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>> ari, the donald trump award goes to who this year? >> my trump award goes to karl rove. >> oh, yeah. >> on election night? >> on politics -- both, on politics election night he had no idea what was going on. on. si this was the year when we really saw the public turn against his enduring legacy of trying to write discrimination into state constitutions against people who happened to be gay. the republic and republican party are turning against that. thats going to be his legacy for a long tim...

Rights is about congress and the federal government. after the civil war, a new bill of rights, basically emerged saying that states have misbehaved and we need to regulate them. they have fundamental rights. the language is no state shall make or enforce any law. we shall embrace the privileges or immunities. what are the privileges and immunities? prespeech, free press, free -- and guns in homes in heller, in barack obamas hometown, chicago, a case emerged that rose to the supreme court and by...

>> a big night for democrats, including california governor jerry brown, whose plan to balance the state budget or try to with a 6 billion dollar tax hike was 64% of the vote. it wasnt such a big night of the unions, the greatest defeat perhaps in michigan, 58% of voters rejected a measure to put collective bargaining in the confusi constitution. connell, you covered the michigan results. thats a big union state. what happened? >> boy, paul, this is a huge defeat for the unions in michigan, no q...

>> a big night for democrats, including california governor jerry brown, whose plan to balance the state budget or try to with a 6 billion dollar tax hike was 64% of the vote. it wasnt such a big night of the unions, the greatest defeat perhaps in michigan, 58% of voters rejected a measure to put collective bargaining in the confusi constitution. connell, you covered the michigan results. thats a big union state. what happened? >> boy, paul, this is a huge defeat for the unions in michigan, no q...

>> a big night for democrats, including california governor jerry brown, whose plan to balance the state budget or try to with a 6 billion dollar tax hike was 64% of the vote. it wasnt such a big night of the unions, the greatest defeat perhaps in michigan, 58% of voters rejected a measure to put collective bargaining in the confusi constitution. connell, you covered the michigan results. thats a big union state. what happened? >> boy, paul, this is a huge defeat for the unions in michigan, no q...

Including california governor jerry brown, whose plan to balance the state budget or try to with a 6 billion dollar tax hike was 64% of the vote. it wasnt such a big night of the unions, the greatest defeat perhaps in michigan, 58% of voters rejected a measure to put collective bargaining in the confusi constitution. connell, you covered the michigan results. thats a big union state. what happened? >> boy, paul, this is a huge defeat for the unions in michigan, no question about it. basically th...

governor paul la page. and records smashed from the midwest to the east coast. and now a new record. this past year has been the warmest ever for america. so turn up the ac, grab a cold drunk. "cnn newsroom" begins right now. good morning to you. thank you so much for joining us. im carol costello. right now, president obama is just about to head to the heartland. he is visiting the battle ground state of iowa and reaching out to middle class voters. thats who would most benefit fr...

Police not to do racial profiling and this morning county attorney bill montgomery said he will not prosecute sb 1070 arrests if racial profiling is involved. >> should the u.s. supreme court uphold the provisions of sb 1070, law enforcement here in arizona and in particular, maricopa county will be able to effectively implement the provisions of that law, mindful of the civil rights involved an abiding by the dictates of our federal and state constitutions. >> reporter: dps says it will be read...

Throughout america its a momentum maker or breaker. the stake is as high as they ever could be. its on the ballot on tuesday. >> what he is saying, look, if we can do this in wisconsin, if we can bring the unions back in wisconsin, we can do this in oh ohio, in florida. this is a battle ground test for november. thats number one. number two, its also a rhetorical talking point to say, governor walker did the right thing here. this is according to the republican party, by speaking up and standing...

Come out here in the last moment and i have to figure out how to vote for my people. how insane it is. and you should be ashamed of yourself. >> wow, that illinois lawmaker is ticked off with a new bill to use local taxes to shore up underfunded public pension. is it time to make public workers pay for their own benefits. >> heres so angry and across the country taxpayers are waking up they are not living in a democracy. the state constitutions have it rigged against them. new york california an...