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Bargaining temporary, and we have heard back from the teacher whose said that is unacceptable and collective bargaining is the essence of union strength and you cannot touch it and we have seen democrats try to change the dialogue instead of trying to get one more democrat into the senate to complete the quorum they want to get three senate democrats, pardon me, three senate republicans to change the majority. >>shepard: thank you. the fight in wisconsin is not stopping at the bother, other repu...

Alert. in the epic labor war in wisconsin as the two sides gear up for another gigantic slow down on monday remember the doctors writing the phony medical notes excusing protestors from work those doctors and their bosses many of them the university of wisconsin where they work are trying to deal with the firestorm of controversy that they set off when they were caught on tape by mike tobins team on the ground in madison. with that and other aspects of the widely watched confrontation here is mi...

Alert. in the epic labor war in wisconsin as the two sides gear up for another gigantic slow down on monday remember the doctors writing the phony medical notes excusing protestors from work those doctors and their bosses many of them the university of wisconsin where they work are trying to deal with the firestorm of controversy that they set off when they were caught on tape by mike tobins team on the ground in madison. with that and other aspects of the widely watched confrontation here is mi...

Their riot gear. bill: there was word some republicans were ready to compromise and cut a deal. >> reporter: we dont see any budging from republicans but they are ready to get back to work in the senate. they have the ability to move forward on legislative issues that are not spending issues. they dont need a quorum for that. a lot of those items will be decide said without the fugitive democrats. bill: thank you, mike tobin, leading our coverage yetien in madison. martha: these big issues at th...

Week or so. and whats happened is when i talk to people, they dont have a lot of sympathy for the state employees or the position theyre taking here. in fact, theyre kind of annoyed that their kids cant go to school. they compare what they contribute for their pension and their health insurance and go, joe have a lot of sympathy here. >> reporter: i know you are a practicing lawyer here. so change hats. theres been discussion that the republicans will take the language related to collective barg...

Alert. in the epic labor war in wisconsin as the two sides gear up for another gigantic slow down on monday remember the doctors writing the phony medical notes excusing protestors from work those doctors and their bosses many of them the university of wisconsin where they work are trying to deal with the firestorm of controversy that they set off when they were caught on tape by mike tobins team on the ground in madison. with that and other aspects of the widely watched confrontation here is mi...

Physician i.d. and everything on there. they are prepared for the ramifications. >> as far as this legislation is causing so much controversy it remains on hold right now because the governor says he is not willing to sit down with these unions who are so upset about the potential loss of their collective bargaining rights and democrats in the state legislature remain outside of state lines so they dont have the quorum that they need to move the legislation forward. we will have to wait and see ...

The governor negotiate further. >> our governor has come out very strongly, and hes not going to bend. thats why we elected him. >> reporter: shelby lynn, reporting from atlanta. >> 14 december caratic senators skipped down for madison on thursday, without a quorum needed for a vote on the bill. where are they? are they coming back? well see if we can find out. at the top of the hour, ill talk to mark mill ber all of this. in the middle east, anti-government protests are brewing. the governmen...

They are giving out fake notes to public service workers, so they can excuse their absences last week or their absences next week? you are not concerned about that? that doesnt bother you? >> im always concerned when i hear anything like that. your report was the first ive heard of it. all weve heard is from the frustration about the lack of transparency, a governor not answering questions about repealing 60 years of wisconsin law. no one condones notes like that. thats still compared to what we...

Would contribute more to pensions and health care costs and scrap most collective bargaining rights for unions. live from washington, steve 14 state senators that left wisconsin to delay a vote on the governors plan, what does governor walker have to say about that? >> he is not to happy about that. he had harsh words for the democratic lawmakers that are opposed to major concessions by public workers and left to illinois to avoid the vote. here is what he had to say on fox news sunday. >> first...