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Broadcasting, ive never seen community divided like the state of wisconsin. when we were in wisconsin i was touched by the motion of the people and how there was such a fever pitch, such a strong feeling about deefgt this. they did not defeat it. the senators, they may have gone to illinois but the senate passed it. the assembly passed it and now the governor is going to sign it into law to overturn a collective 50 years of collective bargaining in the state of wisconsin where labor was born in ...

Feeling about defeating this. they did not defeat it. the senators, they may have gone to illinois but the senate passed it. the assembly passed it and now the governor is going to sign it into law to overturn a collective 50 years of collective bargaining in the state of wisconsin where labor was born in this country. if you think we arent living in turbulent times, if you think we arent living in changing times you can just look at this story and think again. remember to answer tonights questi...

Thing. the fact is our state constitution rests responsibility for oversight of wrongdoing in the capitol with the dane county district attorney. and thats the district attorney from this area in madison so there could be actions brought from here. i want to also tell you that labor lawyers have a stake in this as well. if this law is passed illegally when they ask for an injunction from the judge what they can say is you have to stop the implementation of this law because it was not passed acco...

Open meetings laws in wisconsin. we treat that very seriously in wisconsin. ive always been proud of our state and reputation for clean, open, and honest government and i think the courts are going to look very carefully at this and i think theyre going to realize these laws were broken. the legal fight is going to take sometime. when this is signed by the governor collective bargaining is gone and the only way youll turn that around is go through the recall, get the majority back, put it back o...

Theyre going to continue in the courts. well continue at the ballot box and there is an election here on april 5th where we warm up. may 3rd the governors top aide is in play in la crosse. we expect to have a very good chance of winning that seat. which i think will send shivers through the spines of republicans and then there will be recall elections after that. it will bring the fight to legislative bodies and we will not give up. this fight has only just begun, ed. >> good to have you with us...

Check out the victory party on fox and friends this morning. >> well, the republicans came up with a plan. they said, lets take the money stuff out of it and then we can vote on it. and they did and they did and it passed. >> they are claiming now its a violation of wisconsins open meeting law because they only got two hours notice. >> well, too bad. they left their jobs three weeks ago and then the republicans gave them a chance, gave them a chance. come on back. >> i was in the car fist pumpin...

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...

To earn a competitive salary with benefits which is just what public employees in wisconsin want. the difference is the average teacher salary in wisconsin is $46,000 a year. im guessing thats quite a bit less than the salary your union secured for you, tucker. thats the takedown tonight on "the ed show." its not just union bashing. americas rich are also picking your pocket every time you fill up at the gas tank. matt taibbi, wall streets worst nightmare, is standing by to join us tonight. its ...

In the face of the worst recession in our life times and they expect you to pay for it. >> did i hear that correctly? tucker says public sector workers in wisconsin make more than private sector workers? well, as weve shown repeatedly on this program wisconsins public sector workers make less than their private sector counterparts. well, here they are. by level of education on average the public workers make 4.8% less. tucker says the unions wont take any cuts? wait a minute. the "new york times...

Walkout. and here in virginia the budget crunch may cost some teachers their jobs. tonights takedown. tucker carlsons attack on wisconsins public workers. it is just not true. >> they make more than you do. they wont even consider taking any kind of cut in the face of the worst recession in our life times and they expect you to pay for it. >> and wall street driving up gas prices. tonight matt taibbi on how wall street does it and what the president needs to do about it. and brewed the coffee. w...