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You were a firefighter and of course not a part of the collective bargaining issue in the state of wisconsin but because you care for workers that is why all the firefighters and police officers are involved in this as well. assembly minority leader peter barka offered an amendment to have the assembly speaker jeff fitzgerald removed when the debate started today. the amendment failed on a party line vote as expected. barka also filed a complaint over the way the republicans pushed this bill thr...

M & i banks, quick trips, things like that, one of our tools to help combat this oppresive governor. >> thank you, joe conway. i appreciate your time. you were a firefighter and of course not a part of the collective bargaining issue in the state of wisconsin but because you care for workers that is why all the firefighters and police officers are involved in this as well. assembly minority leader peter barka offered an amendment to have the assembly speaker jeff fitzgerald removed when the deba...

we are live tonight in norfolk, virginia at maury high school. this is a great middle class of america right here in norfolk, virginia. this is the school that i went to. im so proud to be here tonight. these folks are middle class americans. they sit behind me tonight watching this program. theyre going to communicate with us later. i think they are the fabric of this community. but of course this is my high school. why wouldnt i say that. its a privilege to be here. it was a privileg...

this is the school that i went to. im so proud to be here tonight. these folks are middle class americans. they sit behind me tonight watching this program. theyre going to communicate with us later. i think they are the fabric of this community. but of course this is my high school. why wouldnt i say that. its a privilege to be here. it was a privilege to attend this school. a public school. i also had the privilege to learn from talented public school teachers. and in the argument th...

>> the clause exists. the governmental body should provide 24 hours notice. this is clearly a violation of the law. >> the scene in fact chaotic as up to 200 demonstrators were carried out by police. >> in a building that the courts have ordered opened, and it is clearly not opened. >> thousands of them chanting "shame" as the vote went on. >> shame! shame! shame! >> on the assembly floor, outnumbered democrats have no option other than outrage as republicans pass the bill. >> once aga...

Supposed to take up the revised version of the bill. the media, were stuck here, because the media as of about an hour ago was locked out of the building. weve been told if we leave, were not going to be allowed back in. whats going on in front of us the protesters that spent the night here are being forcibly removed. im not sure if they are being arrested, but they are being picked up sometimes in indian style or dragged out and the state police are coming in and removing the protesters here th...

Bargaining rights away from wisconsin workers is now on the fast track, because of the republicans. mr. barca, what recourse is there? do you think that the state workers will turn around and do something drastic as it was suggested earlier that maybe they would strike? the passion of the people, where is it? >> well, people are clearly outraged. tonight the citizens of wisconsin were cheated out of their democracy. there was a clear violation of the law. and we believe that it will not stand. b...

Lawmakers -- including lawmakers that led to a heated shoving match at the door. >> you lie! you lie to wisconsin! >> union supporters flooded the building last night after republicans passed a bill to kriple collective bargaining rights. they separated the measure from a budget bill so that meant absent democrats were not needed for the vote. we want to bring in our own bill kirkos who is inside the state capitol building. whats the scene around you now, bill? >> can we have one minute here? >>...

Hearings and from outside the hearings there is a pressure on the community and we need to not follow the line of representative king. i would say the major conclusion would be projecting a diversity of opinion within the community. martha: can i get one more question in to you? when you look at this situation with cooperation. there is a big battle over this. some people are saying peter king is totally wrong. muslims have cooperated on a number of occasion. peter king says that cooperation has...

And that is why. mr. chairman, this is a violation of law. this is not just a rue, it is the law. there must be -- >> youre wrong. >> no, mr. chairman, this is a violation of the open meetings law. it requires 24 -- at least 24 hours notice. excuse me. >> joining me now are democratic members of the wisconsin state assembly. joining us here on the ed show, the man that was just up there, state representative peter barca, who is the minority leader in the assembly. mr. barca, how confident are yo...