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>> what are you doing out of school today? >> the 8th grade and 7th grade devised a walkout to support our teachers so we left during second hour about 9:00 we walked out of west high school to the capitol. weve been here all day to support our teachers. >> that was a student today showing up in protest in solidarity with the teachers in madison, wisconsin. welcome back to the ed show in norfolk, virginia tonight. im proud to be back where i grew up and went to school here at maury high school w...

Argument. they make more than you do. right, these public sector employees. they can never be fired. their benefits are things you cant even imagine. by the way, 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. >> 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 le...

After all, tucker was a card carrying union member when he worked here at msnbc. the union gave him the ability 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...

Less collective bargaining rights for teachers means these kids, these students and all the 800,000 public school students of wisconsin. theyre basically losing out. two madison high school students have started a facebook page calling for a a nationwide student walkout. tomorrow at 2:00 to show solidarity with wisconsin workers. the nations john nichols tonight is telling us that well over 100,000 protesters might show up in madison this weekend. joining me now, outside the capitol, is john nic...

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Ed. its not going to take forever to put these votes to the people. when that happens, we look at the possibility of control of the state senate and the restoration of a system of checks and balances in wisconsin. >> john nichols, i want to ask you one more question. if we can go back to that fake phone call that the koch brother was involved in, with the governor, the governor talked about protesters and the national media going away. is that going to happen? >> well, look. the fact of the matt...

Evening. back in madison today students organized walkouts to protest governor walkers budget repair bill. less collective bargaining rights for teachers means these kids, these students and all the 800,000 public school students of wisconsin. theyre basically losing out. two madison high school students have started a facebook page calling for a a nationwide student walkout. tomorrow at 2:00 to show solidarity with wisconsin workers. the nations john nichols tonight is telling us that well over...

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 according to the rules, laws, and regulations of the state of wisconsin. >> john nichols, doesnt this underscore that what the democrats did by leaving the state and the law being where it is right now, doesnt this really guarantee the recall...

Started to use the word "strike." the president of the madison firefighters union will join me momentarily on this program to talk about that possibility. you know what i think? i think governor walker actually wants strike. it would give him the chance to fire strikers just like his hero ronald reagan did back in the 80s. scott walker feels like he is in the drivers seat right now but i can tell you this is far from over. my message to the people of wisconsin, nothing is lost until you give up....

Ed.msnbc.com. ill bring you the results later on in the show. joining me now is joe conway the president of the madison firefighters union. joe, good to have you with us tonight here on the ed show. i appreciate your time. i know it has been a very stressful day there in madison. what actions are you and your union taking against scott walker tonight? >> a tough day for the working middle class in wisconsin, ed. just like governor walker has created these tools for this budget shortfall that he ...