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It would only allow them to bargain for salary. no other benefits. it would restrict unions from being able to deduct dues from paychecks. it would require workers to recertify the union every year and the workers here protesting say that would be a real blow to the organized labor movement in this state and something that could spread nationally. now, what we are seeing is a continuation of the protests. as you mentioned, some schools have closed throughout the state. we dont know how long it w...

Come to order today. they just wont get anything done. thats because they are one democrat shy of a quorum. as you mentioned, the democratic lawmakers, state lawmakers, made a run for the border. i talked about governor scott walker, he says he does not have a legal remedy to to compel them back into wisconsin and into the capitol. hes simply in a position where hes going to wait and wait for public pressure to build. >> bottom line is they should come here, they should defend their position, th...

All of them. all of them are holed up there at the clock to you we resort. yesterday, they had a quorum call and for a quorum that means we need at least 20 people in this room before we can vote open it. the republicans have 19. they jut needed one democrat in the room to vote "present." just to be in the room. just to be present but they went on the lamb. >> thats democracy. >> so something is going to come to a head but back to what you originally said you said this would be a huge story and ...

Illinois, after crossing state lines before taking off again for an unknown location. they fled their state capitol today in order to prevent the republican-dominated legislature from reaching a quorum and passing a bill that would have stripped public employees of their bargaining rights and cut back their health and pension funds. its a last-ditch effort to give protesters more time to pressure republican lawmakers to reconsider their votes on a plan that republican governor scott walker said ...

Whatever it takes. >> reporter: so wisconsin remains one democratic shy of a quorum. governor scott walker without a legal remedy counts on legal pressure to compel them into the chamber they were elected to serve. >> they get paid to do the job. they dont get a paid to hide out in another state. the bottom line of, they should defend their position. >> reporter: now three things are happening right now. governor walker is preparing to speak. madison school district has filed an injunction preve...

The longer this goes on, the more it helps scott walker. >> brett: the 14 state senators that left and went to illinois to escape, to really prevent a quorum and delay this vote is being seen by union leaders as heroes. lets take a listen to one of them. >> when the governor is willing to sit down and try a consensus and take a look at the legislation and how it affects wisconsin. that is a great movement forward. that is what were waiting to see. >> brett: president obama said this may be about...

It was called the saturday night massacre and nothing about it will probably ever be repeated again in our history. except for one thing. it was really, really, really weird. absolute crazy business at the highest reaches of government. so crazy that it is hard to explain that -- its hard to explain that this really happened, that american government went that rogue. it is that same level of incredulity that we can expect from future generations when they are told about what happened in the grea...

Quorum and therefore they were unable to hold their big anti-union vote, which they planned to hold today and they planned to win. to avoid the threat of being forcibly returned to the state capitol, democratic senators did not just not turn up at the state legislature today. they fled the state. what is happening in wisconsin right now is not about the budget. it is not about teacher tenure. it is not about whether or not librarians have too good a dental plan. that is not what this is about. t...

Quorum and therefore they were unable to hold their big anti-union vote, which they planned to hold today and they planned to win. to avoid the threat of being forcibly returned to the state capitol, democratic senators did not just not turn up at the state legislature today. they fled the state. what is happening in wisconsin right now is not about the budget. it is not about teacher tenure. it is not about whether or not librarians have too good a dental plan. that is not what this is about. t...

Said, joe, we just want to keep our jobs. thats it. >> do you think what the state senators here in wisconsin did was the right thing to do? whats your opinion of it? and do you think it would ever unfold the same way in ohio? >> well, i think in wisconsin, its a little bit different of a situation. because by them walking out, they didnt have a quorum to vote. were so deep in the minority here, its 23 to 10, that our walkout, they could still have a vote and move forward with the bill. but its ...