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And kitchen cabinets and even a hot tub that the governor kept insisting he had paid for himself actually came from people who were looking for a little something from the state. >> connecticuts former governor today pleaded guilty to federal corruption charges that could send him to prison for up to five years. john roland, driven from office last summer admitted to accepting more than $100,000 worth of perks from state contractors. once a rising star in the gop, roland was even considered as a...

People who were looking for a little something from the state. >> connecticuts former governor today pleaded guilty to federal corruption charges that could send him to prison for up to five years. john roland, driven from office last summer admitted to accepting more than $100,000 worth of perks from state contractors. once a rising star in the gop, roland was even considered as a possible running mate for president bush back in 2000. >> john roland resigned as connecticut governor in 2004. the...

and emotional verdict tonight. an italian night sets amanda knox free. heres the scene inside the courtroom. >> translator: on behalf of the italian people, after having examined section 6 and 5 of the criminal procedure code -- >> as the verdict was read, knox broke down, hugged her attorneys, then was rushed from the courthouse. she and her one-time boyfriend have been in jail since 2007 when they were arrested for the brutal murder of knoxs british roommate. they were convicted of m...

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My last question to representative souter is why not let the unions keep collective bargaining and just have the politicians say no. you can all come to us but our answer is no. whats the problem with that? >> the problem is twofold. there are hundreds of bargaining units in wisconsin. it takes on average 15 months to negotiate a contract. i will remind representative barka last november when the democratic majority at that time tried to ram through state contracts they couldnt get it through a ...

My last question to representative souter is why not let the unions keep collective bargaining and just have the politicians say no. you can all come to us but our answer is no. whats the problem with that? >> the problem is twofold. there are hundreds of bargaining units in wisconsin. it takes on average 15 months to negotiate a contract. i will remind representative barka last november when the democratic majority at that time tried to ram through state contracts they couldnt get it through a ...

Much more for benefits, im going to stand with the hardworking tax pairs of wisconsin. a coup of things came up over the weekend that i want to address. kwun is sfwr one is interestingly enough, the 5% to 7% were asking for might be acceptable. thats an interesting development. a week ago, they were saying thats ununacceptable because their members couldnt afford to pay for that. and some of those same leaders tried to cram through last december a series of state contracts before we got into off...

Dont think is asking too much. we have 146,000 people that have lost their jobs in wisconsin in the last two years. weve had 60,000 foreclosures. you know, those people out there right now that are unemployed dont see this as a crazy tactic or anything. so you know, its a little disinjen with uous that theyrew willing to negotiate. two short months ago in a lame duck session we were called in where democrats controlled everything. they tried to ram through state contracts at the end of session t...

Lowelli loyalist to mubarak when they see he is still there. how will those personal relationships develop? i dont see a breakdown in basic law and order. the communities themselves stuck together. they went out and defended their own neighborhoods. egypt has always been a very safe country. egyptians dont accept theft. the vigilant advertise might come back on the streets if the police are not there. but how will workers react? all the grievances about nepotism, corruption, they are bubbling fo...

And this jury has helped me in a substantial step get to that point. from five years ago they took a conversation where i agreed voluntarily to cooperate with them, they would not allow a court reporter in there and took this and it was half a count actually because the first part of the statement the jury did not reach that same finding. but with regard to the second part it was in the context of do i track fund raising and who gets state contracts and i said i did not. and that is why they wan...