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>> reporter: in new york mayor bloomberg suggested cutting 6,000 teachers jobs because of a loss in state funding. >> i dont think we can afford to lose any teachers, but if we have to to balance our budget, we are going to do with 6,000 fewer. >> reporter: most states, unlike the federal government, have to balance their budget every year. and 2012 is shaping up to be one of the most difficult on record. 44 states and the district of columbia are projecting shortfalls totaling $125 billion. fed...

True, all-american hot breakfast spread every day. we love to eat around here. turn around. your dream of a hot breakfast for everybody. >> oh, everyone, come and eat! >> so, were not going to australia but we are going to eat well today for sure. we have eggs, hash browns, we got -- >> everyone, eat! >> staff, come on out and grab a hot breakfast. hot food. no more bagels and cereal -- >> control room, dont worry, when i made this wish, i included you guys in it because you are awesome and make...

Really are an extended arm of the cia and the u.s. defense department. >> reporter: there has been a real sense of deja vu at the white house with top officials reaching out to their bahraini counterparts urging them to show restraint, respect protesters in the street, bahraini government not necessarily getting the message. we may have seen this movie once before. jake tapper, abc news, the white house. sarah palin played it cool on whether she will run for president next year. before a busin...

Gadhafi. they called thursday a day of rage. organized on facebook, the social networking site thats been an important weapon for the protesters. there are reports that the internal security forces used live rounds there to disperse the crowds. were hearing at least four people have been killed there. the ripple effect continues. in the west bank, hundreds turned out in ramallah asking for an end to the faction hamas and fatah and for their leaders to unify, but those protests, however, were not...

T.j. winick, abc news, new york. throughout the middle east today activists say theyll be out in full force. dispute a government ban in public outpourings in bahrain, protesters are adamant. marches are planned across egypt today to celebrate last weeks resignation of president hosni mubarak. all middle east countries rocked by political upheaval one thing in common -- theyre all key allies of the u.s. in the fight against terrorism. the question now, will their civil unrest threaten our na...

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If essential state workers walk off the job. chris bury, abc news, wisconsin. >> wisconsin democrats admit they fled the state hoping to prevent or slow down the vote on that controversial budget bill. for a time they were hiding out in a rockford, illinois, hotel, not far from the wisconsin state line. now theyre on the lam again in an undisclosed location. all republicans need to pass that bill is for one democrat to actually show up. now to the unrest in the arab world and the activists who...

Bahrain and across egypt today. >> and the white house has reprimanded bahrain for its harsh crackdown on protesters. abcs lama hasan has the latest live from cairo. hi, lama. >> reporter: good morning, rob and vinita. its still early in the morning here but we are expecting a big turnout later today in cairo. pro-democracy protesters have planned a million person march, a victory march to celebrate new egypt and egypt without hosni mubarak as its leader. its been a week since the former preside...

If essential state employees walk off the job. chris bury, abc news, madison, wisconsin. the wisconsin democrats deliberately fled the state to prevent -- or slow down the vote on that controversial budget bill. for a time they were hiding out in a rockford, illinois, hotel. not far from the wisconsin state line. they say they have left and the hiding out -- they are hiding out in an undisclosed location. wisconsin is not the only state struggling to make ends meet these days. as sharyn alfo...

Houston, dallas, los angeles and brooklyn. abc news cameras caught one raid as it happened in brooklyn at a facility agents say billed $50 million worth of services in just two years. >> we have patients coming forward, some saying, i didnt receive any services. i just go in there, i get paid, which is a key thing. patients should not be getting paid for services. >> reporter: authorities also announced 131 defendants have been charged with more than $400 million in fraudulent billing over the l...