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Labor and the democrats san jose. for instance, we saw it there. the rollback of pensions there by a democrat. we have seen the same thing wts mayor of san antonio to a certain extent. do you think we are seeing a changing of the relationship between these powerful unions and the democratic party. >> i do think thats what were seeing. if you look back to 2010, they put $160 million into getting democrats elected. obviously that didnt work out so well. republicans were obviously able to take over...

This election and what happened in wisconsin yesterday and over the last year and a half has really helped make that case. >> katherine, there has been so much talk about labor itself in this country being under assault. with the victory in wisconsin, potential victory in chicago, are these signs that organized labor is making a comeback? >> comeback might be a little bit too strong of a term. if you look at public reactions or public opinion of unions, its been on the decline for decades at thi...

Profir yerrent in reading there is only a 60 percent graduation rate. and so once again, this comes down to the argument of whether or not states, specifically illnis whether they can afford the pensions. and not that teachers can deserve it but whether or not states can afford or is it more of a ponzi scheme that crumbles down. it is interesting to compare illinois to wisconsin and how scott walker took on the teachers unions there today. they are not it is interesting to point out the differen...

Staff, emmanuel, going up against unions which is almost an education for him to see that here is what we brought and now have i to deal with it. >> do you think obama will come in and save the day in some capacity? he may make this an issue he has to solve. it is a problem he has to solve. i herd rush limbaugh talking about this today, and i havent thought of it in that way, but it would be great for obama to step in and be the big man on campus and say lets all get along. you give this and you...

>> some history being made as nfl history is underway. >> a woman was the line judge. she was the first women to referee a game. the regular officials are locked out. she had 15 years experience on division 1 college level. thats a big deal. keith sleigher is here of fox sports.com. a lot of people are talking about this. shannon easton was one of many. >> the nfl refs are locked out with pensions and a different kind of retirement package. they did a fine job. >> lets move outside of new york c...

Obama administration excluded from meetings about the pensions which is probably illegal. and here is another fact to consider. the nonunion pensions were 86% funded. higher than the average of the top 100 corporations in it america and none of those pensions were terminated but the nonunion workers woke up one morning and lost everything. >> shannon: you talked to the folks that are now in the ads. wakened owhat what kind of impt had on them? for any of us a significant hit. >> over 20,000 sala...

Demanding they get their pensions back. we will talk it a group trying to get the presidents pension. did managers at a government agency break the law and warn workers to vote democrat? one watchdog group wants to get to the bottom of it. now looking at the top headlines, health care is the topic of the day on the campaign trail. governor mitt romney telling abc news, he plans to keep parts of obamacare, and the president saying he would never turn medicare interest a voucher system. many of us...

Political liability i hope he will have restitution for the injustices. >> both my husband and i worked for delphi and we both lost well over 40% of our are retirement. it made life rough. i mean i really struggle to pay for the basics. >> if you work hard and play by the rules then you have earned your pension. >> i would ask president obama why i have no rights. >> shannon: and alex, you actually interviewed some of these folks so you know the stories personally and checked them out? >> last m...

Billion cut to veterans and almost 13% compared to what the president is proposing. >> so in a sense, he supported the budget, but paul ryan, $11 billion cuts to vets by not mentioning the vets and not mentioning the troops in afghanistan. what message does that send to the men and women in uniform? >> its terrible. when you listen to the comment, i mentioned the military. this is sort of a conservative talking point, weapons systems. and theres this debate about weapons systems versus taking ca...

Where many of them have their money and people are pensioners, who are enjoying their pensions because of the excellent financial returns that bain capital has been able to plea dues. heather: that begs the question then why would the government, university leaders, foundation chief let a company like bain, you know, over sea their assets? >> i think what they are interested in is not the sort of social justice that you heard about in charlotte. what they are interested in is very respectable an...