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Closing that $5 billion budget gap, the republicans say no tax hikes, we want big spending cuts, and that is precisely the standoff thats taking place all across the country. in california, theyre going to big cuts, plus internet taxes, in illinois, its all higher taxes, in connecticut, its big layoffs, no union givebacks, in texas, its all spending cuts. thats the standoff. raise taxes and or cut spending. you could say, gregg, that its precisely the same standoff at the federal level. washingt...

Could force the president to do. >> they probably shrugged, wolf. thats kind of donald trump, every story is about him. so this was one more story that was about donald trump, and you know it, came out there. by the way, the president said that this is not going to convince the real doubters out there. and it wont. there will still it be people out there who want to continue to talk about this issue as a way to delegitimize the presidency. thats what people inside the white house where is also w...

Is it going to be an agreement to at least have spending caps? is it going to be a full-fledged grand barge jn what are the realistic expectations for whats coming in june? >> chuck, its important to sort of go back to the principles. this is not a commission. the president asked the leaders of congress to designate leaders to come and meet with the vice president and his economic team to work through and negotiate. thats very different than a commission. so i think -- >> okay. >> the notion of ...

Miller released a statement saying, "threatening to take senators into custody isnt going to solve our budget issues. these latest tactics by senator fitzgerald are just not productive in moving the state forward." republican governor scott walker says he could start sending out layoff notices to state unions and workers by the end of tomorrow if his so-called budget repair bill is not passed. he held another press conference tonight. >> like people across the state were frustrated. you see, day...

Going to solve our budget issues. these latest tactics by senator fitzgerald are just not productive in moving the state forward." republican governor scott walker says he could start sending out layoff notices to state unions and workers by the end of tomorrow if his so-called budget repair bill is not passed. he held another press conference tonight. >> like people across the state were frustrated. you see, day after day after day we keep having good, productive discussions, think that were he...

Hes saying these big pension deals are breaking the states. your reaction? your reaction. >> my reaction is then we should sit down and negotiate. thats how we solve problems in this state. not by writing bills that take our rights away to negotiate. we negotiate contracts every day and we bargain hard issues every day and we revolve issues every day. this has nothing to do with these budget issues or these pension issues. they are refusing to talk to the public sector workers and theyre legisla...

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Running for president or not? we are going to ask dbrickashaw ferguson. first, in the state of the union president obama promised he would cut spending in his 2012 budget. the price tag 3.7 trillion is that a spending cut or fuzzy math. south carolina senator john thune joins us. so we can make this plain there are two economic issues that are the budget issues. within continuing resolution to fun the government between now and september 30th the other is the 2012, correct? >> right. we have two...

That thats true, and unfortunately its again because of the governor. ive actually introduced a bill, senate bill 1001, and representative tovar has introduced a companion bill in the house to try and restore the transplant coverage. ive gone and talked to the appropriations chairman, who is the chair of the committee this bills assigned to and asked can we get a hearing for this bill can we do it urgently because there are still 96 people counting on us to restore this funding. and my response ...

The board, but the most recent studies show that we have created 100 new small schools replacing these failing, big high schools and they did an independent study and got very powerful results and actually in a match group increase the percentage of graduates by 7%. 7% is about 5,000 kids and coming on top of improvements on national scores and state scores, it has been a good time. we have to face these budget issues but our teachers and our principals, theyre performing well. >> yet, the schoo...