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Few hours before they had to vote on it. so were still digging into the details, but overall, we feel like this budget does keep the promise to fully fund our pensions and we are just hopeful that the governor signs this budget and keeps his promise. >> okay. stephanie winkler, thank you very much for giving us all the information. so thats the rub right there is they think they were victims of a bait and switch that the bills were not transparent. they didnt know that these changes were being...

Dedicated funding by our legislature for many years. its not a partisan issue in our state. its not the fault of any one party. its just been a simple lack of funding by many legislatures to fund what they should have been funding in order to keep our pension systems at the level that they need to be to be sustained. >> so its primarily about pensions? >> it is about pensions and then also because our legislative session this time is a budget session and so we had to advocate not just for fundin...

Just an investment in public education. public education is by our kentucky constitution a requirement. and our state legislature has been not funding public education for a long time to the levels that we feel like we need to be able to provide a 21st century education while using 20th century instructional materials. >> just so i understand, they want their salaries increased, they want their pensions increased or they want their classroom supplies increased? >> so in kentucky our fight starte...

In oklahoma are closed for a second day as the thousands of teachers there protest for higher pay and more classroom resources. in kentucky yesterday teachers rallied at the state capitol after the legislature passed changes to teachers pensions. >> we arent an afterthought. we arent something that you can put at the bottom of the bucket. we arent something that you can put lobbyists over. were the future. our students are the future and they need to find the future. >> jon: the protest inspired...

If we looked at what was going on with the usps a couple years ago, they were really in a crisis. most of that had to do where i w. their pensions. they were spending so much on these pensions thats what was causing the money loss. so they had a restructuring. they tried to figure out exactly how they were going to start making these revenues. they started cutting deals with all these different companies. its not just amazon. the president is going to complain about amazon. he has to complain ab...

They all rely on china for a huge portion of their sales and financial hit to corporate america is just one reason wall street doesnt like it. a trade spat between the u.s. and china, that could also hurt global growth. its part of the reason we are seeing u.s. futures lower. were seeing possibly having a triple digit dip at the open. this could be a rocky day because of this headline. >> well be in touch with you as we plow forward. thank you. fighting back, teacher walkouts in two states thi...

About unions, the right to organize, he talked about pensions. and he talked about workers. and thats what were going to hit. man, more than talking bad about anybody, were talking in favor of the american people. were talking about -- to folks in missouri, michigan, all over the country, were going to wisconsin. were going all over. we are engaging people on these kind of things. >> i take the point -- >> keeping the main thing the main thing how people can make a living. >> sir, i take the poi...

And in trenton yesterday, people kept bringing up pensions. weve got a pension crisis going on in this country. and if somebody comes to them and says, hey, this one poll said this one thing this time. people are going to be like, whatever, man. i want to know what is the democrat party going to fight for me and my family as i look forward to retirement? the answer is emphatically absolutely yes. so, i just want to tell you, man, were not just trying to win back the u.s. house and the u.s. senat...

Chair of the democratic national committee, congressman keith ellison of minnesota. one of those democrats leading the charge, theyre trying to take back the house this year. congressman, thanks for joining us. lets talk about that effort. democrats havent been there in 18 years. the new report we have on nbcnews.com, they think hillary clinton is going to be a weapon for them because of those comments in part, at least, she made a few weeks ago about trump areas of the country being backward lo...

Does mean they want a reasonable and rational policy, and by and large they believe the people who have been here, who have not gotten into trouble with the law other than the fact of their illegal crossing should be allowed to stay in some kind of legal status. >> and yet, after multiple administrations, there is no legal conclusion that has made that happen. ron brownstein, thanks for your time, and happy easter. >> happy easter to you. still ahead this hour, from classrooms to capital teach...