where's the evidence of the united states involvement in syria i mean obviously the united states would love to see assad fall but we're not entirely happy about what the consequences of that might be and that is a continuing conversation that is taking place in our state department at the moment the idea that the united states knows what it wants to achieve in syria is ridiculous while her they want to see her in all fairness we sure. are here in all fairness the secretary of state that says assad must go so the united states does have an interest in the fate of syria one way or another ok and what is the united that is another city in the middle of it wasn't really something everybody wanted to ease please every time the united states says somebody has to go you know what they do eventually john in boston you want to jump in. yes yes i want to go back to a couple things first of all i want to go back to something herb said he said that the idea of isolationism is nothing new in american politics well it's true i said recently it's new it hasn't made its appearance here in about

for years, i traveled the state talking about the tourism and people coming to summer fest and the state fair. talking about people coming to the park. i have a clear record. let's just look at this. last april, i started out with my administration and key members of my cabinet putting together a transform milwaukee plan to help. i did not see that happening. that is a data stark contrast to the mayor put in $100 million in this trolly that goes a mere 2 miles. i think voters around the state, even here in milwaukee deserve to see the difference between the two of us. i want to focus on rebuilding our industrial corridors so that manufacturers can grow here and everywhere across the state. >> would you did to support that was when there was a mortgage foreclosure sediment -- settlement, he took the discretion portions and did not give it to people who were victims of bait and switch in the crisis in used to plug his budget hole. the second day in switch. i just received a massive layoff notice for one of the mass of companies in the central city of the milwaukee. because it terminated a

the state capital building in madison, wisconsin. arly 2007, scott walker moved a bill through the legislator here limiting the collective bargaining power for the public sector employees. the reaction was quick and visible. and loud. [ chanting ] >> bret: tens of thousands converged on the capital. democrats in the state senate fled business and went to hiding in illinois to prevent final vote. but eventually walker's bill passed in march of 2011. that move triggered an effort to recall him from office to put wisconsin in state of political upheaval. this is ground zero and a struggle between conservative and union playing out from coast to coast. when the results come out in little more than 24 hours will have broad ramifications even beyond wisconsin's borders. live from madison. this is "special report." ♪ ♪ >> good evening. i'm bret baier. over the next hour, we will set up what has been considered by many as a huge early summer indicator of what we might see in november. in at least this state. the latest polls here are what we

voting in the antiunion vote. state senate business grinds to a halt but they find a way to push the antiunion bill through anyway. the hotly anticipated recall election once again pits governor scott walker against milwaukee mayor tom barrett. they ran against each other in november 2010. governor walker is not the only one, though, with a job on the line. lieutenant governor rebecca clayfish also facing a recall on june 5. >> i am the first lieutenant governor in national history to face a recall. i will be the first lieutenant governor in national history to be elected twice in my first term. that you is that? >> up against the president of the professional firefighters of wisconsin. >> she is a rubber stamp for all of governor walker's policies. we need someone to fight for the middle class citizens of our state. >> greta: for the next hour you will go behind the scenes of the wisconsin election recall and hear from all four candidates and meet the tea partyers who have traveled far and wide to make their voices hea

we put a contingency fund in the original legislation was supposed to give states more cash during the recession to pay more benefits. but in some states the work message is so strong that the states are reluctant to do things to attract people back to the roll. plus they say that encourages dependency. you have a real philosophical conflict here. and if you tried to do, this i can find ten governors who come in here and say, no, don't do it, that's an outrage. that doesn't mean you shouldn't do it. but there's a real difference op opinion here about the real cause of why people don't get tanf benefits. but yes, i think you ought to look at that. and i personally would support something that would provide -- that would cause the states to be more responsive during a recession, because many of them were not. >> dr. lein, did you have a point of view on any of this. >> i think also -- if you look at -- sorry. we need to look at how tanf operates in a period when there simply aren't enough jobs. and the people that are going to be out there job hunting are going to find jobs in the inform

here's the harder question. which state has the second lowest smoking state in the nation? it is not a state that is mormon dominated. the answer is the great state of california. and since california has such a huge population, it's the most populous state in the nation, it's kind of a good thing for the whole country that california has such a low smoking rate. i mean, fewer people smoking means fewer people getting sick from smoking, fewer human tragedies associated with that, lower medical bills, it is a good thing. last night californians voted on whether or not to raise taxes on cigarettes in their state, even though california in practical terms is really anti-smoking, the tax on a pack of cigarettes is low compared to the rest of the country. it's less than 90 cents a pack in california, the national average is more like $1.50 a back. so this ballot initiative yesterday would up the cigarette tax in this very, very anti-smoking state. and the proceeds from the new tax would go to cancer research. they think it would raise $750 million every year, and the money wouldn

car, ultimately the states know best what to do. if they have more flexibility with the money, this snt washington's money. they are paying into it. every citizen back home when they buy gasoline is paying taxes. this is their money. it's not the federal government's money to say $79 million is only available for the things we think are most likely to improve safety. when the states know what's better. people on the frowned, people paying those taxes know what's better to increase safety, yet you are not allowing them to use that money that would improve safety more. by limiting the $79 million to a fund that the secretary himself in washington would give out. let's let the states have that money back. money they paid in already and let them do what they know is best to increase safety. whether they think it's putting guardrails on roads where the guardrails are broken off and they don't have the money to put that back in place, or whether it's to put railroad crossings. we have so many deaths by people who cro

the democrats in the state senate fled the state amid threats that the republicans might deploy stateic senators from their homes and forcibly bring them to the state capitol to force a quorum so the republicans could do what they wanted to do. democrats fled beyond the reach of the state patrol. they fled the state. they fled across state lines, out of wisconsin and into illinois. and they stayed there for weeks. and even with no quorum, because the democrats were gone, without the quorum, with no apparent legal way to get it done, the republicans in wisconsin in march of last year, just decided to get it done anyway. >> at this time i move to adopt the -- >> excuse me, mr. chairman, mr. chairman, i have a question about the open meetings rule being violated. we were not given two hours notice. >> this is a violation of law. this is not just a rule, it is the law. there must be -- mr. chairman, this is a violation of the opened meetings law. it requires at least two hours notice. >> what have you done? >> excuse me -- >> that was how they did it. by hook or by crook and in an atmosph

the republican party in at least four states and taken over at least portions of the party in half aen states and counts, you know what they do with their new power? they're changing what those state republican parties do. so if is it does matter what republican parties do, you should know. they're about to start doing something different. exhibit a, virginia, where ron paul supporters have won a lot of new spots on the republican state committee this year. last week the newly ron paul populated committee voted to change the way the state picks nominees for top virginia offices like, say, governor. they used to pick the republican virginia nominees by holding a primary. now they're going to pick them at the republican state convention starting next year. by their nature party conventions tend to attract the hard liners and hard core, right? you have to show up and sit through speeches and sometimes it goes on for days and it's always really boring. back in 2010 hard liners in utah were able to oust the relatively moderate republican senator bob bennett at the state convention. this y

ever in the state history. the reforms are working for her because she doesn't pay any corporate income tax. the last time we sat at the table, you said you wanted to lower the income tax rate. i'm saying it's not working for the middle class. >> that's a good example. you bring it up as if we had something to do with that. that was 2010. i wasn't the governor of the state of wisconsin. i want to lower taxes. that's what we did. middle class has paid for the expansion of government. i reduced the tax burden of the state. it's why unemployment has gone down to 6.7%, the lowest it's been since 2008. it's why in contrast the city of milwaukee or mayor, property taxes have gone up. taxes and fees have gone up 43%. that's why the employment has gone of. there's a fundamental difference. we talk about the middle class, the middle class pays for the expansion of government in the state. that's not moving forward. when you put more of a burden on the hard working taxpayer. we are standing up. >> take a couple of seconds

the first state. and it is a good one. it is good we will be the first state to get rid of it.u think president obama not coming here is telling? how would you describe it? >>guest: they wrote it off. he would be here otherwise. it is too important. >>neil: wrote the state off like he would lose the state? >>guest: no he will --. >>neil: do you thing he will win the state? >>guest: it will be close. we have a little state in madison, a socialist republic. >>neil: is it your sense what is going on lights a brushfire? the governor was telling me early today, he things it will, it will embolden other governors of both parties to take on the public pension health care costs and they will feel safe are doing so? >>guest: well, the choice is to end were like illinois and california which are bankrupt? we had $3.5 billion deficit. we don't anymore. got rid of it in one year. it is not sustainable situation when you have public sector unions that make more than private sector employees. it will not sustain itself. >>neil: thank you very much, michael, we will watch closely. we have a l

the seven states had seceded. so his goal for giving the inaugural address is based on the oath of office he takes which is to preserve the union. yeah? >> i know there are articles of secession. there was another date when it was actually ratified. >> these are the dates they are ratified. south carolina announces its secession convention the day after the election. so it's in november. after they announce it, they draft the ordinance of secession. actually the ordinance of secession is generally distinct from the declaration of secession i will get to because lincoln refers to it in the inaugural address. these are the dates that actually the delegates of the state prove of secession and so according to southerners, it's legal. it's in every southern state but texas secession was ultimately voted for by delegates rather than the popular election. citizens voted for the delegates. the delegates went to the state. and then voted for the state. so how do you interpret the inaugural address? whether you probably read

a lot of people across the state have been responding this way. source of friction or conflict now with the secretary of state's office or with the governor's office that by and large the kind of response you're describing is what the governor's initiative here has been greeted with? >> well, i think you're absolutely right, rachel. i've never felt so empowered as supervisor since i've come back from the state association meeting that was held in tampa in may. i was quietly steaming about these 15 people, and then all of a sudden, other supervisors got up, republicans, democrats, npas, got up and started providing testimony to the division representatives. there were people with hundreds on the list, most of which were u.s. citizens. how can i say, show me what -- show me your evidence that you're a u.s. citizen? i was never asked that when i registered. nor was the other 11 million people in volusia -- in the state of florida. so why all of a sudden are we having to ask for evidence that you are a u.s. citizen? it just doesn't make sense and i ju

people who care about the future of the state. e energy i have received for two and a half months has come from you. the people of the state. and i thank you for that. and now we must look to the future, our challenges are real. we're a state that has been deeply divided. and it's up to all of us, our side and their side to listen to each other. and to try to do what is right for everyone in this state. the state remains divided. it's my hope that while we have lively debates, a lively discourse that is healthy in any democracy, that those who are victorious tonight as well as those who are not victorious tonight, that at the end of the day do what is right for wisconsin families that is what our duty is. that is what we must do for the people of the state so this is not an end tonight. it's the end of another chapter of wisconsin's history but there are more chapters still to come. in those chapters it's my decision that all of us here will remain engaged. for those of you involved first time or 40th time i hope you got the same e

yours is president of the united states. he's the commander in chief, so you're going to naturally reflect anything that comes -- you have to. you're military, and i understand that. i've been there. what i'd like to do is -- is suggest that after your retirement you might change your mind. i'm looking right now at 24 stars. i just had a few stripes, that's all i had. 24 stars and that's very, very impressive, and i have a letter here that's signed by 33 stars and these guys have already retired. on this letter, and i want to ask that this be admitted as part of the record. i can't read the whole letter, there isn't enough time, military personnel uniformly support this accord by expressing our strongly held belief that the law of the state ratification would prove both to the national security interest and sovereignty of the united states and it goes back and gives the history of this thing and it has very, very strong language and signed by one, two, three, four -- nine of the top-level people who are in retirement. i'll as

the states are planning. more to say on that once the supreme court rules. >> do you think it will be another waiting game? >> it really depends on the ruling. there is a range of possibilities. >> i think it'll be different from one state to another. will things change after the supreme court rules? probably not. will the states change if the scenario you mentioned occurs? i think so. there are so many governors who said we're not going to move forward even though some of them did, until we know --we need to wait to find out if this law is unconstitutional. it is only the individuals responsibility that is an issue. i think he will see an acceleration occurred if the supreme court says we can move forward with most of the statute. that does not mean every single state. as governors who want to make political statements because of the republican party and the aspirations -- >> what about the practicality of it? >> if i am a governor -- do i want to tear my hair out to? >> we already have a process in place. t

and they're actors so much and when travis for instance say something to the united states he's very blunt and open about it and he told me once he said you know i gave a speech in the u.n. and a lot of other countries who can say the same public come and congratulate me and said thank you you're speaking for all of us and he says i said to them but you can speak to no one can stop you but you know the goal is to be obviously think they can't take they can't and. this is now a mood in most of south america i mean with the exception of colombia mexico and partially chile elsewhere people are feeling we're independent for the first time ever i think this is going to be a huge problem for the united states i mean they're obsessed with the arab world in china and now iran but in south america for addicted for a bit more. the united states is not in control words an enormously in fact in the national security council planning organization warn that if we cannot control latin america how are we going to impose a successful order on the rest of the world meaning rule rest of the w

>> i think it's a very narrow window that the state... that the court has left for the states. the provision that's left standing -- and they can be still be challenged in the future -- simply allows police officers to inquire about the status of someone. if they contact the federal government and the government says we're not interested or the line is busy there's nothing they can do. it's a law without any feet. the bottom line here is the court has come down very strongly against the state interfering with federal power. i hope it's a sign that the politics of division of attacking and separating humanity here in the united states is... has seen its last day. >> ifill: mr. kobach, how much did the state impinge on state sovereignty in making decisions in siding with the federal government that there's only so far that states can go on these matters? >> well, let me first respond to the professor's comment about impinging on humanity. or somehow i am peuning a person's humanity. the law is about enforcing the rule of law and allowing statement and local governments to provide

now the state of florida says the teacher has violated the state's district new voting law signed by the new republican governor of florida scott and facing thousands of dollars in fines trying to register her students to vote. the state also threatened to prosecute her on a felony count because she was a teacher carrying out the reagan you'll part of her lesson plan in this is how voting works. now it's a whole different lesson in this is how voting used to work but not anymore. last spring governor rick scott of florida changed his state's laws to roll back early voting in the state. also to make it harder to register. the new law requires among other things that anyone who registers voters in the state has to hand in all completed forms no later than 48 hours to the minute after the applicants have originally filled them out. if you fail to do that, hand in your voter registration forms more than 48 hours later, like teacher jill cicciarelli did and you're a potential felon. if that sounds unreasonable to you, if that sounds hash much and impractical and serves little if no purpose

people who care about the future of the state. the energy i have received for two and a half months has come from you. the people of the state. and i thank you for that. and now we must look to the future, our challenges are real. we're a state that has been deeply divided. and it's up to all of us, our side and their side to listen to each other. and to try to do what is right for everyone in this state. the state remains divided. it's my hope that while we have lively debates, a lively discourse that is healthy in any democracy, that those who are victorious tonight as well as those who are not victorious tonight, that at the end of the day do what is right for wisconsin families that is what our duty is. that is what we must do for the people of the state so this is not an end tonight. it's the end of another chapter of wisconsin's history but there are more chapters still to come. in those chapters it's my decision that all of us here will remain engaged. for those of you involved first time or 40th time i hope you got the same

people who care about the future of the state. the energy i have received for two and a half months has come from you. the people of the state. and i thank you for that. and now we must look to the future, our challenges are real. we're a state that has been deeply divided. and it's up to all of us, our side and their side to listen to each other. and to try to do what is right for everyone in this state. the state remains divided. it's my hope that while we have lively debates, a lively discourse that is healthy in any democracy, that those who are victorious tonight as well as those who are not victorious tonight, that at the end of the day do what is right for wisconsin families that is what our duty is. that is what we must do for the people of the state so this is not an end tonight. it's the end of another chapter of wisconsin's history but there are more chapters still to come. in those chapters it's my decision that all of us here will remain engaged. for those of you involved first time or 40th time i hope you got the same

going around the state, i did not hear one person say anything about the president being here. these people in this state are so focused. i must say they're focused on both sides. this state is no doubt polarized. these people want something to happen politically because they know the job scene here nor this state is not what it could be. he's not been a uniter. he's been a divider. the race is too close to call at this point. scott walker is already getting his excuses ready. he raised the idea of voter fraud to a conservative weekly standard magazine. he said, quote, you probably have to win with at least 53% of the vote to account for fraud, one or two points potentially. walker also went on fox news today and hit the latest republican talking point about president obama not showing up in wisconsin. >> what do you think of barack obama has not been here? >> i think it's interesting for all the hype. president clinton was here a week ago. i said it's more interesting when the president of the united states is just literally on the other side of the river in minnesota in the tw

, and a great part of the state. what's so confusing about highways and how they're built and state highways and local roads is that when you go to the gas pump and you fill it up and you see that price at $3.50, $3.80 a gallon, whatever it is, embedded in that price are a lot of taxes. and state and local taxes, excise tax. a lot taxes emembedded. a lot sent to the federal government and then returned to state at lower rate. a bad investment for anybody to fill up at the pump. then there's a state portion of the tax and they don't have much to work with. they're dealing with, the mandates coming from the federal government with all the regulatory environment, the epa, all the different testing that has to go on and surveys and appraisals, and all of these things that extend out the project so far that it costs so much, that even the simplest of roads to be built or improved or going from dirt to tar and gravel to asphalt or whatever it might be, takes so long that the dollar is diminished. and so they end up doing

this is about the citizens of our state. i'm looking forward to electing barack obama as president of 2012. >> what happens, mahlon, as far as the messaging? what didn't go right for the democrats, the progressive movements in this state? with the john doe investigation and all of the things that had taken place as far as the cuts if to education, what did the democrats miss? >> i don't think we missed anything. you're seeing a governor who wanted to divide and conquer our state and he has, indeed, divided our state. you're seeing money pay big-time in politics. governor walker, gore hers over $30 million, almost $40 million into this fight. we can't get close to that. you're seeing money taking over politics and it's sad. but at the end of the day i'll continue to fight. this isn't. last you've heard from me. i'll fight for the citizens of our state and everybody puts their heads down tonight we'll know we had a great fight. i'm not stopping and i'll continue tim the job is done. >> when you say that you're not stopping, doe

his brother is the top republican in the state assembly. so when republicans cleaned up in the 2010 elections, the brothers took over. scott fitzgerald took over the senate, and his brother took over the assembly. a month into that arrangement, their father, steve fitzgerald, got this wonderful new job as head of the wisconsin state patrol. huh, i wonder who else interviewed? tomorrow scott fitzgerald is one of the four republicans in the senate who is going to be up for recall. his recall election, it's important for a number of reasons. it comes with emotional as well as pragmatic consequences for wisconsin. one, and most obviously, he is the top republican in the state senate and his brother is top republican in the state assembly. two, his opponent, a democrat, has become something of a hero for the wisconsin recall movement for the way she has essentially boot strapped the whole recall shebang. when the top republicans announced they were going to strip union rights in the state, scott fitzgerald, the state senator who is up for recall

he has a long he's i are service to the state as well both as the journal list and the author. he has written several books about governors and leaders of washington state, a biography of gardener. this book, slado gordon, nancy evans the first lady and little began walker washington state civil rights leader. he has had over a 42-year career in journalist winning many awards for investigative reporting, historical features, editorial and columns. right now he's working on a biography of john spellman. he was writing about incident with dicks city ray and told me he was happy about having the break forecast intensity of that encounter to come and talk us tonight. next i'd like to introduce slade who needs to introduction and thank him for his service. he has characterized his service by into the ground by -- into the ground city, bipartisan, and intense focus on public policy and the great intelligent something that we wish was pervasive in political leadership today. i think he is missed within he is missed in terms of representing us, i think he is really missed in washington,

we will look at the fiscal health of the states with brian sigritz, with the national association of state budget officers. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] host: the supreme court split some arizona immigration law, striking down three major parts but upholding what is called the "show me your papers" provision. welcome to "washington journal." we will talk this morning with reporters who cover the supreme court and arizona border and members of congress joined us to share their reaction very we would like to hear what you think this morning about the supreme court's decision. here are the numbers to call -- "the los angeles times" says -- "the orange county register" also with a top headline above the fold -- "the chicago tribune" also tells its viewers what is going on. one of the border states wrestling with its own issues, texas has "the houston chronicle." "the pittsburgh post-gazette" looks at the case. "the atlanta journal constitution" -- georgia is one of its states that has its own controversial

that's the out of state money. the orange part of the circle is in state money. the vast majority of money for the democrats came from wisconsin. the overall relationship in the size of those two circumstances is the bottom line. democrats got out spent eight to one. with that spending disadvantage and the democratic side having sustained the damage because of these policies, with the proscott walker side running ads starting at christmastime and thanks to the recall calendar, the democrats not getting a candidate with a name until last month, up this slope, the recall scott walker side has been trying to roll this very large boulder. again, this is what we know so far about the results. is the turnout in wisconsin going to be like roughly three million people, which is what it was back in barack obama won the state? or is it going when scott walker and the republicans won. we know that the proportion of union households voting in wisconsin is up from what it was in 2010. in 2010 it was 26%. it's now gone up to 33%. that's union households voting today. we know th

the state is now a tossup. i think after the recall elections people going to look closely at each of the candidates for president and say who is the person who is going to stand up for the hard working taxpayers. >> greta: the wisconsin recall election is a rematch. milwaukee mayor tom barrett taking on governor scott walker. back in november 2010 walker defeat the barrett by 5 percentage points in the race. griff jenkins spoke with mayor barrett. >> what is your strategy between now and june 5 to turn it around in your favor and win this fight? >> we know this is is an unusual election. i don't know that there is any modeling that has been done that is going reflect how unusual the election is. i don't think anybody knows who is going to congresswoman out and vote. we think the race is going to be tight. if this comes down to who can raise more out-of-state dollars scott walker is going to win. he has raised tens of millions of dollars from out-of-state donors but that in and of itself raises questions. what h

they will be eligible for the state program medi-cal. above that, between 138% or to put it in numbers, $30,000 a year to $92,000 a year, there will be a sliding scale of subsidies that will help pay for the insurance that people will be able to buy. there will be a range of products that will be offered through the health benefit exchange. the benefit exchange will be a place where our goal is to make buying insurance as easy as ordering a book on amazon. >> what's the current status of that? this has to go live next year. some states haven't started it yet. i know california has been a leader in getting this going. how much of that platform is built? >> we are well on our way. we have sort of three main things we have to do. we have to have a system for people to enroll in the programs. we have recently awarded a contract. we had a very robust bidding process. we awarded a contract to an information technology company that will build an i.t. system for us. a web site and web capability that will be used by county programs to enroll peop

in wisconsin to show us the contenders desperate last minute campaigning and what's at stake for the state and the country . because they did what they are you the road has been long today is our three hundred eighty second to sing along the journey at times front with anger and frustration scott walker's not a total disaster for workers the families for the middle class the only people he served very billionaires we are all angry about the lies that are being told. by the governor and by the state and now this group of devoted wisconsin residents has just about reached the end. of. their rallies there were people listening to speakers there were drum circles there was chanting and this is just another way to protest and our way was singing together the solidarity sing along group first met on march eleventh twenty eleven and every weekday since that there was snow sleet rain and shine they've been meeting here they say among their goals they want to keep that energy alive the first lines of the occupation on the state house and the recall election itself for months all eyes were on wiscon

and then the state of maine brought mr. and mrs. blaine's remains back to augusta, and they reside in a beautiful blaine memorial above the cemetery here if augusta. >> how long did his wife live after him? >> until 1903, about ten years. >> we have very little time. we have a local caller. augusta, maine. this is jonathan. >> caller: yes. this question might be answered earl shut she -- shettleworth there. what was the relationship of mr. blaine toward the native population of the state? native american population? because we know there were natives in the civil war, had their own regiments and what not down in the south. >> thank you, jonathan. i'll jump in because our time is really short. big question but short time. >> yeah. i'm not sure that i have a quick answer for that. >> is that right? any place to go for that? is there material available in maine's historical -- >> i would definitely look to neil's book to staut

the state would have to spend lots and lots of the money. given the continued cutbacks and the reimbursement rates, the states will literally be pauperized. even with the so-called 100% reimbursement, that would squeeze out the spending of everything, roads, prisons. >> we need to turn to a couple of our medicaid experts to respond to that. >> let me start -- tim and i give each other the high sign. a couple of issues now are on the table. one is the impact of the expansion. the second is the multiplier effect potentially of what is known as the crowd access standard. the third is what significance do we draw overall from the decision? just to backtrack, putting aside this strange and wondrous solution that the chief justice imposed on medicaid in order to give them the breathing room they wanted without in any way sacrificing the money, the expansion, the power of congress to enact an expansion, if you open up the statute today, what you see is that there is one program. but this is what we would have called a new mandatory cat a courtly ne

did the fda. statesort law for people who market advice within out getting approval. it serves the federal interest. it does not have a deluge of information. it forces people to get fda approval. this will force people to register. there's no pre-emption there. there is no conflict. i think it is a port to recognize that before 1986, the government was not agnostic about unlawful employment to aliens. the employees were already covered, subject to deportation. the government said whereby to cover the employers. i cannot imagine why that would have a pre-emptive effect. >> thank you, mr. clement. >> case is submitted. >> the court earlier today handed down its decision. the court struck down three of the four presidents' meeting in place the part of a law requiring police to check the immigration status of someone who they recently -- reasonably suspect is not in denied states legally. online on c-span's facebook page -- also, a slippery slope and way too much teensy for law enforcement abuse. the court

the greek way. you can popularize states. the court rewrote the section to give states a choice. that is not how it is written. at the tactical level, it is jarring. in the long run, the basic contours of this opinion are going to be imported. justice ginsburg's dissent is quite vitriolic to underscore for you y i am drawing these long-term implications. thank you very much. >> my task up here is to describe in five minutes or fewer what this decision means for health reform and the transformation of the health- care system. i think the starting point is the is central green light that the decision gets to the entire act, which is enormous in scope. it goes beyond the issue of coverage itself and deals with system transformation on matters of health care quality, health care access, improvements in the public health, bringing greater transparency and compliance to the expenditure of health care funds. putting aside the legal significance of it, it would have been almost unthinkable to have done what the dissent wants to do in an attempt to pull this log back. so many parts have be

the entire nation will be on the state. we talk to do governor walker about that. >>> the implication of what happens here in r with regards to the national election. it really is a microcosm of the state of wisconsin is very much like america. not just in the past year and a half you go back to 2000 and 2004 it's a good example. we are almost evenly divided for years we have almost been evenly divided between democrats and republicans. we have diverse areas urban areas and rural as well. what you sees a question of people who want like i did in 2010 a broad based message that is optimistic and is about empowering -- overwhelmingly empowering middle class in our state and business owners putting people to work and putting them back in charge. success in government about how many people can get signed up for government assistance, unemployment, or is it just the opposite the you casuccess of p on unemployment how many people are free from being dependent on government. i want to be the state and the country where success is m

the united states. i watch and they run down my property and about this the more you see. all these people. the wire is protecting the country the kind of guy who doesn't mind goodness dirty so i come out here you know we're all immigrants that we all came from somewhere else. she didn't. bridge sure. was able to build the roads most sophisticated robot which on fortunately doesn't give a darn about anything to submission to teach religion why it should care about humans and. this is why you should care only on the r.-g. dot com. welcome back to cross talk i could really go to remind you we're talking about soft power in international relations. and. ok craig i'd like to go back to you in washington who cares about soft power my goodness if you have hard power you're going to get what you want so who really cares i mean it's an academic exercise you know i've studied a soft power for a long time and i think it's an interesting concept but you know if you're strong you get what you want and it doesn't matter what the rest of the world thinks go ahead you know i've heard thi