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today wisconsin is a fall preview. >> they look at wisconsin, and they see americas battleground between people who want to work together to solve problems and penal who want to divide and conquer. >> democratic challenger and milwaukee mayor tom barrett on his bid to oust the republican governor in a recall race. then battleground politics with virginia republican governor bob mcdonald, u.s. jobs and the bloodshed in syria. plus, unemployment is up, the dow is down, and the presidenti...

We need industry in our state. we need businesses in our state. but we need true shared sacrifice. and tax break, fine. but tax breaks without any accountability to create jobs is where we have a problem. you have to give back to the community in order to get a tax break and that is what we are not seeing. we are seeing tax breaks with no accountability. >> greta: do you have any idea sort of what the cost savings has been with the collective bar againing? im not taking a side on this. im just t...

Years. dont tell me city of la is exempted from the california constitution. >> we have rich who is another californian. your point is that it is worked out on a local community basis. >> yes, i suppose they can. they are not in illinois. that is the pensions are 12 percent . every credible fund manager without putting your money at risk. it is renegotiated. >> and the point is, it sucks for the government workers to have to take the medicine. as rich pointed out we were expecting returns that d...

Any thoughts how you might have done things a little differently? >> i think governor walker has an eye to the correct answer here greta. you and i spent a lot of time talking and i spent time talking to a lot of folks last year about what was going on in wisconsin. why were we having the protests in wisconsin. it was because we passed really big reforms that not only addressed the problems of the past but also the problems of the future. when we came into office we were facing a $3.6 billion bu...

We need businesses in our state. but we need true shared sacrifice. and tax break, fine. but tax breaks without any accountability to create jobs is where we have a problem. you have to give back to the community in order to get a tax break and that is what we are not seeing. we are seeing tax breaks with no accountability. >> greta: do you have any idea sort of what the cost savings has been with the collective bar againing? im not taking a side on this. im just trying to understand what the nu...

At the first part of the term? any thoughts how you might have done things a little differently? >> i think governor walker has an eye to the correct answer here greta. you and i spent a lot of time talking and i spent time talking to a lot of folks last year about what was going on in wisconsin. why were we having the protests in wisconsin. it was because we passed really big reforms that not only addressed the problems of the past but also the problems of the future. when we came into office w...

Turning to politics now. mitt romney clinched the republican nomination this week and hes been collecting endorsements ever since. former first lady nancy reagan invited romney and his wife ann to her home. afterward she gave him her firm endorsement saying her husband ronnie would have liked governor romneys business background and his strong principles, and i have to say i do, too. >> lemonade and cookies. i love it. very, very cute. republicans have a new plan to keep student interest loans...

And hes been collecting endorsements ever since. former first lady nancy reagan invited romney and his wife ann to her home. afterward she gave him her firm endorsement saying her husband ronnie would have liked governor romneys business background and his strong principles, and i have to say i do, too. >> lemonade and cookies. i love it. very, very cute. republicans have a new plan to keep student interest loans from doubling at the end of the month. they sent a letter to the president with t...

With deval patrick. we know the infamous words by cory booker. the surrogates may be outstanding but is there a problem with keeping folks on record or on point when it comes to these bain capital attacks which you obviously need the momentum in presenting things regarding governor romneys record that you just laid out. more eloquently than some others. >> i suspect that mitt romney has challenged to maintain discipline with surrogates like donald trump and jon huntsman who is off studying a thi...

Retiring at age 60? i dont get a pension anymore. pensions are withering away in the private sector. i think there is a -- theres a problem for what has been given top public employees in so many places as a result of organized labors power in negotiating with states and cities. and im not sure that the average person in the center is necessarily with them as we go forward. >> and thats the question, too. because barrett has sort of asked in a matter of sorts for president obama to come and sort...