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Been out today asking to get in. democratic legislators, including fred clark, but also peter barka, the minority leader of the assembly, and corey mason, took their desks outside. they met with hundreds of constituents on the lawn, people who said they wanted to get in and could not do so. >> but the governor is defying a court-ordered injunction. how does he get around that? >> well, today there was a court hearing all day long. former attorney general who you had on the show the other night b...

democracy? well, you know, well have to say something about that tonight. and compare him to other countries that think the same way. thats in the takedown. fox news suspends newt gingrich and rick santorum, because it looks like theyre running for president. but mike huckabee and sarah palin, well, no problem, they can still stay on the payroll. this is the story that has me fired up first tonight. a member of the wisconsin 14 says that governor scott walker is at war with the people ...

countries that think the same way. thats in the takedown. fox news suspends newt gingrich and rick santorum, because it looks like theyre running for president. but mike huckabee and sarah palin, well, no problem, they can still stay on the payroll. this is the story that has me fired up first tonight. a member of the wisconsin 14 says that governor scott walker is at war with the people of wisconsin. this is how state senator lena taylor put it on my radio show today. >> we are standi...

The governors position is not whether he can do this it is that he has to if this deadline for the refinancing and the savings is not met. >> joining me are two members of the wisconsin state assembly republican scott souter and democrat peter barka. peter representative barker i am going to start with you. are these democrats coming back? >> well, eventually they certainly will come back but obviously they were fighting against the governor trying in 6 days to take away 50 years of basic rights...

The governors position is not whether he can do this it is that he has to if this deadline for the refinancing and the savings is not met. >> joining me are two members of the wisconsin state assembly republican scott souter and democrat peter barka. peter representative barker i am going to start with you. are these democrats coming back? >> well, eventually they certainly will come back but obviously they were fighting against the governor trying in 6 days to take away 50 years of basic rights...

Strikes. peter barka says calling this a power grab is an understatement. thanks so much for being here with us. we have been seeing this play out in many states where you are in the red big time. and you have got more and more governors saying i dont want to do it, but i have to do it. we heard chris christie in new jersey saying this. what your governor in wisconsin says is i dont have anything to negotiate with the unions. he says we are broke. we dont have any money to offer. so what choice ...

raising taxes. he is saying that hes ready to mobilize national guard troops if he needs to to deal with the fallout from the union workers. trace gallagher, is this unprecedented? i think it is. >> reporter: it is, indeed, megyn. the state of wisconsin has 175,000 public employees. experts say most of them are going to be very angry if this passes. even republicans who support this are saying this may set off a firestorm at the state capital, which is why the governor, scott walker, s...

Of wisconsin. >> she is a rubber stamp for all of governor walkers policies. we need someone to fight for the middle class citizens of our state. >> greta: for the next hour you will go behind the scenes of the wisconsin election recall and hear from all four candidates and meet the tea partyers who have traveled far and wide to make their voices heard in this historic election. and democratic minority leader peter barka who says his side is energized. hear from karl rove on how you it will impa...

Term. that you is that? >> up against the president of the professional firefighters of wisconsin. >> she is a rubber stamp for all of governor walkers policies. we need someone to fight for the middle class citizens of our state. >> greta: for the next hour you will go behind the scenes of the wisconsin election recall and hear from all four candidates and meet the tea partyers who have traveled far and wide to make their voices heard in this historic election. and democratic minority leader pe...

Term. that you is that? >> up against the president of the professional firefighters of wisconsin. >> she is a rubber stamp for all of governor walkers policies. we need someone to fight for the middle class citizens of our state. >> greta: for the next hour you will go behind the scenes of the wisconsin election recall and hear from all four candidates and meet the tea partyers who have traveled far and wide to make their voices heard in this historic election. and democratic minority leader pe...