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They in the groups political action committee donated $29,000 to walkers bid. and members of the trade group contributed more than $92,000, bringing the contribution total to $121,652. that puts them in walkers top five pac donors. so, while everyone else is getting their pay cut, this kid is getting instant raises. anyone still think the cuts were about balancing the budget in wisconsin? and by the way, if you think thats bad, it gets worse. the anti-union law that walker signed last month also...

Communities. >> nurses tend to be very popular. and firefighters. >> of they actually make our lives much better. theres a great story to be told about the sacrifices they make that a lot of us are not willing to make. if scott walker is going to pick on them while taking money from the koch brothers and giving tax cuts to the wealthy of wisconsin, its not a very -- >> is he personally taking money from the koch brothers? isnt that sign up there the koch brother sign? >> mother jones broke the s...

I will be totally candid. ive had a life which, on occasion, has had problems. i believe in a forgiving god, the american people will have to decide whether thats their primary concern. >> thats the kind of question that happens when young people who arent afraid to ask tough questions get close to big-time politicians. in this case, that kid was a college democrat. next, scott walker gets pranked. everyone is trying to get a direct line to the union-fighting governor of wisconsin. so consider t...

Occasion, has had problems. i believe in a forgiving god, the american people will have to decide whether thats their primary concern. >> thats the kind of question that happens when young people who arent afraid to ask tough questions get close to big-time politicians. in this case, that kid was a college democrat. next, scott walker gets pranked. everyone is trying to get a direct line to the union-fighting governor of wisconsin. so consider this, yesterday a man posing as billionaire financie...

Between someone posing as david koch -- >> got through to walker, didnt he? >> not just got through to him. walker spoke to him for 20 minutes. there arent too many people who get 20 minutes of a governors time. >> its interesting the governor, he was pranked as you put it, he thought he was talking -- he said im just like ronald reagan. well, hes not. reagan came out of that have looking strong because he broke a strike that was illegal. thats different than this completely. >> heres what i wou...

Ive had a life which, on occasion, has had problems. i believe in a forgiving god, the american people will have to decide whether thats their primary concerns. >> thats what happens when young people -- in this case, that kid was a college democrat. next scott walker gets pranked. so consider this, yesterday a man posing as billionaire financier david koch got straight through to walkers office and secretly taped this. he compares himself to ronald reagan. >> 30 years ago, ronald reagan, whos...

Top. lions take a four-point lead there. with time ticking down, 49ers mount a drive. alex smith to walker for the touchdown with under 2:00 left. 49ers beat the lions 25-19, butt story of this game came from the handshake. watch this. san francisco coach jim harbaugh excited. finds jim schwartz of the lions. handshake and a big slap on the back. schwartz did not like that, the lions head coach. chasing harbaugh down the field, giving him an earful and trying to mix it up. they had to be separat...

Theyve got something going here, dont they? and just last week, papa fitz, well, the father was named head of the highway patrol. you cant make this stuff up. papa fitz let his boys down as the wisconsin 14 now are on the lam as governor walker is absolutely furious. >> i continue to work and im calling on the members of the state senate to show up and do the job that theyre paid to do as well. on behalf of the people who pay their salaries, show up to work. they get paid to come to work and the...

Over the last decade almost all of it for democrats. >> this is about shifting the landscape in wisconsin, tilting the power in favor of governor walkers party. >> reporter: critics say it furthers the koch industry. last year, koch industries pac gave $43,000 to walkers campaign, the maximum under state law. a little-known provision in the budget allows the sale of state-owned power companies without bids. the company told nbc it has no interest in purchasing wisconsin power plants and insisted...

The prank phone call exposed walker and really ripped the scab off the republicans and their corporate puppet masters. keep in mind, in the last election cycle, the koch brothers gave $1 million to the republican govern nors association which funneled another $65,000 to walker. but heres the big number. then the republican governors association turned and spent $3.4 million attacking walkers democratic opponent. that kind of money is big shakes to a guy like scott walker who wants power, but its...