what is happening in wisconsin? >> the protesters have been part of the capital environment for almost two weeks now, who are still being part of that, making sure that the voice of the people of wisconsin is heard. they have restricted access to our capital, but there are still people who are outside and some who are inside, maintaining that presents to say that they will not be silent as well as the voices of others are in danger. tavis: there are so many making comments about what this fight is about, ranging from collective bargaining all of the way to the republican party, when to demonize and quite frankly to crush the union movement. what this fight was and is about? >> well, since the governor's budget proposal of two weeks ago, we have known that wisconsin is in an economic difficult circumstance. it is part -- impossible to be part of a community and not know what your neighbors and your families and friends are experiencing, and what we said was we were willing to be a part to make sure the state can bala

the story says a lot about the people of wisconsin. it's certainly reinforces the financial strain that so many are experiencing across the state. it shows the compassion of our people toward their fellow citizens. it shows the professionalism of our public employees who really do care about the people that they serve. this is why we need to move this process forward and get this state working again. i have been asked over the past week about what happens next. i am an optimist. i believe that after our budget repair bill passes, tempers will cool and we will find a way to continue to work together to help grow our economy. we will position wisconsin to emerge from this economic downturn stronger than ever, with new opportunities for our workers and our families. for six weeks we worked together to pass bill after bill to show wisconsin is open for business. most of our legislation received bipartisan support. it is my belief that we will soon get back to that type of cooperation here in the capital. we introduced a budget repair bill

i'm i'm frankly i'm surprised this isn't getting more for us even in wisconsin but b. what does this say about the state of our democracy that when these politicians do with the big companies want the big companies lavish money people have to understand it's always pay to play whether it's madison or columbus or lansing or washington and so the corporations have used their economic power to usurp democracy that's what citizens united case was all about and until we have a public form of finance and we won't gain back our democracy we'll always have this back and forth we're corporations will seize the moment through electing tools to various levels of government and then when they do their job they come in for their grand we ward which is more fundraising more efforts i'm sure there are so the senators from wisconsin that they will do everything they can to see to it that they'll survive the recalls that are coming out look when you have corporations able to buy the outcome you have government and private interest when you're public financing you can have government an

you need to know this late last night governor scott walker and republicans in wisconsin proved to the world what we all suspected their union stripping agenda had absolutely nothing to do with the budget it was gutsy we democrats still a wall in public opinion turning against him walker used the nuclear option wisconsin senate republicans convened a special session last night and stripped the budget bill of all the stuff related to an actual budget so they get to ram it through without the necessary quorum of democrats resulting bill was pretty much nothing more than a way to screw over public unions. including stripping most of their collective bargaining rights away and to sell off public utilities to the rich funders of the republicans republicans passed the bill with no democrats present as one of the filibustering democratic senators chris larsen said about the move last night it obviously wasn't about any kind of financing it was an attack on working families and senate minority leader mark miller said in thirty minutes eighteen state senators undid fifty years of civil rights i

it seems wisconsin governor scott walker has it out for teachers and others more proof and his two year budget proposal with a wall democrats and protesters for days literally the labor movement when it was strong numbers. and their money certainly don't think so in fact charles koch is defending his support of walker we'll take a look at his wall street journal op ed today and how do you get the best congressional committee money can buy just ask your allies it is money has a lot to do with this. you need to know this even though as union busting agenda has stalled thanks to a wall democratic state senators eleanor walker in wisconsin unveiled his two year budget proposal today and guess what it's hard is teachers i know you're astounded walker is proposing a nine hundred million dollars tried to education and more than two thousand teachers have received layoff notices as a result and walker is also pledging more layoffs this week if senators don't return to pass his so-called budget repair proposal by today basically walker is telling his government workers they must accept losing th

i'm joined from wisconsin by the reverend jesse jackson reverend jackson welcome to our program. where the markers. or where the markers well i'm a true people you know but they're going to fight back over reverend jackson you've seen a lot of protests in your day from anti-war to civil rights but is this movement have in common with past movements. will the south this week have some themselves this past on the for the six years ago b.b. group and we turn our pain towel and soul from blood. in the first march to august big article you expect now there will be a big election. if people there come a liar fire passion in great numbers because the myths about the supreme court about the county expect that's one thing the second thing you want is. in alabama was paid to right to work states rights and power of collective bargaining well basically states rights and. elect them obviously from lawless to walk straight pattern here undemanding basic sense of social justice podcast patient the work of must think with a plan just as grows but that there be a new deal. and jobs they start to

the wisconsin budget showdown continues on protesters increase their numbers today and not to be outdone the koch brothers stepped up their support as well but which side will blink first strength in numbers or in dollars so let's just say strength the numbers winds up i'll tell you what else governor walker has inus arsenal against wisconsin's middle and working class and taking notes in wisconsin we'll debate whether or not policymakers can learn anything from the still stalemate in america is to really. getting to know this after nearly two weeks the labor protests in wisconsin are not slowing down in fact in picking up so the biggest crowds yet more than one hundred thousand people decided upon the state capitol in madison wisconsin on saturday to speak out against governor scott walker's ideological war on unions the largest demonstration that states since the vietnam war and the protesters were joined by crowds nationwide as move on dot org held rallies in every state capital to show solidarity with working people whose concert on sunday for police ordered people in the state capit

need to know this after nearly two weeks the labor protests in wisconsin are not slowing down in fact of picking up so the biggest crowds yet more than one hundred thousand people descend upon the state capitol in madison wisconsin on saturday to speak out against governor scott walker's ideological war on unions the largest demonstration that state since the vietnam war and the protesters were joined by crowds nationwide as move on dot org held rallies in every state capitol to show solidarity with the working people of wisconsin on sunday felice ordered people in the state capital in wisconsin to leave by four pm or risk of rouse but the deadline came and went with hundreds of people remaining camped out and those who stayed were allowed to sleep overnight there for the thirteenth night in a row back they were joined by many off duty police and firefighters police officers and firefighters meanwhile not to be out there on the billionaire koch brothers whose court. aeration is based in kansas at pleasure continue advocating for their interests in wisconsin a state or a statement rele

gadhafi and what about the battle brewing at home from her scott walker amps up the budget conflict in wisconsin so find out what else is on the chopping block i what we think should be cut to save the budget then we'll introduce you to the latest political movement us on cuts there the liberal version of the tea party movement and one of the founders is going to join me to explain what they're all about and a group of house democrats are calling on republicans to investigate a law firm and contractors for working on a disk information campaign against enemies of the chamber of commerce but is there any chance that we'll actually see it happen and is a financial terrorism partly to blame for the economic crash of two thousand and eight report commissioned by the pentagon says so so we're going to look into it and see if it has any teeth. today secretary of state hillary clinton spoke before the house foreign affairs committee on capitol hill and in light of all the unrest in the middle east and north africa many members of the obama administration are trying to figure out how to approach these d

but first this breaking news out of wisconsin and i'll tell you the real story behind the ongoing labor protests here's a hint it goes back thirty years and more weighty for governor walker the tea baggers. breaking news the latest play in the wisconsin coke funded scott walker theater is that the republicans are trying to get into and through their committees so they can vote on this thing their so-called budget repair bill the odd thing about it in order to pass the budget repair bill they have to strip out all the financial stuff all the budget stuff gone so all that will probably be left will be bustin unions and selling off to billionaires the state's power plants and other assets. i want to tell you what's really going on in states across the country like wisconsin what's really going on in washington d.c. or a nation as a whole faces a massive federal budget deficit too and what's going on with this democracy upon which the united states was built although wisconsin may be the epicenter of the battle today or the apparent epicenter the real story behind what we're seeing right no

and here's what's coming up tonight the big picture two opposing strategies are underway in wisconsin stalemate democrats want some republican senators recalled and the republicans want the fourteen a wall democrats arrested which side went up and is union busting causing wealth inequality a recent study says yes and later do you want to be poisoned i don't think so but what if i told you that's exactly what some republicans are trying to let the chinese do to you. you need to know this the labor battle in ohio is largely lost last night republican senators in that state asked governor john k six plan to strip public workers of most of their rights even with six republicans voting against the bill casey got his bill through the senate chamber it was packed was full of teachers and firefighters to chant shame down at the lawmakers after the bill was passed legislation now moves to the state house or swift passage is likely and once governor casey puts his signature on it that the rights of more than three hundred fifty thousand state workers will be wiped away just like that back in wi

. >> miles de personas abarrotaron la calle en apoyo a los trabajadores de wisconsin y todo el paÍs. cancelaciones retrasos, cientos de vuelos desde el aeropuerto de miami continÚa siendo afectado por el incendio del jueves. >> ciudades quedaron a oscuras por la hora de planeta. >> Éste es su noticiero univisiÓn fin de semana con martÍn berlanga. >> aviones libios fueron destruidos mientras estaban en tierra por fuerzas de la coaliciÓn, los aliados Árabes y comienzan a salir corriendo para que no los reconocieran. aventaron todos, armas, municiones. es el capÍtulo de la batalla que se libra en libia. cada vez suman mÁs muertos y heridos. >> la ciudad es libre nuevamente, celebraban algunos. los rebeldes alentados por la coaliciÓn internacional recuperaron esta estratÉgica ciudad petrolera. las fuerzas de gadafi abandonaron uniformes en su huid. si no escapaban serÍan aniquilados. >> hay que pagar un precio por la libertad y estamos dispuestos a pagarlo, estamos listos para liberar el resto de la tierra. el pentÁgono confirmÓ que atacaron fuerzas terrestres del dictador y otros objeti

wisconsin. his proposal is an affront to all workers. when he says state employees should contribute more, all he's really saying is they should accept massive cuts in salary without being offered a seat at the negotiating table. and we're not talking about huge salaries here. this is not about budgeting. this is about union-busting and it is the kind of policy that will only hurt workers in the state and across the country but it only leads to stalled economic growth and the slashing of jobs. . the prsess of collective bargain -- the process of collective bargaining has led to the rise of the middle class. it's a fair process that allows lawyers to sit at the table and craft an agreement that serves both parties. it's a fundamentally american process -- may i have an additional minute. the speaker pro tempore: would the gentlelady suspend? the chair will receive a message. the messenger: mr. speaker, a message from the president of the united states. the secretary: mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: madam secretary. the secretary: i

factor fox so-called news aired some year old footage apparently of violent union protesters in wisconsin take a look on how many are professional left wingers around here just regular folks. it's tough to tell when you get to the weekend you get a lot of out of towners a lot of people are bussed in from my not just wisconsin but a lot of surrounding states talk to someone who was from california who sleep in the capital throughout this process so you've got a real mixed bag well who brought them in who bus them in. some of the different labor organizations have brought people in and it would take a long time for me to explain each and every organization that's brought the tokay so you. but many people are quick to notice something odd about that video there's no snow on the ground and there were pong trees in the background palm trees don't exactly dock the landscape of wisconsin so i was trying to box trying to pull here course this is the first time fox has employed creative reporting last year they played gated footage of tea party protests in d.c. to make it look more like more peopl

i say go on wisconsin. wisconsin is showing the rest of the country what we should be doing as middle-class people. that is sticking together, and not being pitted against each other with stupid comments like communist and socialist. host: you a public employee? caller: i've worked for the uaw and i'm glad to pay union dues. the workplace would be a lot worse if we did not have some sort of representation. these people need that collective bargaining. they've given up everything. they should not have to give up the pension and health-care benefits that they are wanting to give up. >> thank you for your comments. tucson, independent. good morning. caller: yes, i agree with the second caller from ohio. the first caller from maryland -- the comments were ludicrous. he's a prime example of what is happening. people are voting against their own self-interest for radiological reasons. it's not about ideology. it's about money. those who have, what it all. those who do not have will never get a chance to get anyth

wisconsin republicans outwit their democratic colleagues to push through a law that sharply limits union rights for state workers. >>> rising rivers. the northeast prepares for a second round of heavy rain and potential flooding. >>> and capitol controversy. the house opens hearings on the radicalization of muslims in the u.s., but is it a matter of national security, or a u.s., but is it a matter of national security, or a witch-hunt? captioning funded by cbs >>> good morning, everybody, and thanks for joining us, i'm betty nguyen. >>> the three-week budget battle in wisconsin that has made national headlines appears to be over. it ended swiftly and unexpectedly. republican members of the state senate outmaneuvered their absentee democratic colleagues to pass a bill which sharply limits union rights. >> this is a violation of law. >> the vote caught almost everyone by surprise. by 18-1 the state senate passed a measure stripping collective bargaining rights from most of wisconsin's public employees, handing governor scott walker a stunning victory in the three-week labor standoff. in a

of the country watching a tale of two americas in wisconsin. we just got these the stream is the greatest rape in the minds of american citizens tears and fears on capitol hill so what exactly will this congressional hearing on the radicalization of muslims lead to and could this be a flash back to mccarthyism. it was a very slow moving. and as the next chapter continues to unfold in libya critics feature a strong you ask role or how the u.s. already learned that last. thursday march tenth eight pm in washington d.c. i'm christine friends out there watching our team. well it's a moment many people have been waiting for and many others have dreaded in the state capital of wisconsin afternoon lawmakers there passed a controversial budget repair bill that starts the rights of collective bargaining by public sector workers the vote task fifty three to forty two some calling it yet another surprise vote the labor war in wisconsin and the tension there now heating up and plans for a general strike are now in the works or italy's being talked about ea

the unions in wisconsin gave in on the pension and the health benefits. this was about the union busting and the way this governor went about doing it should come back to haunt him. and probably going to be a recall effort in the number of legislators. >> i want to get back to my point about how the prestige of the presidency has been lowered by obama and how his own prestige -- he went in at the state level and red lost to a governor. >> he made a mistake when he said this is an assault on unions! the very day he did that, suddenly the demonstrators -- [everyone talking at once] >> the organization got into it, his prestige was involved. his basic contributers were involved. they all were -- [everyone talking at once] >> did he score points in that direction? >> yes. >> did he -- [everyone talking at once] >> then he backed off when it got bad and ran away. >> republicans get to play politics but the democrats don't? you don't think that was a republican power play? >> answer all of this. here is one of wisconsin's senate democrats speaking from his quor

now let's turn our attention to wisconsin our protests continue to grow in fact this past weekend the state have their biggest protest or turnout since the vietnam war and yesterday police caved and refused to forcibly remove the people who are occupying the state capitol now reports are coming forward that governor scott walker is having the windows welded shut to avoid people from passing food to those who are inside are also seeing other states all as soon as the war on unions is becoming a nationwide battle artes as this you're talking to has more. america's middle class fighting a war already dark historic. where without is now people in the option words did sound used to last for over two weeks major protests that kicked off in wisconsin and spread to other states have been raging on in the fight for workers' rights protest movement small little towns that nobody organized people just showed up at city are you seeing that kind of spontaneous action probably i think is going to start spreading throughout the united states. to begin with the demonstrators were not asking for much

rest of the country watching a tale of two americas in wisconsin. we just got these extremist invaders are raping the minds of american citizens tears and fears on capitol hill so what exactly will this congressional hearing on the radicalization of muslims lead to and clipless be a flashback to mccarthyism. the american. dream. and as the next chapter continues to unfold in libya could feature a strong u.s. role or has the u.s. already learned its lesson. and dumping debts as the u.s. deficit his record numbers is investing with wall street risky business some of the world's top investors think so. it's thursday march tenth five pm in washington d.c. i'm christine for he's out there watching our team. well i want to start right now with some breaking news the moment many people have been waiting for and many others have dreaded in the state capital of wisconsin just moments ago lawmakers passed a controversial budget repair bill that strips the rights of collective bargaining public sector workers the vote passed fifty three to forty two some calli

that's up to the people of wisconsin. what i think the governor is saying is that long term having the current collective bargaining position will add to increased benefits and costs of public sector employees which is going to increase the cost of governance. so he's trying to take care of this long term problem that he knows are going to continue to add to budget problems for his state. i tell you what the people don't like in wisconsin and, frankly, most states is people not being on the... not being in the marketplace of ideas and not being willing to show up to fight the battle. he said senators that are being paid to do a job and they're not there and i think people don't like that. >> warner: this is a question my colleague judy wood rough asked mr. trumpka. very briefly, do you think what's happening in wisconsin could be a waterloo for this issue nationally? >> well, many states have turned the corner. 22 state are right-to-work states. we've already made those kinds of decisions. it's got an lot of national atte

wisconsin tavern."rtist is the nationally known still photographer carl core of hudson. >> i was in a coup of bars, one in milwaukee called "at random" and another one in frederick and the experience of going in there informed me or alerted me to the fact that there's something interesting in these taverns. >> reporter: for two years, corey traveled the state, often in his camper, and in the company of his dog, cheddar. he set about to document wisconsin taverns. we met him in one of his favorites, the red room in dodgeville. >> only other state that i think has the mentality of the tavern's community as much as wisconsin is pennsylvania. yeah, pennsylvania has got a very similar demographic and attitude about the community and taverns and where we go to meet. growing up in chicago, we would come to wisconsin and visit people, and we'd always go to a tavern. i mean, i was 10 years old, 11 years old. we'd go to a tavern. and i'd play pinball and my folks might have one or two drinks the whole night but t

yet it's still where is the use wisconsin in madison or anything like that because just historically because madison it was cars that have such more of a labor history but yeah i mean it's great to see people whether there's a little bill or against the bill either way just people coming out and voicing their opinions and participating in democracy but do you have an opinion on this of course these lawmakers are saying that this isn't about union busting this is just about you know this is a balancing act to fix the state's budget how do you see it. well i don't really have been reporting on it so i can't really give my opinion but from what i've seen in a crowd of a lot of people who do see it as union busting especially people from the unions themselves serious union busting. one of the students i talked to from o.s.u. who gave the speech is trying to become a teacher isn't a program he graduated from the u. he's in a program to become a teacher he says he basically sees this as part of a larger agenda of republicans to strip people democratic supporters of everything they care abo

here it is as goes wisconsin. tell me what issues this has framed for the country but make it specific first about wisconsin. >> well, there are two big issues for both wis consin and the country. on the one hand there is the fate of the middle class which was protected for a long time by labor unions. i sat down with a group of six public employees, one of them had written me an angry e-mail so i said let's get together and have a couple beers. so we did. you have people who are making like $30,000 a year working for the university of wisconsin trying to support a family with two kids. and you know, these, those people should always be remembered in these kind of conversations, the bus drivers, the home healthcare workers, the other public employees, the bed pan carriers and hospitals. they're not rich and the budget is being balanced in wisconsin on their backs. that's one side of the story. the other side of the story is that public employees unions are a pretty questionable proposition. franklin roosevelt had

his union destroying legislation with zero senate democrats present and against popular will of wisconsin knights and people all over the country but what is the republican union busting agenda really about is it about a one party rule be the death of democracy see president obama not being reelected in two thousand and twelve or d. all of the above well actually i think it's a different one than you mentioned it's to help the union these legislators the democratic state legislators who escaped illinois go back to their families scott walker just wanted to pass this bill so he could reunite the democratic legislators with their families he's an altruistic he knew it was it was but you know second second secondarily of course he was trying to save wisconsin's economy and state budget from collapse from catastrophe so the republican party once again the party of family values. look scott fitzgerald the top republican in the senate said exactly what it's all about one fox news would make it in cali and said here's what we're doing. if we bust the unions we will take away the support for the

and here's what's coming up tonight on the big picture from the labor battle in wisconsin to the front lines of environmental protection the republicans need the koch brothers permission for everything these days and sixteen million strong and growing as the number of american children living in poverty increases republican screw them over by cutting off their assistance programs plus your congressman peter king is launching a new which the u.s. and american muslims are the target in his scope so how will dividing america make it stronger. you need to know this things are getting personal in wisconsin yesterday koch brothers lapdogs scott walker called out the democratic state senate minority leader mark miller for sabotaging negotiations between the two parties and one of the filibustering democratic senators spencer coggs responded by saying that all the democratic senators are firmly behind their leader mark no there are reports yesterday that filibustering democrats were willing to negotiate a return to wisconsin but walker rejected those negotiations calling them ridiculous it's l

of the country wanting a tale of two americas than wisconsin. first got these extremists the greater minds american citizen tears and fears on capitol hill so what exactly will this congressional hearing on the radicalization of muslims need to and is this a flashback to mccarthyism. really as the next chapter continues to unfold in libya but it feature a strong u.s. role has the u.s. already learned its lesson. it's thursday march tenth four pm in washington d.c. i'm christine friends now you're watching our team well an emotional day on capitol hill today as the homeland security committee launched its hearing on the radicalization of muslims artie's kalen ford was there and has more. the committee on homeland security. chairman peter king launching his hearings on the radicalization of muslims in america complete with beefed up security dozens of cameras the forwarder of dramatic witnesses and someone to blame us about these extremist invaders from rape in the minds of american citizen thinks hearings have received much media attention since

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last night republican lawmakers in wisconsin were able to pass legislation to strip public sector unions of their collective bargaining rights how they do it with democratic senators still out of the states well they simply stripped the original bill of its fiscal measures and then passed only the collective bargaining measure which didn't need a twenty member quorum despite rules that would have required a twenty four hour warning about it but wait a minute here wasn't this supposed to be about the budget deficit the fiscal problems of wisconsin and not union busting without flying the governor scott walker has been trying to push all along but i think of this move makes it very clear what the republicans motives really are last night protesters stormed wisconsin state capitol and continued on today until capitol police forcibly removed them from the building but the real question is what can they do next can union workers other protesters democratic lawmakers keep this momentum up all the way until two thousand and twelve or earlier i caught up with and despairing of the young turks i

it really is not alone now from what i understand in ohio the rules are a little different than wisconsin and they only need a simple majority to pass a vote so having democratic lawmakers flee the state wouldn't really help them now they have a republican majority but do you think the democratic lawmakers in ohio are really willing to battle this one out. you know i think they're going to try isotopes in v. senate house minority leader yesterday arm and brutish and he said he's going to do everything in his power to try to stop the bill and because the g.o.p. has such a high a majority after the november elections. this bill actually passed the senate today seven hundred sixteen there were twenty three republicans and ten democrats so they just barely got a majority in the house or in the senate rather than in the house the make it was fifty nine republicans and forty democrats so they have to get a lot more republicans coming over so good against the bill to get that so. right now it's looking like it very well could pass now what is it the do you think of people who are mostly upset ab

poems are and here's what's coming up tonight on the big picture wisconsin is in a stalemate it looks like the republicans may get their way in ohio so if unions lose their will mean for workers across the nation and speaking of america's dirty lands not exactly well known for its home truths so why was this video aired during a wisconsin segment on fox news. you need you need to know this yesterday was constant sheriff david moore hony told his deputies from patrolling the entrances of the state capitol in madison saying they shouldn't be in the position to be callous guards seems appropriate since governor scott walker is acting more like a king these days than a governor in an address of the joint session of the state legislature yesterday walker vowed to continue fighting to end collective bargaining rights and warned that if he doesn't get his way he's going to punish wisconsinites by dumping twelve thousand people onto the unemployment rolls although he's keeping his tax cuts for was constance richest people and companies in place now even the republican controlled wisconsin leg

what happened in wisconsin is unique unions in wisconsin i.eed to fiscal changepay more for health cared to fiscal change, pay more for healthcare. >>> let's talk about the union right here we are seeing the pictures, teamsters, service employees unions we are talking about some of the biggest donors and foot soldiers for the democratic party is that what we are talking about? to lessen their power as effective bargaining units take away enthusiasm they have with workers? they are very big money makers or contributors to democratic policy. >> sure let's compare california for example to wisconsin. in wisconsin what is going on you have the governor who cut out of his budget deal police and fire. which is kind of ludicrous if you are looking at this from a fiscal perspective why would you take out certain units they aresupportive of the republican party in wisconsin n. california, they are not talking about cutting out certain unions in fact unions have been at the bargaining table part of the thing i think governor brown has done in addition the try and negotiate this deal on the budget