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Want to take you back to our breaking news. there are thousands of people, young and old, protesting in madison, wisconsin. they are furious about this bill that was supposed to be voted on in the state senate that would effectively eliminate state bargaining rights for state and local employees. and that includes, teachers, prison workers. want to go back to our reporter hillary. she was standing there. pick up where you left off with that firefighter. why is he there in madison? >> yeah, thats...

A lot of these states, alex, have budget deficits that are extraordinary. they dont have the money. last year, california was issuing i-o-us, rather than salaries to employees and pensions. what this reflects is a real crisis of state government with their budget deficits enormous. theyre shutting down schools, theyre laying off teachers, theyre letting prison workers go, theyre opening up prisons. and frankly, theyve got to downsize. the private sector, as you pointed out, has 17% unemployment,...

Nearing 24 hours this morning. a negotiations intensifying at this hour to release two prison workers. they are being held hostage, this is in delaware. two other employees and dozen of inmates have already been set free. >> we dont know the dynamics over the takeover and we dont know the dynamics if any inmates were held against their will, were they requested to be released and were released by whoever is in charge for the inmates. heather: more information we have. inmates called a newspaper ...

It appears to have come when the escapees dna was found in the cabin. authorities said that cabin is owned by corrections officers. two prison workers facing charges in connection with this case, do you think there is a chance the investigation will uncover more involvement by people at the prison? >> thats always a possibility, but this could have been an innocent conversation they overheard between guards about their camp or their hunting cabin. and of course, you know up in that area that was...

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And allude authorities for so lock. new york state police tell us they are now done interviewing sweat and have learned that he was fairly prepared to be on the run even describing him as a survivalist who may have studied while he was in prison about how to pull this off. as rick reported, he was shot and captured in a field in constable, new york just about a mile and a half from the canadian border with a backpack full of canned foods, pop tarts transitter radio with batteries and even a comp...

Here, a very relieved community and, of course in upstate new york as well. richard matt shot and killed friday by authorities and now his partner in crime detained. bill: what happens next, laura? >> yeah, you know, hes certainly going to be facing more charges, and while law enforcement anxiously awaits asking him more questions, how he and matt were able to escape if they did receive other help aside from the two prison workers that we do know about beyond those two prison workers, sweat stil...

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