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Issue that we need to wait until the courts determine if in fact it is law. >> reporter: this hearing was supposed to center on whether to extend this injunction throughout the court challenge brought by the democrats. but question comes up as to whether the law is in effect. so if the law is in effect, the injunction is moot. so you throw it away. if that law is in effect and governor scott walkers controversial bill is the law of the dairy state, its known as wisconsin act 10. if its not in ef...

We need the resolution to authorize the action then we have to undertake the action to uphold the security council resolution. >> greta: one last question. 33 billion dollars in frozen assets, any way we can access that? any legal way, you are a lawyer and diplomat, to pay for the cost of this? >> well, i think we should certainly take a look at it. i do not favor arming the rebels. i dont think we know enough about them. some of that money could be used for humanitarian assistance to the refuge...

Bargaining legislation despite a court order blocking it. what does this mean for state workers? well, the walker administration is no longer collecting dues on behalf of unions and is now charging employees more for their health care and pensions. those changes will start with the april 21st paycheck. nearly two weeks ago a judge blocked the law on procedural grounds. the order specifically banned the secretary of state from publishing the legislation. the final step needed for the law to take ...

Welcome back. thanks for watching and staying up with us. republicans are rewriting the rules once again in wisconsin. governor walker has started to implement his anticollective bargaining legislation despite a court order blocking it. what does this mean for state workers? well, the walker administration is no longer collecting dues on behalf of unions and is now charging employees more for their health care and pensions. those changes will start with the april 21st paycheck. nearly two weeks ...

Wisconsin, where you have got scott walker trying to figure this out, and of course in ohio, has there even been a vote yet on a bill to collective bargaining. >> passed the senate 17-16 a few week ago and now in front of a house committee right now. the house committee is voting on some changes. they havent voted yet. some changes to the bill. one would make it easier for union members or for state workers to opt out of having their union dues deducted from their paychecks. make it harder for t...

But it gets better. they also abandoned a bill making a permanent ban on collective bargaining for state workers. remember, governor daniels had done that early on. but it was not permanent. he was trying to make it permane permanent. now it will not be permanent. theyve also weakened governor daniels education bill. that caps the number of private school vouchers and abandons a plan to let private companies take over failing public schools. now, we did all of that with protests in wisconsin, so...

Cuban government. hell be meeting with president castro to talk about u.s. cuban relations. they are expected reforms. the neon glow of the las vegas strip lost its luster building by -- or i should say building by building last night during earth hour. hundreds of the worlds famous landmarks including casinos turned off their lights. the fifth annual earth hour is a symbolic show of support for energy conservation. there are seven very lucky state workers in albany, new york, today. they ju...

Cancellations across the country. here is what it looked like in one airport, and 152 flights to be canceled affecting some 12,000 passengers. the president of the airline issuing an apology on youtube. ohio, high emotion and in cuyahoga falls. in a homecoming for marines deployed in afghanistan, family and friends filling up the local high school to greet the home town heroes gone for seven months, just long enough for this little guy to be arrive and meet daddy for the for the first time. >> i...

Youre going to see a lot of that. it is going to hang them up in the general. i hope the democrats understand they can now lean forward. they are now the aggressor on the issues in the way they were in defensive crouch for a whole generation. >> and the prize for using lean forward in a sentence goes to chris hayes of the nation. chris, alex, thanks for joining me tonight. still ahead, despite a judges restraining order that bill stripping wisconsin workers of their rights could take effect to...

Decently in this society are coming to our side on it. i think its really clear. >> sherrod brown from ohio, good to have you here. >> always a pleasure. happy birthday, health reform. our birthday gift to health reform is return of debunktion junction. thats coming up. first, one more thing about republican governors making themselves famous. maines governor paul lepage supports union stripping in his state. when wisconsin erupted in huge protests against the union stripping bill, governor ...