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Win on the merits. so were going to go forward and keep fighting. >> rick badger, executive director of afscme 43, thank you. thaung to represent barca and also representative mason. we have more on this ahead. howard fineman on the politics of this move and former labor secretary robert reish on the impact to workers. and later, newt gingrich goes on the christian broadcasting network to address his repeated marital problems in his three marriages. can newts serial adultery be forgiven by r...

You know, lawrence, i dont recognize wisconsin any more. the wisconsin i grew up, people got along. the wisconsin way is you work together to reconcile your differences. the wisconsin way is to bring people together, not divide people, but this governor has divided this state like we have never been divided before. our state believes in clean and open government. that is no longer possible, i dont believe, under governor walker and his extreme and radical agenda. >> in senator millers statement ...

today we begin with out maneuvered. the three-week standoff in wisconsin over a measure that would deal a huge blow to public unions has come to an abrupt end after a stunning move by republicans. until yesterday, republicans state senators couldnt pass governor scott walkers proposal because under the rules they were just one democrat short for the vote to happen. thats because all 14 minority democrats had fled the state in order to prevent a vote on the measure which would strip nea...

plus blago gets creative. ite not good for the economy, he says. so well see. first lets get to the news live here at 5:00 a.m. at 30 rock in new york city. democrats in wisconsin are outraged right now after the republican counter parts vote last night to strip nearly all collective bargaining rights from public workers. its how they did it that has people so outraged. republicans managed to push the plan through after discovering a way to bypass the chambers missing democrats. esse...

2 hours notice. this is clearly a violation. if youve been shutting people down, it sim proper to move forward while there is a violation of the open meetings law. >> okay. where do we start? 6:00 on the east coast. good morning. it is thursday, march 10th. welcome to "morning joe." im going to need a security guard for willie geist. >> hes gazing at me now. >> strong hands, im just going to say it, strong hands. >> just awful. im so sorry, willie. do you need counseling? im going to c...

we begin this morning without maneuver. the three-week standoff in wisconsin over a measure that would deal a huge blow to public unions has come to an abrupt end after a stunning move by republicans. until yesterday, republican state senators couldnt pass governor scott walkers proposals because under the rules they were just one democrat short for it to happen. thats because all 14 democrats had fled the state to prevent a mesh. but on wednesday republicans managed to push the plan t...

theres breaking news from wisconsin tonight, just as it appeared that the republican governor was about to compromise with the 14 senate democrats who remain across state lines. state republicans have just used a new legislative procedure to pass the governors union busting bill without any democrats present. the vote was 18-1, with one republican voting no, and all 14 democrats recorded as not voting. nbcs john yang has been covering the story and is live in chicago. john, how did the...

whats their next move. and can the republicans get away with this? well discuss the legal ramifications of scott walkers war on the middle class in wisconsin. democratic lawmakers are calling what their republican counterparts tonight an affront to democracy. the wisconsin senate passed a bill stripping collective bargaining rights from over 175,000 state employees. senate republicans voted 18-1. in what is being considered a bold political move, republicans took collective bargaining ...

war on the middle class in wisconsin. democratic lawmakers are calling what their republican counterparts tonight an affront to democracy. the wisconsin senate passed a bill stripping collective bargaining rights from over 175,000 state employees. senate republicans voted 18-1. in what is being considered a bold political move, republicans took collective bargaining out of the budget bill, and voted without the democrats, before the votes were cast democratic assemblyman peter barka ma...

in chicago. john, how did the republicans vote on this without the democrats being back in the state to have the quorum we thought they needed in order to vote on this? >> reporter: lawrence, you said it. this is an interesting parliamentary tactic. i am not clear how this fits into the rules of the wisconsin legislature, because what they did, they all did this within the past hour, the senate republicans created a conference committee, a house senate conference committee which usuall...