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Lottery on st. patricks. 3, 1. 7. thank you. and the teachers unions claim that it is all for the kids. a new adfeaturing a former representative for the national education union tells a different story. >> one union boss explapes. >> it is not because we care about children and it is not because we have a vision of a great public school for every child. nea and affiliates are affected as a business because we have power. >> nea president joins us to respond. good morning. >> good morning. >> ...

The weekend without too much red ink on your brackets. she loves this. that does it for me. im thomas roberts. contessa now steals the rest of my show. >> how can you wish good luck to everyones alma mater. thats impossible. some are going to have bad luck. >> how can you show up in green the day after thanksgiving -- i mean the day after st. patricks day? anyway, thanksgiving and st. patricks are my two favorite holidays. >> i dont need to follow the crowd. i can wear it the day after -- >> hap...

You think im defensive? >> do i. >> i got killed yesterday. >> i think hes going to run, at least early on. >> i hope he z. i think it would be awesome. >> i wouldnt laugh. >> it would be awesome. >> sign me up. >> the republican primaries are always fun. >> patrick, you going to run again? >> thinking of it, carl. can we sign you up, carl? >> absolutely. ill be your manager. >> oh, good lord. we have pat buchanan in washington. and joining the table -- oh, mikes still here. senior political cor...

White house, not another washington democrat, that hes different. he gave this remarkable speech for a freshman democrat to call out his president, unheard of. also, hes trying to get republicans and democrats together, not have their party luncheons but be together. he so far has met with 20 republicans, 25 democrats, trying to be a personal ambassador for bipartisanship. >> called out the president right there on the floor of the senate yesterday. mike al within a look at the world-fakous poli...

Public opinion to turn and for scat walker to turn publicly, leaking some of the e-mails, politically at least was it the right thing to do? did it help their cause? >> it looks like it was the right thing to do, willie. i agree with that. it looks like scott walker may be ready to compromise. i still believe in the last analysis, willie, when you come to the benefits and things like that on the unions, i think scott walker is going to win the battle, even if he loses, if you will, the political...

Office their guy, they go into the room with their guy and say heres what we want for our employees. the guys that pay it are the taxpayers. now, when chrysler caves into the uaw, if it does, chrysler takes the hit understandably. >> all right. we also are going to have reaction. well talk about this more. we have so much to get to that we still havent yet. >> i was told in my ear not to respond there. ill get back to you, patrick. >> we have a three-hour show. >> e-mail me. >> okay. >> weve bee...

>> just breaks your heart to think of the boy crying on the steps at st. patricks. at least hes okay. pope benedict speaking publicly about the priest sex abuse scandal for the first tile and promising church action. nbcs that been watching this for sometime. a significant development. >> the church has been under tremendous pressure for the past month as the sex abuse scandal has taken over europe. reports of abuse in germany, netherlands, and italy. people have been calling on pope benedict ...

The story gets even stranger now that police say the childs mother and a boyfriend were arrested in florida for passing counterfeit cash. nbcs ron allen is here now. ron, we live in new york city, so to give people perspective, this child is left in one of the busiest places you could wander into. >> at a church by a woman, taken in by the police in the rectory. hes okay, in the hands of the new york city police who are taking care of him. the note was for a police detective in florida. the moth...

Of patricks day. the president and mrs. obama the idea from chicago where every st. patricks day the chicago river is dyed green this is the second day the white house fountains have been dyed green. yesterday rush limbaugh gave out the phone number for capitol hill. he told his listeners to flood congress with calls. today rush, not backing down. >> keep barraging them. if you get a busy signal understand it is a circuit busy. they sent out warnings from the communications office to members tha...

Of patricks day. the president and mrs. obama the idea from chicago where every st. patricks day the chicago river is dyed green this is the second day the white house fountains have been dyed green. yesterday rush limbaugh gave out the phone number for capitol hill. he told his listeners to flood congress with calls. today rush, not backing down. >> keep barraging them. if you get a busy signal understand it is a circuit busy. they sent out warnings from the communications office to members tha...