have it at the state level. districts -- and there were some that did -- >> but as a -- >> as a state policy they didn't. they do now. some districts were able to do it before, and they have been doing it. what it would do with this race to the top, it would require the districts that signed on, and there's 300 districts in county offices of education that signed on, they would be required to implement a lot of these things that are in

falling quickly behind the rest of the developed world and the teachers union as strong as ever could it be too late also a stunning new report has been published on the rates of cancer and birth defects caused in fallujah in fact the medical effects are worse than those of the bombings of both hiroshima and nagasaki so i asked why and how old military equipment and the use of depleted uranium have led to this travesty next is globalization and killing the american middle class as americans struggle through the greatest recession since the great depression there are many jobs that simply aren't coming back with developing countries being able to pay pennies for the exact same work so i'll take a look at how america can retool for a changing world and why do poor white voters continue to support public and candidates who have launched an assault on them the same candidates that call the poor and call them unemployed lazy and dumb so what will it take to get them to realize that they're really voting against themselves we're going to chat with churchill on that matter but now let's move

. >> reporter: teachers union has another concern, just 6% of teachers in charter schools have joined the union. >> i guess i just don't see the benefit of it now. >> reporter: joy askin a teacher at sophie b write was a member of the union before katherinear when she was teaching at a traditional school. >> before when we were under or leans parrish it might be a large group of teachers that had the same concerns. and we could go to the union and then we would have that large voice. well now with us in different little pockets and we have different concerns, we have, might have only three teachers here who don't want to do the program. so you know there is really no need for the union, per se, like we needed it before. >> reporter: but teachers union president larry carter says teachers need union protections. >> a contract, it only helps to make the school work or run more efficiently and effectively. not just having, you know, little kingdoms where individual persons feel that they can treat employees or even institutes anyway they want to. >> reporter: the union hasn't had a contr

. >> president obama challenged civil rights organizations and teachers unions that have criticized hisducation policies. he told members of the urban league that minority students have the most to gain from overhauling the schools. he defended his race to the top program that regards grants to states for innovative educaon reforms. >> we won't see results overnight. it may take a decade for these changeto pay off. that is not a reason not to make them. it's a reason to start mang them right now, to feel a sense of urgency. the fierce urgency of now. >> urban leaders have been vocal critics to the initiati. so is the amerin federation of teachers >>> now, after that speech, president made history simply by appearing on the view. it's the first time a sitting president has ever appeared on a day time talk show and he answer a wide range of questions. emily scidt reports. >> this is something that has never happenedefore, a commander in chief on a daytime tv talk show. >> its departure from traditional press coverage. he hasn't held a prime time press corage for more than a year. he blame

. >> president obama challenged civil rights organizations and teachers unions that have criticized hisducation policies. he told members of the urban league that minority students have the most to gain from overhauling the schools. he defended his race to the top program that regards grants to states for innovative education reforms. >> we won't see results overnight. it may take a decade for these changes to pay off. that is not a reason not to make them. it's a reason to start making them right now, to feel a sense of urgency. the fierce urgency of now. >> urban leaders have been vocal critics to the initiative. so is the american federation of teachers. >>> now, after that speech, president made history simply by appearing on the view. it's the first time a sitting president has ever appeared on a day time talk show and he answered a wide range of questions. emily schmidt reports. >> this is something that has never happened before, a commander in chief on a daytime tv talk show. >> its departure from traditional press coverage. he hasn't held a prime time press coverage for more th

she's being blocked by teachers union and other special. that's a race gap we should be talking about. mary frances berry is an honest liberal. she said there's no evidence that the tea party hearings are anymore racist than other republicans. having one opponents rebut charges of racism is... why not talk about the real issues? and this is all politics leading up to the election. let's have a moratorium. unless someone really practices real racism, which is racial superiority-- i'm better than you. unless you.... >> bob, could you jump in... (all talking at once). >> here's the point. >> schieffer: go ahead, michael. >> the reality is that you have the manipulation of symbols of success. that's why obama's election provided many people coverage for the belief that they were in a post-racial society. we no longer had to deal with the issue of race. but the deep abiding persistent structural inequality that prevails is a different matter. having obama at the top is one thing. so we have the support and the spark of racial dialogue and discou

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teacher's union says it will contest the firing. bank executives are under fire tonight. a new report says that in the middle of the financial crisis, they were giving themselves big bonuses with the help of taxpayer money. here's our chief white house correspondent chip reid. >> reporter: as the economy was collapsing and the government was spending billions to bail out wall street banks, bank executives were showering themselves with bonuses-- that, according to a new government report by federal pay czar ken feinberg. in just five months from october 2008 to february 2009, 17 major banks, all bailout recipients gave top executives $1.6 billion in bonuses, golden parachutes and other lavish payments. feinberg found the payments to be "ill-advised," but since they weren't illegal, he is powerless to do anything about it, despite the fact that taxpayers helped make the payments possible. so you cannot claw this money back. >> that's right. >> reporter: you do not have that authority. >> i do not have that authority. >> reporter: consumer advocates say average americans ha

talks about teachers unions. there's a new tension, to read the headlines in obama's ties to teachers. crityims from allies. he goes on to write. that is coming on the pages of the "new york times" this morning. so to your calls, the reference to president obama. marcus, you are up first. go ahead. caller: yes. i would just like to share, as far as the democrats go and the republicans go, the democrats need to stick behind barack obama. the republicans have had their chance, their opportunity to prove to the american people that they can do things for the american people. not just the government, you know, but we want something for the american people. and as far as education goes, i believe that he is doing a good job. but -- host: when you say stick with president obama, how do they do that? caller: basically, sticking with him mainly as far as the policies go. because the republicans had their opportunity to make polls cri -- policy to take care of the american people and bush messed it up, the republicans mess

yet, their property taxes ndntinue to go up to pay for 4% and 5% salary increases for teachers unions. ost of the teachers in new jersey, because of the unions, pay nothing toward their health benefits from the day they're hired until the day they die. a can't have one set of rules t set ofsmall sector and a different set of rules for everyone being hurt by the recession and say, by the way, you pay for this special treatment. that may be tough talk. it's direct. that's what we have to do to get dogets under control in new jersey and around the country. >> you've been known in the >> you'v state house and nationally for a blunt style. here's an example of that. >> like it or not, you guys are g the with me for four years. and i'm going to say things ou ask me when you ask me questions, i'm straightly, ave g to answer them directly, straightly, bluntly, and nobody in new jersey is going to have to wonder where i am on an issue. >> that's a high bar. bar.s do it. directly, straightly, bluntly. should new jersey join the lawsuit that other states have ve ed against the administration st

the philadelphia inquirer talks about the negotiations between the teachers' union and gov. rendel. thursday pledged to bump up aid for schools. tell us about the plan. guest: they have both had to start doing layoffs and raise property taxes. you have to go back to 2002, and the governor said he ran because as mayor of philadelphia, he did not have the power to fix the school system and to fund the schools properly. so he ran on basically two ideas. one, we need to spend a lot more on education and improved test scores and performance. and two, that required a massive infusion of funds that would also drive down property taxes. this year, that was a very powerful idea and it's very much helped him in his first term and to win reelection by 61% for his second term. the problem is, essentially, the property tax relief he has sent to homeowners averages out at all little less than $200 per homeowner, and almost every district in the state has raised taxes higher than that. this year, rendel's plea was we need to do this to keep our educational programs going, and if you do not do this

the teachers union in new jersey demanded 4% and 5% increases in the 0% inflation world. they pay nothing to the teachers for family health benefits from the day they are hired to the day they die. the people being ravaged from the recession are being asked to shelter people from the recession. the politically correct approach doesn't work anymore. we have to talk about the problems and solve them. >> are you reacting to what has happened inside the republican party long known as the party of fiscal responsibility? it took on a slightly different reputation over the last dozen or so years. did the party lose sight of core responsibilities? >> i think it did. the reason i became a republican at 18 and voted for reagan in 1980 is he articulated the ideas of lower spending, smaller government, common sense regulation, lower taxes. i feel we have lost our way. we have to get back to those core things and that's what people in new jersey, at least, want to hear. >> president obama is coming to your state later on. i know you're going to greet him. he's here, in part, to push fo

the washington teachers union says it will challenge the firings. >>> parts of the midwest are cleaningfrom flooding and tornadoes. a tornado damaged several homes and other buildings friday near indianola, iowa. another struck southern michigan cutting power to thousands. and milwaukee international airport was closed for several hours when heavy rains flooded the runways. more rain is expected today. those are the headlines. now time to check with lonnie quinn, who joins us outside with a look at the latest. good morning, lonnie. >> look at the latest good looking faces out here, look at all you guys, here for wiggle action, is that's what's going on? wiggles? >> i think that would be a yes in kidsspeak. i want to talk about the we had situation because you heard about the flooding in the midwest. there will be more than rain, a slow-moving system places like milwaukee have picked up like seven inches of rain the past two days and the possibility for localized flooding in the area, maybe see another one inch or more. the reason it's not moving so fast because of the high pressure syst

the washington teachers union will contest the dismissals. this represents the second game changing developments for michelle rhee's efforts to amass more control as to how teachers are removed from their jobs and placed the school system at the head of the movement started by the obama administration race to the top grant competition to more wriggles -- two more rigorously assess teacher performance. we will hear more in education from the president as he delivers his speech on thursday. we will get to phone calls first. tacoma, washington, good morning to you. caller: good morning. i oppose this. i oppose firing two of 41 teachers right now because of the slowness of the economic recovery and the softness of the economy and i think we should put in some sort of national standard, not just to local standards for teachers when reviewing them. host: the school boards often dictate the funding of school districts, should that come from the local level? caller: know, everyone should get an equal amount of money across the board. it should be done

that also has enabled state leaders to take on a very powerful interest groups, particularly teachers unions. traditionally, of course, schools are probably the most local of governmental institutions. observe how much washington is driving the train, even in that particular area. and it raises questions about where is federalism going. it raises questions about how prescriptive of sh -- should the federal government beat when it comes to intervening in an area that is administered at the state and local level. i want to touch on a couple issues that states are having to confront with the massive, huge budget crisis. and ohio is probably typical. the estimate is that we have $8 billion for the next budget. budget.f the we have a two-year a couple issues that states will have to address. i think they may need your help in addressing. one, is the proliferation of units and layers of local government that we ave and how we have to streamline that. in ohio, we have more than 3000 units of local government, counties, townships, municipalities, school districts. pennsylvania and new york have more

that also has enabled state leaders to take on a very powerful interest groups, particularly teachers unions. traditionally, of course, schools are probably the most local of governmental institutions. observhow much washington is driving the train, even in that particular area. and it raises questions about where is federalism going. it raises questions about how prescriptive of sh -- should the federal government beat when it comes to intervening in an area that is administered at the state and local level. i want to touch on a couple issues that states are having to confront with the massive huge budget crisis. and ohio is probably typical. the estimates that we have $8 billion for the next budget. budget.f the we have a two-year a couple issues that states will have to address. i think they may needour help in addressing. one, is the proliferation of units and layers of local government that we ave and how we have to streamline that. in ohio, we have more than 3000 units of local government, counties, townships, municipalities, school districts. pennsylvania and new york have more. illin

it is the amount of dollars of that are spent on programs in a retirement, whether it is the teachers' unionscalpers, or any of that, which is a broad brush to cover, just about any state employee. that is number one. that is what we need to go after. maybe privatize it -- that is a of a thing. -- that is a hell of a thing. but the thing is, you, sir, are for big government and i am for small government. those are the crossroads. are you there? let me just give you -- i like to deal in facts. i think you understand the facts. correct? we had a governor of california named ronald reagan who became president of the united states. he came out of a situation when one of our peanut farmer -- peanut farmer from georgia. let me give you some figures. host: before you do it, we have a lot of callers. real quick. caller: five figures. 1982, fourth quarter gdp 0.03, 1983, first quarter, 5.1 increase, quarter two, 9.3, quarter three, 8.1, porter 4, 8.5, and the 2010 projection, first quarter is 2.7. i love hope, i love change, and i'd love smaller government. have a nice day, sir. guest: you are forgett

then teachers unions could collect and spend money. what they couldn't do is that the c.e.o.ould say i'm not going to consult our executives or shareholders. i or the board is going to decide we're going to put $10 million in to a particullr race. that was the strong criticism that c.e.o.'s shouldn't be able to do that. but now legally, there's nothing that prevents them from doing that. post: david savage has been the supreme court reporter since 1986 and wrote two books, "turning right," the making of the renquist supreme court. to the supreme court, a two-volume, 1272 -- 12,072-page report on the people of the supreme court. guest: and there's a new version of that coming out this summer. host: look for it in your local book stores. guest: i think they sell it to a lot of libraries. it's been around a long time. i can't claim the 1,200 pages. but -- >> and what would be the -- who would use this book? and who would be looking for this? >> my understanding is it's a lot of libraries, public, school and ccllege libraries. and this book was created as a sort of everything you

it is the of police, the teachers' unions. they just one of the money to be theirs. it is the bailout class. they do not want to do anything that is working hard for a living. host: let's look fdot this article. -- look at this article. los angeles, california, freddie is on the republicans line. caller: what the tea party basically means, and i think it is fairly obvious if you do a cursory investigation of it, these are people who want to limit the government based on competition. and of course, people cannot have that. so they slender them. the people who belong to the tea party movement and the people who support them like i do are not racists. they are against obama because of his ideas, not because of his skin. i personally support clarence thomas and think he is the best to bring court justice we have. it is a very simple thing. that is what these people believe. you may disagree with it, but that is what they believe. host: oceanside, n.y., joe, independent collar. caller: good morning, i like the previous caller, right on the money. i guess i'm conservative,

sometimes those special interests are consumer groups, teachers unions, and oftentimes they are big banksr corporations. host: your article deals with lobbyists who were dealing with the financial regulatory reform bill. at one point you call this could the super bowl of a pro lobbyists." guest: there was so much money at stake in that building, billions upon billions of dollars on each page of that 2300 page bill. each paragraph was pregnant with meaning and pregnant with a loss of a value, or lack thereof depending on what kind of corp., bank, or wall street brokerage house you were. everyone hired lots of lobbyists to make their pitch. host: to illustrate the growing complexity in this article, creating a new agency is simpler than fixing a broken the banking system. a big fix means more room for lobbyists to tinker. to illustrate that you said in 1914 the law creating the federal trade commission was only eight pages long. the 1935 social security act was 20 pages long. the financial reform bill, the conference version, is 2319 pages. guest: right. that is a lot of complexity. to be f

what does this say about the state of california, where i believe the largest union is not the teachers association, but the correctional officers association? what does that say about a society? when people find out about that, they are stunned. but that is the reality. that is what is playing on people's minds, fear, prejudice, ignorance. >> this also points to the fact of what we have to do in each individual case. that is what you're up against. and when you are in trial, the priority is your client, which is different from broadcast journalism, television drum up. -- drama. >> but you cannot turn a blind eye to it. >> that question is deeply troubling when you look at certain cases. there are certain cases where it is a no-win situation. the robert blake case, when jerry managed to do was truly a lesson for trial lawyers across the board. the casey anthony case, now in florida. you have to think to yourself, how does she win a case like that? any casewh/vñ that received nationwide attention is lost before you walk into the courtroom. it then becomes your job to turn around. there i

unions. >> teachers, firefighters. >> across the board. >> because in an era of the last few years with 0% inflation we've had average increases in teachers salaries in new jersey between 4% and 5%. we have the overwhelming majority of teachers in new jersey who pay nothing towards their health care. zero. from the day they're hired until the day they die. themselves and their families. we have the highest paid police officers in america. and we have the highest paid firefighters in america. and their salaries could continue to increase. so if you're to look for a divide, i don't think it's a republican-democratic divide. it's a divide between the public sector unions and the private sector unions. because in my state, you've got 35 to 50% unemployment among the private sector. >> nebraska disagree with this? -- anybody disagree with this? >> let me just say that this isn't a partisan issue. because i think all of us have dealt in one way or the other with public employee pension benefits, health care benefits, in kentucky we passed pension reform that affected the pension benefits of ever

teachers to evaluate their principals. in prince georges county, now working with the union on school turn arounds to pull great teachers into the neediest schools. and from tampa to pittsburgh to denver to right here in d.c., union leaders and administrators are moving beyond the battles of the past and finding new ways to work together. i urge union leader, administrators and school boards all across america to follow the example of their reform-minded colleagues and have a much more open mind towards common sense reforms. they have nothing to fear from charters, or from incentive pay or from more thoughtful systems of teacher evaluation. the only real threat to them and the only real threat to all of us is academic failure. i also challenge reformers to stop blaming unions for all the problems in american education. if unions were the only problem, then in all of our right to work states, in all of our chart schools, they'd be outperforming the nation and we know that's not the case. that's the old frame. in the new frame, people are working together and everyone is moving outside their comfort zones to give children a be

teacher or principal, based on how they perform. we have to tie everything we do to student achievement. host: c we have thisomment fom twitter -- our charter schools a way to get around the unions? -- we have this comment from twitter -- guest: charter schools is all about parent choice. when teachers wake up in the morning and they go to school, they are being talked to one on one. union contracts specify where you go, how long you are in school, what you're selling the is. if you have a salary that says you are going to be here all day, so many charter schools allow teachers to be around all day long. charter school teachers get paid roughly the same. the benefits that they bribed about, frankly, many of them come from the traditional system. your twitter guest, getting rid of the unions -- the issue is, the unions are grappling with a complete change in the performance gap. they do not want to say is ok to hire teachers one on one. they believe that they need to fight against this reform. host: how has raced to the top impacted charter schools? guest: that added tremendous support to reform. it allows yet another chorus of support in washington to say this is a good thing. t

unions. >> teachers, firefighters? >> across the board. with 0% inflation we have an average increase in teacher salaries for new jersey between four% and 5%. we have an overwhelming majority of teachers in new jersey to pay nothing towards their health care, zero coming from the day they hired into the day they die. we had the highest paid police officers in america and the highest paid firefighters. there and sellers continues to increase. -- of their salaries continue to increase. i do not think it is a republican-democrat divide, but it is a divide between public sector unions and private sector. fifth in my state, you have 35% to 50% of private-sector unions. >> anyone disagree with that? >> let me just say that this is not a partisan issue because i think all of us have dealt, in one way or another, with public employee pension benefits, health care benefits. in kentucky, we passed pension reform that affected the pension benefits of every new hire. we have a constitutional issue affecting the benefits of current employees, but we re

teacher or principal, based on how they perform. we have to tie everything we do to student achievement. host: c we have thisomment fom twitter -- our charter schools a way to get around the unions? -- we have this comment from twitter -- guest: charter schools is all about parent choice. when teachers wake up in the morning and they go to school, they are being talked to one on one. union contracts specify where you go, how long you are in school, what you're selling the is. if you have a salary that says you are going to be here all day, so many charter schools allow teachers to be around all day long. charter school teachers get paid roughly the same. the benefits that they bribed about, frankly, many of them come from the traditional system. your twitter guest, getting rid of the unions -- the issue is, the unions are grappling with a complete change in the performance gap. they do not want to say is ok to hire teachers one on one. they believe that they need to fight against this reform. host: how has raced to the top impacted charter schools? guest: that added tremendous support to reform. it allows yet another chorus of support in washington to say this is a good thing. t

but we have not had anything but salary increases for the public sector unions, with the teaches -- teachers insinuating they should pay nothing for their health care. in my view it's about making structural changes to the way folks are treated and i think at least in my state the people who are unemployed or working in the private sector who have had salaries cut or frozen if they still have a job are tired of paying higher property and other taxes to fund 4% and 5% raises for public sect orr employees, free health care and rich pensions. that tension is reaching a boiling point because of the recession and in my view we have to confront that head on and i suspect other governors are having to confront that at well. but if we don't get to this core issue i think we're going to be confronting these problems for a long time, to get back to the premise of your question, if we don't confront those core issues. >> i think there is a growing sentiment among the citizens of this country that the rate of spending and the rate of growth is increasing spending that at every level of government is uns

teacher or principal, based on how they perform. we have to tie everything we do to student achievement. host: c we have thisomment fom twitter -- our charter schools a way to get around the unions? -- we have this comment from twitter -- guest: charter schools is all about parent choice. when teachers wake up in the morning and they go to school, they are being talked to one on one. union contracts specify where you go, how long you are in school, what you're selling the is. if you have a salary that says you are going to be here all day, so many charter schools allow teachers to be around all day long. charter school teachers get paid roughly the same. the benefits that they bribed about, frankly, many of them come from the traditional system. your twitter guest, getting rid of the unions -- the issue is, the unions are grappling with a complete change in the performance gap. they do not want to say is ok to hire teachers one on one. they believe that they need to fight against this reform. host: how has raced to the top impacted charter schools? guest: that added tremendous support to reform. it allows yet another chorus of support in washington to say this is a good thing. t

teacher salaries. tax proposal will be put on the november ballot. the money would come from property owners. >>> dozens of firefighters are about to be layed off because of budget cuts. the union failed to come to a agreement with the. this will save the city $6 million a year. the city said the cut needed to be 9%. >> reporter: the layoffs will be felt city wide. these doors will be shut for good. this station is one of the busiest. on its final day the crew is called out on three incidents in three hours. with the cuts there won't be enough personal. other stations will remain open but with smaller staff. union leaders failed to hammer out an agreement with the city. >> the young folks, they thought they had a career. they came here expecting to give 30 years of work and thought they come to the employer of choice. it wasn't even on their radar. >> reporter: a vital service is leaving the neighborhood and cutbacks in other parts of the city as well. >>> the fog was hugging the coast line this afternoon. it's dense right now. here is what we can expect over the next couple of days. dense fog along the coast. tomorrow morning the fog will be dense along the coast and around th

unions. most teachers in new jersey pay nothing for their health care.t cannot continue going forward. it is not only about making short-term tough decisions, but about making structural changes to the way folks are treated. i think in my state, the people are unemployed or work in the private sector who have had salaries frozen or cut are tired of paying higher and higher property taxes and other taxes in order to increase the salary increases for public-sector employees. . . we will announce a modest surplus next week because of some very significant budget- cutting. it is not easy but i think it is with citizens are expecting. they're doing it at their jobs and their families. their credit card expenses have been cut back. governments have to do a lot of the same. they're doing -- there are cuts into health care and education, things that governors do not want to do. they get more tax revenues them through economic growth, but, at the same time, a commission on government reform should really look at every aspect of government, from more consolidation

but we have not had anything but salary increases for the public sector unions, with the teaches -- teachersuating they should pay nothing for their health care. in my view it's about making structural changes to the way folks are treated and i think at least in my state the people who are unemployed or working in the private sector who have had salaries cut or frozen if they still have a job are tired of paying higher property and other taxes to fund 4% and 5% raises for public sect orr employees, free health care and rich pensions. that tension is reaching a boiling point because of the recession and in my view we have to confront that head on and i suspect other governors are having to confront that at well. but if we don't get to this core issue i think we're going to be confronting these problems for a long time, to get back to the premise of your question, if we don't confront those core issues. >> i think there is a growing sentiment among the citizens of this country that the rate of spending and the rate of growth is increasing spending that at every level of government is unsustain

union and city come to some sort of an agreement before then. but for now these layoffs will happen this weekend. >> happening to cops, firefighters, teachers. tough times. kit, thank you for that. >>> despite all the budget cuts in oakland lately, one program funded by the city is tonight celebrating its 20th year. juliet good rich shows us it provides free training for civilians on what to do when disaster strikes. >> reporter: with limited emergency resources because of budget cuts, the citizens of oakland are taking matters into their own hands learning how to respond to earthquakes, fires, even terrorist threats. it's a program called core. it stands for communities of oakland responding to emergencies. and it's free. >> we have set up a communication system where they can communicate to amateur radio operators that are in our fire stations and then that information can then be relayed to the city's emergency operation center. >> reporter: more than 60 graduates from a 20 hour training program receiving a green hat. like kate from the crocker heights neighborhood. >> we learned how to do cribbing which is to get get very heavy about off

clamp down on teachers using corporal punishment for people suicide the banned form of discipline is still widespread in schools. here in the cold war it's thirty five years in the soviet union and the u.s. in orbit. live from our studios here in central moscow. twenty four hours a day international activists. are failing in their promises to do more to treat people with hiv the criticism comes during the aids conference which is underway in vienna calling for an end to treatment discrimination. funding's been a big topic the last couple of days and this is the being. that some country.

teacher, and other firefighters, another first responder. this is ridiculous. we will continue this fight. there's an old movie about my old union called "the inheritance." someone says this is the end but this is only the beginning. thank you for having me. [applause] >> thank you for reminding us that in order to make it in america, we have to make it in america. this is about priorities. we do have the resources here to create the kind of jobs that the country needs. thank you again for your leadership now we will have major nutter come forward. >> all the members of congress and the leaders of the national association of counties and to the nlc, we are inspired by your leadership, your commitment. we are dedicated as well. we will stand with you. time, anyplace, anywhere to get across this message. we are serious about getting americans back to work. the three organizations represented here really do speak for itself. it speaks volumes about the crossroads we face at this moment. if we are truly americans actually care about other people, let's help our fellow americans and put america back to work. get this jobs bill passed

teachers. whitman's new ad is a direct response. >> meg whitman says she'll run california like her company. >> in this attack on meg whitman who are these people? they're the unionsd special interests behind jerry brown. >> fact check? it's true. unions are backing jerry brown. a coalition of unions paid for the ad tacking whitman. but then, the whitman ad goes too far. >> they want jerry brown because he won't rock the boat in sacramento. he'll be the same as he ever was. high taxes, lost jobs, big pensions for state employees. special interests have chosen their governor. how about you? >> that is false. the ad suggests unions are backing brown because he provided generous benefits in the late 70s and early 08z but the state pension systems $500 billion deficit stems from numerous action that's occurred long after jerry brown left the governor's office. >> as often the case, partners at fact check.org did checking on these and you can find it on our web site. >> interesting stuff, and important. thank you. >> the cap on the broken oil well seems to be holding tonight. tests expected to run through tomorrow so far engineers detect nod leaks. the president says t

we have not had any thing but salary increases for the public sector unions and continuations of most teachersnothing toward their health care. these cannot continue going forward. it is not only about making some of these short-term decisions, but making structural decisions as to how fox are treated. in my state, the people that are unemployed or working in the private sector that have had their salaries frozen or cut if they still have a job are tired of paying higher and higher property taxes in order to fund pay increases for public-sector employees, free benefits and which concerns. -- and which pensions. -- rich pensions. we will have to confront that such a wage increase if we do not confront the core issue, we will confront these problems for a long time if we do not confront those core issues. >> bob macdonald, from virginia. i think there is a growing sentiment among the citizens of this country that every level of government is unsustainable. there is a three trillion dollars national debt and $100,000 per american family that is unsustainable. we have a balanced budget amendment i

and rows contract on those drivers the jurors union is heading to court to try and get the old contract reinstated while negotiations continue. these teachers my vote to appeal the order for binding arbitration. the above change in leadership may be in store here for bp and may come as early as today. reports in this overseas say that the pc eo is on his way out, though bp's says no final decision has been made its board is meeting today a day before a company announces results for the second quarter one of the possible replacement is robert dudley kono oversees the day-to-day response. if he raises hayward he would be the first american to ever had the british drug giant. worked for the leaky or well is back on track or the threat of a tropical storm we're talking about storm bonnie workers than to reconnect the draw rate their will now be used to pump the mud and ultimately cement the broken wall that to resume in the next couple of days finishing the rainfall is the best chance we're properly stop the growing weight. work may be put on hold if another storm poses another threat. fish just two days after a fatal flaw attacked a seven year