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Funds given to the chinese? >> yes. in the case of solyndra, i dont know where that has gone, whether thats gone to some other company. there was a very big financial contributor to the democratic party, and president obama in the 2008 election. somebody from oklahoma. that ended up also being a big-wig in solyndra, so you have those sort of dynamics to worry about as well and concerned about and irritated about. gregg: these could have been loans, with you they were grants in the great wisdom o...

Left-hand side of your screen. this is what is happening in michigan, lansing, michigan. huge union protests. mike tobins live in the middle of it all. well get an update from him in just a few minutes, top of the hour actually. but the folks there, union workers are very upset over a law that will be signed by the governor today, passed by the legislature which basically says, michigan can in some ways be a right-to-work state. you can not force workers to pay union dues. charles payne is here ...

I would simply say its a bold and historic day in michigan, the opportunity for workers to choose, to freely associate, and i think if the unions are really good at what they are going to do and offer great services the workers will have the value proposition in front of them and they will be able to choose how they spend their money. martha: michigan went for president obama in the last election. that was an indicator to many people that the union movement is very strong, had a lot of influence...

Auto sector is alive and well and made a comeback, the fact it hasnt. the only way michigan can be competitive with its neighboring states and global economy is have a right-to-work state. gregg: president obama said yesterday when he was there in michigan, they want to take away your to earn more money. what say you? >> well i think essentially the idea is if there is prosperity, a lot of prosperity, more people will have the opportunity to make a whole lot of money, not a handful of people. wh...

That risks having those chemical weapons get into the hands of terrorists outside of the country. there are reports that the obama administration is about to recognize the opposition as the legitimate government of syria. i wouldnt do that, but if they are going to do it they should demand, insist that the opposition commit to turning over those chemical weapons to us, or to the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons to destroy them. martha: all right, ambassador thank you. always ...

The states house gives final approval to right to work bills that would weaken union power. weve got more reaction on the big story this hour. plus, dramatic video, a tornado caught on camera. more on this video and where it happened. it is in our stories around the "news nation." check out our tumblr page. my entire team, thats claire, our intern, headed back to famu. thank you for your help all year. pretty much all year. thank you. youre the best. constipated? yeah. mm. some laxatives like ...

Hedged minutes after demanding more specifics from bane baun on taxes. >> i have to get you more -- see if we have more specifics for you. >> this comes a the white house thinks the heavy pressure from the fellow democrats who today demanded no cuts to any of the health entitlement programs. >> we are not budging on medicare or medicaid. >> they were joined by the labor leaders who got a boost yesterday firing up a union crowd in michigan. >> they are talking about giving you the right to work f...

>> no matter what happens, they cannot define us. >> what we shouldnt be doing is trying to take away your rights to bargain for better wages and working. [cheers] >> what were talking about is giving you the right to work for less money. we dont want a race to the bottom. we want a race to the top. [shouting] >> for two very strong reasons first of all worker choice the freedom to choose and the concept of more and better jobs for our state. i think it was a good thing to sign this legislation ...

>> eric: all right. time for one more thing. going quickly. minutes ago governor snyder in michigan signed the right to work bill in to law. there he is. just after he signed it. making michigan the 24th state in union right to work. we also should note within minutes richard trumka, union thug said -- >> bob: union thug? >> eric: said snyder is a puppet of the extreme donors. >> bob: richard trumka is a thug. do you know anything about him? of course not. >> dana: president george w. bush has h...

Their last day. takes an immense amount of courage to do that. martha: indeed it does. gregg: the crowds we have been watching now made it inside the state capitol in lansing, michigan. take a listen. [shouting] >> shut it down!. gregg: shut it down is what theyre saying as lawmakers there are not about to do that. in fact theyre set to cast their final votes on the states right to work law. well get back to michigan. mike tobin, in the middle of it all. martha: big story. well go back there. a ...