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Wanting to serve in our military. we want to give them relief, congress has refused to act. this is not a permanent fix, david. this is for a two-year period. folks can come in and apply to get work authorization. those cases will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. >> abby phillips and david wigel. hello, you two. good to see you both. david, what do you make of the comments that you just heard? >> well, the timing in question is frivolous. i dont think mitt romney enjoys going on a multi-stat...

Not so much in the public sector. they still represent over 30% of public sector workers where they represent under 7% now in the private-sector. so the public sector is really where the biggest clout and numbers are in the american labor. last year for the first time there were more workers in public employee unions than in private employee unions and so going after the public sector unions which is clearly a strategic goal of the republicans, really is a body blow to the democratic party. not ...

No, no, dont be fooled. this isnt about the budget. its about republican payback. its about attacking workers rights to organize. and its happening in a coordinated methodical way in new jersey, indiana and several other states across the country. sure, we love it when workers organize in cairo. but in madison, thats scary. you know what? im sick of conservatives giving tax breaks to their cronies and breaking the backs of teachers and nurses in the name much austerity. governor walker, remember...

Get ahead and succeed but others who work just as hard struggle to just get by. i saw it in previews on tuesday night. i want dylans audience to learn about it. joining me is one of the lead actors along with the play wright. welcome, guys. david let me start with you. tell us about the steern what got you to take this on. >> its about south boston where i grew up. a woman lets get go from her minimum scene. for me he grew up in the neighborhood ive never written about my home town before. i kep...

Wisconsin where youre just making it harder for public employees to collectively bargain generally seems like more in an assault on unions. >> the fight over public sector unions is at least partially about the 2012 elections. these unions are the biggest funders of the democratic party. republicans are seeking to cutoff the democrats oxygen. >> if half a billion people leave the labor union and then you have crimp in the political budgets it has a direct effect on the presidential election. >> ...

>> thank you, richard engel for that on the ground report. be safe out there. harold let me go back to you. we just heard richard engel describe an unprovoked attack. is this sustainable? >> it may be sustainable but its to our detriment. assuming that the middle east has young people who are looking at this sort of thing and that they are either going to be favorably inclined to the united states or not favorably inclined to the united states, this kind of thing, i think, is a disaster for the ...

They go after the unions as institutions. >> well be following this, obviously. next topic, tensions boiling over in the middle east as supporters have been cracking down on protesters. in bahrain troops fired on thousands of protesters marching in defiance of a government ban. it happened after a funeral procession after five were killed in a police raid on thursday. crackdowns swept through libya where security forces fired live ammunition and a grenade at protesters leaving 24 dead. friday of...

In the palestinian territories and us backing away from this policy of encouraging that democracy. i dont know where were going to go next. weve endured so far but clearly not sustainable. >> david and harold, i appreciate you guys thinking out loud on an issue, a conflict that escapes the reach of even the most able pundits like yourself and actually get you saying i dont know on the air. very refreshing. thank you for your contributions. up next here comes the sun. gps troubles and a spectacul...

Expected to blow more oil north wards towards this coast, megyn. megyn: thank you so much. we will be watching. reporters caught bashing governor sarah palin this weekend as they covered her peach speech at a california university. this just days after a washington post reporter loses his job for ripping on conservatives he was assigned to cover, including this man, radio talk show host and professor at chapman university law school, hugh hewitt. lets start with david wigel of "the washington po...

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