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>> well, theres no question about it, and that is why, brooke, everyone is following this case. i mean, up to about 20 major u.s. companies have filed briefs and come out in support of walmart. they are saying ge, bank of america, microsoft, they are all saying, listen. this could open up the floodgates of class action lawsuits, and we saw this kind of thing, brooke, with tobacco litigation, antitrust litigation, all those big, big sort of hotbed issues, and they say this is going to affect mill...

Thats shameful. >> lets move to something -- >> slightly less irritating. this is less irritating. this is sports. the question is what do millionaire pro athletes have in common with public servants trying to survive. a sneaky move by the nfl blaming the lockout on players forgetting how good they have it without mentioning those teachers and firefighters in wisconsin. the owners released this statement over the quote. they said at a time when thousands of employees are fighting for their colle...

The fans they can alienate. >> very risky. thats why i say high stakes. the players can strike, which they wont do, or decertify the union. >> we were talking about collective bargaining with respect to the state battles going on. the last thing that unionized workers want to do is typically decertify and start bargaining for themselves. in this particular instance, the players are using it and saying, wait a second, maybe we wont deal with the union. and youll have to deal with every one of us ...