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Ours is even deeper, though. because theyre going after prevailing wage and project labor agreements. >> yes. >> which -- so theyre going deeper, wider, and harder in indiana. >> we will follow a story in indiana. indiana state representatives patrick bauer, greg battles, greg porter, thank you so much for joining us tonight. coming up the war on the middle class. my special report on the secret tax youre paying at the pump and at the grocery store. how will wall street profits come from it? s...

Today republicans began fining democratic lawmakers $250 for each day they spend outside indiana just like the wisconsin 14 the indiana 37 have vowed not to return until they get a compromise. joining me now from an undisclosed location in illinois is indiana state democratic leader patrick bauer along with indiana state representatives lawson, porter, battles, and tyler. welcome to all of you tonight. leader bauer, good to have you on. speak to this issue about the public paying for private sch...

want him to just compromise. this standoff for labor rights is at a crucial tipping point. republicans are nervous tonight and the wisconsin 14 are live with us and they will respond. ipods, ipads, and iphones. john mccain says we should be proud that theyre made in america. the problem is they are not. wall street is driving up the cost of gasoline. youre paying now but the democrats may pay big time in 2012. its the first part of an "ed show" special series tonight. this is the story...

fzol new york. this is whats on the table tonight. governor scott walker rejects talks with democratic senators even though most wisconsinites want him to just compromise. this standoff for labor rights is at a crucial tipping point. republicans are nervous tonight and the wisconsin 14 are live with us and they will respond. ipods, ipads, and iphones. john mccain says we should be proud that theyre made in america. the problem is they are not. wall street is driving up the cost of gaso...

Town to escape voting on a bill that they didnt care for? >> caller: youre act like these bills are just bills as usual. these are radical attacks on the entire public school system, on the free universal education system, and so thats not exactly a bill. youre acting as if its just normal procedure. this is not normal procedure. its not normal in other areas. so what we need to doition have a time-out here. you have that when some student acts radical in class. take a time-out and see if you ca...

Identify that is collective bargaining bill for public employees. that is coming at us through the senate that is the right to have common construction wage that you cant have secret ballots when you try to form a union or anything like that and a voucher program that will eliminate the ability to have open public schools and its a class war going on here. it wasnt the right to work bill. it really started with the attack on public education and destruction of it. the state is giving powers to p...

Is refusing to back down in his efforts to curb collective bargaining for public employees. >> as more and more protesters come in from nevada, chicago and elsewhere, im not going to allow their voices to overwhelm the voices of the millions of taxpayers from all across this state who know were doing the right thing. >> meanwhile, in indiana, house democrats went awol, they tried to stop a similar bill there, the republican governor, mitch daniels, told state republicans to stand down on their e...

of the authors of that bill, a republican state senator last night to get his perspective. heres what he had to say. >> we are under siege as a state. were not competitive. weve got well over 9% unemployment. this is just one piece of an overall reform package designed to stabilize the state. >> reporter: now, the bill in question would eliminate collective bargaining for state unionized workers, would also change arbitration rules and require employees to pay up to 20% for their own h...

some of the citys most recognizable monuments are in ruins. the state budget battle fever, apparently its contagious. the showdown over labor states are on the lamb. february 23rd, 2011. im chuck todd. >> good morning. im savannah guthrie. also contagious, do you google your own medical ailments and provide e-diagnosis for friends and family? you may be a cyber-condriac. >> im still shaken by this. when youre elected to the united states senate, the first thing you do, look in the mi...