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hello, im dana bash with wolf blitzer in washington. a historic courtroom clash. right now former president donald trump is testifying in his own defense in his new york civil fraud trial, and within minutes of trump taking the stand, a battle with the judge quickly unfolded. judge arthur engoron accused trump of making long-winded speeches, the judge told defense attorneys, i beseech you to control him, if you can. if you cant, i will. >> the former president of the united states is a...

Comes to the infrastructure vote and then the secondary build back better act. so the white house and top aides here are of course discussing what went wrong, what they could have perhaps helped messaging-wise to do better. but remember, this was a race that the president did go campaign for terry mcauliffe a couple of times, he again was bullish about the results here. but he did try to argue that the impact of whether his agenda was passed or not was not going to really resonate with voters. a...

Or out? >> a lot of things are still being negotiated. >> thats still under negotiation. okay. how the state and local tax deduction, raising the cap? is that in or out? >> i feel very good based on my conversations including last night that that will be in. its got to be in if they want the votes of some of us. >> how about this billionaires tax as a way to replace some lost income due to opposition among some democrats to, for instance, raising the corporate tax rate? is that going to be in? >...

Getting out of washington and i think that cant be overstated enough. he is very isolated here. theres no question about it. he doesnt have many people around him that he trusts. he has advisers. he doesnt have many family members. he always fuels himself by the energy of those crowds. he was at his best. he was at his best in campaign rallies. now, at his best is something that bothers many democrats and many independents, even some republicans. but at his most trumpian successful messaging-wis...

48% say they the end to side more with the labor unions, 39% with the governors here. you know, what is it that the governors have gotten wrong in this fight? obviously you dont like the policy but messaging-wise seems like you are getting your mess message out there and they are not. why do you feeling like you are winning the pr battle? >> the numbers are higher than that and people that support us but they have gone to almost trying to create a darth vader image out of public workers, and you...

And our focus right now is on the recall effort. well be involved in all six of those recalls -- >> in wisconsin? >> senators and we are going to be heavily involved in the referendum recall on s.b. 5. >> well, i want to show some poll numbers here, michael. a gallup poll, who do you agree with in the battles? state labor unions or governors. 48% say they the end to side more with the labor unions, 39% with the governors here. you know, what is it that the governors have gotten wrong in this fig...

Workers, our members and are trying to simply kill our unions and keep our political voice out of the political arena. and this has brought all of you are members together. and our focus right now is on the recall effort. well be involved in all six of those recalls -- >> in wisconsin? >> senators and we are going to be heavily involved in the referendum recall on s.b. 5. >> well, i want to show some poll numbers here, michael. a gallup poll, who do you agree with in the battles? state labor uni...

Finally a word to the wise. if youre a member to congress and make $174,000 a year, dont complain about it to your constituents. thats not a good thing. the congressman who did, he made it into "the sideshow." lets begin with labor under siege. senator sherrod brown and john nichols having covering the fights for "the union" magazine. john, this is basically a fight in the industrial midwest, newly elected republican governors believe they have a mandate and if they dont do it now, theyll neve...