after the break wisconsin voters are hoping to strip governor scott walker of his power of the state's recall elections but walker his buddies aren't leaving without a dirty fight. that drives the world the fear mongering used by politicians who makes decisions to break through it through people who made who can you trust no one who is you view with a global mission who would see where we had a state controlled capitalism is called sasha's when nobody dares to ask we do our t. question more. welcome back to the big picture i'm tom hartman coming up in this half hour today kicked off a series of recall of those to replace six of wisconsin's republican senators the democrats running for office are facing opposition from. pratt's actually sort of them out the governor scott walker as code words are playing seriously dirty politics meanwhile paychecks for state workers in minnesota are on hold due to a government shutdown and lawmakers find a northstar that will break the republican mantra. and republican presidential candidate newt gingrich has a new supporter need bawly won't get my vote

>>> and tonight, wisconsin republicans tried to take out a member of the wisconsin 14. they were so mad at him, right, that they left the state to protect the workers. guess what, they failed. you are looking at the headquarters of state senator dave hansen, he's keeping his job and joins me later tonight. and john nichols tells us what the republicans have up their sleeve now. [ male announcer ] it's simple physics... a body at rest tends to stay at rest... while a body in motion tends to stay in motion. staying active can actually ease arthritis symptoms. but if you have arthritis, staying active can be difficult. prescription celebrex can help relieve arthritis pain so your body can stay in motion. because just one 200mg celebrex a day can provide 24 hour relief for many with arthritis pain and inflammation. plus, in clinical studies, celebrex is proven to improve daily physical function so moving is easier. and celebrex is not a narcotic. when it comes to relieving your arthritis pain, you and your doctor need to balance the benefits with the risks. all prescription

>>> and tonight, wisconsin republicans tried to take out a member of the wisconsin 14.hey were so mad at him, right, that they left the state to protect the workers. guess what, they failed. you are looking at the headquarters of state senator dave hansen, he's keeping his job and joins me later tonight. and john nichols tells us what the republicans have up their sleeve now. >> announcer: this past year alone there's been a 67% spike in companies embracing the cloud-- big clouds, small ones, public, private, even hybrid. your data and apps must move easily and securely to reach many clouds, not just one. that's why the network that connects, protects, and lets your data move fearlessly through the clouds means more than ever. certainly stick with me. we'll take it. go, big money! i mean, go. it's your break, honey. same coverage, more savings. now, that's progressive. call or click today. >>> as for my comments, mr. chairman, and my statement which i believe was around the closure of the "news of the world" newspaper. >> i would like to say one sentence. this is the mo

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for whose benefit is wisconsin's state government run? the percentage of wisconsinites saying their state government is being run for a few big interests is 65%, nearly 2/3. the number saying that wisconsin state government is run for all of the people, just 28%. that's what it looks like in the polls in wisconsin. that's why these messages resonate. and here's what it looks like on the ground in wisconsin. >> governor walker and the republicans just gave over $100 million in tax cuts to corporations. and now they are asking teachers and nurses to pay for it. and attacking workers' rights to negotiate for fair benefits. >> it will probably cost us between $400 to $500 a month in income. i tried not to think about it, just be out here on the square. it's not selfish. it's just survival. >> i have looked at the issues that are being discussed here in madison, and they are not unique to madison or wisconsin. >> this is republican class warfare, an attack on the middle class. this is a battle we need to win. >> that ad was run by the progress

nearby in wisconsin get ready for a hassle take a look at this undercover video taken by someone in wisconsin attempting to get a photo id earlier this week in order to vote as the video that you're going to see . i know what does the short if it is the use it really does your kitty. as the video shows you have to give up your bang. records after you after they've looked over your banking transactions and you have to pay thirty bucks to get the id that is unless you know to say that you need it just for a voting nec case it's free but don't expect the d.m.v. to let you in on this little secret. would you ask him and he says this voting were for later books. if you know one of them. it should be because it would be doing any of it unless you're. going to make significant other people's difference for we do it for free but if. we don't know that they're going to use it and why don't you have that is a question i would like to ask your supervisor why don't you ask people. is this a defibrillating or is it for something these put it on here and it says so is the state statute. pretty clearly and

now last week wisconsin's law taking away collective bargaining rights from unions went into effect in the majority the debate for a long centered around the negative effects on teachers on nurses who came out and thousands to protest earlier this year along with students by their side and now we're seeing a new development you see this law not only took away collective bargaining rights it also took away the ability to claim certain work as union only which governor walker and supporters of this bill sold as an opening for the doors to private sector workers except for one county that's decided to allow prison inmates to fill those voids grayson county is now using inmates to do landscaping painting and other basic maintenance the previously had been done by county workers and the kicker is in may don't get paid so how can workers possibly compete with free labor and what happens if other counties in wisconsin start using this method to discuss this with me is my calculator journalist and contributing editor for in these times mike thanks so much for joining us tonight really room it

in wisconsin, that's how it's worked out. new jersey, you're not wisconsin.s christie of new jersey proposed his own union-stripping bill, people who support unions turned out in protests. the labor unions marched, more than once, governor christie did exactly what scott walker did in wisconsin by going after union rights, but in new jersey, the fight did not go the way it did in wisconsin, because the democrats in new jersey did not stand up against chris christie, most did, but they were not united against them. some democrats went along with chris christie on stripping union rights. they said they had to do it in order to protect their other priorities. give a little now, in exchange, chris christie would give in a little for them on something else. so the democrats are in the major in the legislature in both houses, but the democrats in new jersey do what chris christie want anyways, enough vote with republicans to pass the plan. they leave union rights out to dry because they are getting other things they want from governor christie in exchange. what do

nearby in wisconsin get ready for a hassle take a look at this undercover video taken by someone in wisconsin attempting to get a photo id earlier this week in order to vote as the video of the church you're going to see. i know it is the use that we need to see your kitty now. it's the balance as the video shows you have to give up your bank records after you have to look over your banking transactions and you have to pay thirty bucks to get the id that is unless you know to say that you need it just for voting in that case it's free but don't expect the d.m.v. to let you in on this little secret. would you ask them would you say is this voting for the church. it's you know one of them. that you need to really be good with the investments you're. going to make it's going to affect the people so if it's going to do it for free but if. we don't know that they're going to use it why don't you have it as a quote. your supervisor why don't you ask people what is the sort of thing you know is this a chief liberty or is it for something to put it on here and that's it is so is the state statute. pa

radical islam that's and you know the prison inmates are now doing the work the public employees in wisconsin did for free that's all thanks to governor walker's bill and we'll speak with one law professor who says the protect ip act is unconstitutional and aligns the u.s. with oppressive regimes around the world or you have all of that for you and more tonight including a dose of happy hour but first we're not going to do our mainstream mr nigh we're going to do things a little bit differently so we can out time with a congressman congressman now washington it was rumbling last night as word leaked from the white house the president obama would be pushing for a big deal to bring an end to debt negotiations and appease republicans by tying it to budget cuts that deal would include three trillion in cuts one trillion and revenue increases cuts to social security medicare and medicaid also included those long considered off the table by democrats a report say the democratic leadership was stunned a dozen members of the congressional progressive caucus wrote a letter to the president asking him

who is also the executive director of naril wisconsin. to this, what is there to investigate? >> you knowing i'm not sure. certainly the investigators are working on getting the witness statements. and our hope is that justice prosser will step down, take a leave of absence just as any other plea would be expected to. >> if he is found guilty, how would you remove him? >> he should absolutely resign. >> john nichols, what's the atmosphere surrounding this story in wisconsin? >> it's one of the most intense stories i've ever been around. there's a divide around this story, the fact of the matter is, that ann walsh bradley is one of the most respected jurors in wisconsin. she's never had a blemish on her name. never any controversy associated with her. justice david prosser a far more controversial figure. someone you've reported on a good deal in the show, who called the chief justice of the supreme court a [ bleep ] and said he was going to destroy her, and acknowledged doing that. now he stands accused of this attack. his defenders have

we're doing in states not just like wisconsin. we're doing it in jurisdictions all across the country because we have to, unlike washington. >> schieffer: let me go next.... >> bob, remember.... >> schieffer: hold on just a second, mr. kasich. let me go next to governor patrick. your legislature has just sent you a budget that, i have to say looks a lot more republican than democrat-- in massachusetts, of all places. it limits bargaining rights of state workers. there are deep cuts in the programs for the poor. no tax increases. i guess, for the benefit of the reporters for massachusetts and the people up there watching this morning, are you going to sign this budget, governor? >> well, there's a lot to like in this budget, because it follows my own budget proposals. it's not correct though that the reforms that we have pursued and pursued successfully in municipal health care, just like in transportation or education, we have had labor at the table. they have a significant and meaningful role because that's a value choice we've m

workers in wisconsin are screwed what else is new wisconsin governor scott walker is transforming the workforce in his state not only to walker bust up public unions but he also took away their job or they exceeded their power to declare certain jobs around the states as union only work meaning the state can now bring in private employees willing to work for less money and fewer benefits creating a race to the bottom in the labor force in wisconsin and walker has already hit rock bottom in that race since walker's new law went into effect racine county and wisconsin has called on prison inmates who work for no money and no benefits to do work that unions used to do not landscaping and maintenance around the county essentially kicking working class americans out of the labor force and replacing them with free prison labor because this is walker's idea of a worker's paradise so this latest insult for working people how much more abuse from the working class really take and what can we do to fight back at this point for some answers on this i'm joined by joe burns former local union pres

and the wisconsin state senate. a wisconsin packer, let me just say that thank goodness the nfl is better at reaching compromise than the u.s. congress, but on to this more serious issue. it's really nice to have you here tonight. >> thank you. >> how do you think that this plan to shut down several dmvs will affect the elderly woman who needs to get a voter i.d. or a young man that lives in a rural part of the state. what does it look like on the ground for them? >> well, we in wisconsin used to think that we were the good government state, the clean government state. but it turns out that partisan politics here is like what's happening everywhere else in the country. it's a contact sport. and if the majority party can change the rules of the game to benefit the majority party, they do it. i think that's exactly what's happening with the voter i.d. law. how does somebody who doesn't have a driver's license go to the dmv to get a free i.d. card that has no photo on it? the logic of it, it seems to me, is pretty comp

but wisconsin can be a heart-breaker for republicans. you think you are going to win.nt bush lost twice by razor thin margins. >> bob: because i love you, don't go out in front of me and i'm doing polling on the races and guarantee you the republican are not going to make it. >> dana: it's a bet. >> bob: okay, that's dinner. i know this is for bolling, manual by a union, the service employees international union, one of the controversial unions which makes suggestions how to deal with certain employers. and certain tactics. these tactics are somewhat controversial. i would haven't used the words they used here but i read company manuals how to gut unions so it wouldn't surprise me. >> eric: you wouldn't use pressure the employers. it can jeopardize the relationship. how about this? use dirt but make sure the dirt is clean enough. racism, sexism, exploitation of immigrants and on and on. sounds like a good manual. >> bob: i said i thought some of the use of words were strident. but it is a way for them to get the union membership, the base stirred up. i been through uni

the gentleman from wisconsin. mr. ryan. mr. ryan: thank you, mr. speaker. at this time i'd like to yield one minute to the gentlelady from illinois, mrs. biggert. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from illinois. mrs. biggert: i thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. speaker, i rise in support of this bill. it's no secret that the $14.3 trillion debt poses an extraordinary threat to our financial future and extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures. the cut, cap, and balance act would finally end the fiscal uncertainty and force the federal government to put the interest of the taxpayers first. our colleagues across the aisle claim that this goes too far by restricting future borrowing. but the reality is that this bill is simply cap spending at the same sustainable rate as past generations. about 20% of g.d.p., a post-world war ii average. for too long government has spent the taxpayers into a debt they cannot afford. cut cap and balance would -- cut, cap, and balance would show our competitors, credito

the wisconsin state house is insured for $200 million. who built it used 43 types of stone from six countries. they copied what royalty built in europe. this is not unusual, other stated houses are grand. when you spend other people's money, you tend to spend a lot. >> when you looking look around here, this is frugal wisconsin. this is place is a palace. >> that is why we don't add things to on it. >> but they wanted more benefits for everyone. >> the question we have been asking ourselves around wisconsin, why do they have the healthcare benefits and why the retirement benefits. the question we should be asking you, why don't you have access to the same kind of he'll choices that a public employee has. >> john: because if we all, did we would be deeper in the money hole. but there is another approach, one a few places have tried and the results, prosperity. that is next. >> john: today there is something new in america. a few politicians, like governor chris christie, governor rick scott and john kasich in ohio. but there is another gov

the wisconsin state house is insured for $200 million.ns who built it used 43 types of stone from six countries. they copied what royalty built in europe. this is not unusual,s are grand. when you spend oth people's money, you tend to spend a lot. >> when you looking look around here, this is frugal wisconsin. this is place is a palace. >> that is why we don't add things to on it. >> but they wanted more benefits for everyone. >> the question we have been asking ourselves around wisconsin, why do they have the healthcare benefits and why the retirement benefits. the question we should be asking you, why don't you have access to the same kind of he'll choices that a public employee has. >> john: because if we all, did we would be deeper in the money hole. but there is another approach, one a few places have tried and the results, prosperity. that is next. ♪ with diabetes, it's tough to keep life balanced. i don't always have time to eat like i should. and the more i focus on everything else, the less time i have to take care of me. that's

in madison wisconsin and in wisconsin he's a he's an acolyte of the koch brothers who we know from recent revelations are in bed with the energy companies they themselves being an energy company to speed up the effects of the ecological whole a cost that we're witnessing and so his solution to the labor unrest is to put everybody in prison well next we were just talking about the casino element of the casino gulag economy this reminds me of the gulag economy is that like north korea you have a command and control gulag economy emerging in wisconsin using slave labor to perform your work it never works it doesn't work for north korea north korea probably started out forty years ago down this road on austerity measures that probably started as a way to cut the deficit instead they have a dilapidated economy that relies on the sugar daddy of china. because they can invade the only other way to pay for a gulag economy as germany did was you invade other countries dear leader scott walker but talking about powerful men britain's richest man to build giant arctic iron ore mine britain richest m

with prison labor under scott walker's collective bargaining law to state employees in wisconsin make an average of fifty thousand dollars a year and this includes all of the white collar workers all the executives working for the state and includes their pension benefits and health insurance so fifty thousand dollars a year now wisconsin prison inmate cost thirty thousand dollars a year so they're using free scott walker is calling it free labor for maintenance work landscaping and painting jobs so they're paying thirty thousand dollars for these prisoners to do the work that's right this part of the global contraction and conflagration and wages in china the wages are moving up in the united states are aggressively moving down and so mike scott walker who is there in madison wisconsin and in wisconsin he's a he's an acolyte of the koch brothers who we know from recent revelations are in bed with the energy companies they themselves being an energy company to speed up the effects of the ecological hola cost that we're witnessing and so his solution to the labor unrest is to put every

tonight's show he's already accused of putting a fellow judge in a choke hold now more trouble for wisconsin just this night school time winner and the power of music when it comes to politics and i'll speak with a rapper who's got a lot to say about u.s. foreign policy and the war in libya in just a moment. more news today violence is once again flared up. and these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. giant corporations rule the day. and broadcasting live direct from the heart of moscow this is r t with your top news headlines from around the world. russian foreign minister slams france for supplying weapons to libyan rebels saying its interpretation of the u.n. resolution to protect civilians gives carte blanche for a free for all meanwhile the international criminal court also comes under fire from russian officials who say its arrest warrants for the gadhafi family further damaged chances of a peaceful resolution to the conflict. and in an exclusive interview with r.t. colonel gadhafi his son saif al islam says he believes his country's riches are nato's

he is one of three wisconsin democrats facing recall. republicans wanted more than twice that many senators recalled, but three is what they got, and one of the three recall efforts against the democrats failed pretty badly tonight. tonight's election was expected to be indicative of what might happen next month when six wisconsin senate republicans are up for recall. we will keep you posted on wisconsin politics as we have all year, of course. happy to say senator dave hansen who just won his attempted recall election tonight is going to be a live guest on "the ed show" which starts now. thanks for being with us.