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>> that would be the worst thing involved. finally, before you go, how is it going over there right now? >> not well. i mean, the libyan situation is not a well planned organization. theres no coherence as to where were going. and the objective of the entire operation is obviously bifurcated between those who want to get rid of qaddafi and those who dont. the decision not to put american troops on the ground, openly disasterous if youre someone who wants to see qaddafi gone. it does nothing but ...

Are you prepared to do that? >> i think we need to see what happens here. ultimately the president said at the state of the union address, we willle have a freeze in discretionary spending like that was a big deal. now, we have him to the point of saying at least $33 billion. think we can do more? we need to get negotiating tempo. the democrats have been nothing but sitting on their hands and calling republicans extremists. is that kind of rhetoric going to work. when we put the 2012 budget we h...

At 55. listen to who got the money. u.a.w., $206 million. california public employees, $57 million. baltimore county, $1.7 million. american federation of state and county municipal workers, mentioned in the piece you just did, $31 million. state workers, ohio, $70 million. texas teachers, $68 million. oregon workers, $8 million. megyn: how does the administration justify this? >> theyre using your money to buy support for obamacare. g.e., the largest corporation in this country, which paid no t...

It is not pick the personally friendly and doesnt make sense. >> at least you say what you think. did wisconsin state workers just take their fight against the buff too far. they are are threatening businesses with a toy cot if at the didnt hang up this sign. they didnt bargain for dawn. meet the woman gaining national attention. she is here. and if taking action in libya was supposed to send a message to other desktops in the region, ask yourself how is this going today? this is syria today. de...

Snowy streets get cleared. union leaders in ohio are vowing to keep fighting a new law which limits the bargaining rights of state workers. they made their anger known at a protest in columbus as ohios governor was signing that new law. it prevents state workers unions from negotiating wages but not health care or other benefits. opponents of the new law say theyll force it to a voter referendum come november. turning now overseas, top administration officials are now indicating that the u.s...

Bargaining. megyn: what if the union doesnt do anything to this guy? >> they should get rid of him. they said if you would like to reconsider, call me on this number. listen. get in line, get in compliance. support this. put this document to say you support state workers -- megyn: what if the union doesnt come out publicly and sanction him? >> i think there is a bigger issue. we are looking at the 43rd anniversary of martin luther kings march for sanitation workers. this is what he was dealing w...

Were fighting each other. they had no combat experience. on top of that, they had tribal differences. trying to sort this out was a nightmare. i was trying to collect intelligence on libya and they couldnt even do that. i know fairly well what the cia people are up against. this is going to be -- lets put it this way. this is not going to be an easy solution for libya. >> no, its not. it doesnt appear to be. robert baer, thanks for sharing your perspective. we appreciate it. lets check on stor...

♪ youre sweet to me [music playing] confidence available in color. depend® colors for women. looks and fits like underwear. protects like nothing else. depend®. good morning. great day. welcome back to "american morning." teachers, police officers, nurses and a lot of other state workers about to take a huge hit, this time in ohio. the state senate there in a 17-16 vote passed a bill that takes away their rights to negotiate health care, sick time or pension benefits. republican governor j...

[ gunfire ] >> outgundlibyan rebels gave up more territory today to gadhafis fighters. they have retreated to ajdabiya. they began this week 253 miles to the west outside of moammar gadhafis hometown of sirte. a u.s. intelligence source says cia operatives are on the ground in libya today to size up rebel fighters. the source says theyre not there for battlefield direction. "the new york times" also reports today british spies and special forces are working in libya. the u.s. labor department ...

>> knowing also the epa is monitoring the situation i think rounds it out. state workers losing the battle in ohio. the state by a single vote passing a vote that takes away their rights to negotiate health time, sick way and pension benefits. its stronger in some ways than wisconsin and includes firefighters. governor say sikasich is going n it at the end of the week. president obama reportedly signing off on the cia. sources say cia operatives are on the ground in libya, in contact with th...