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The people inside the building are college students who are having a fun party. thats largely whos in the building overnight. and if you get up early, cory, and talk to whos in the building at 7:00 a.m., you will find it is largely college students and hangers on, having a party in the state capitol. >> senator, before we go, i want to get one clarification from you about the crowds. are you saying that all of the protesters there are slobs? >> no, of course not. but the people that are staying ...

>> the republicans have a wonderful opportunity to do the right thing. and do the thing which the country wants and needs. it is a golden opportunity. >> sean: every governor cutting is seeing huge support. scott walker could literally jump into the race for 2012 and be an instant front-runner. >> christie. >> sean: he says no. guys thanks for being with us. looking ahead to 2012, newt gingrich says he has a big announcement this week. frank luntz is here to share how republicans feel about his ...

State workers to contribute more to their health care and pension costs. "the milwaukee journal sentinels" online news service reported on an effort by governor walker to get state employees to contribute more toward their health insurance and pensions. heck, this was even happening when walker was just a candidate. >> walker says if elected he will make all state employees contribute to their pension plans. right now most of those workers have it paid for with taxpayer dollars. walker said the ...

Oranges aspect of this thing. >> will there be a government shut down. i think we are in a state of false calm. >> everybody says no shut down. >> house of representatives right now. >> four days left until government money runs out. >> it is notable that john boehner spoke on the phone because it doesnt happen that often. >> i swear to god, everything is bizarre these days. >> and the unprecedented public battle between americas highest paid television actor and his network continues. >> charli...

Thats largely whos in the building overnight. and if you get up early, cory, and talk to whos in the building at 7:00 a.m., you will find it is largely college students and hangers on, having a party in the state capitol. >> senator, before we go, i want to get one clarification from you about the crowds. are you saying that all of the protesters there are slobs? >> no, of course not. but the people that are staying overnight are largely making a mess of our capitol. thats what were addressing. ...

Reported governor walker wants state workers to contribute more to their health care and pension costs. "the milwaukee journal sentinels" online news service reported on an effort by governor walker to get state employees to contribute more toward their health insurance and pensions. heck, this was even happening when walker was just a candidate. >> walker says if elected he will make all state employees contribute to their pension plans. right now most of those workers have it paid for with tax...

Leaders on capitol hill are trying to work out a deal to keep the federal government running. >> it is kind of an apples and oranges aspect of this thing. >> will there be a government shut down. i think we are in a state of false calm. >> everybody says no shut down. >> house of representatives right now. a vote. >> just four days left until the government money runs out. >> it is notable that john boehner spoke on the phone because it doesnt happen that often. >> i swear to god, everything is ...

Officers, firefighters, other state workers who you would never call slobs, right? >> a very small percentage. i think if you would interview all of the people who are creating a ruckus, the vast majority who are here today are not police officers or nurses, theyre either college students or hangers on or unemployed people looking for somewhere to hang out. >> cory mason, quickly, the last word on this. >> weve never seen the capitol restricted to access like this. it took me 45 minutes myself t...

We got a copy of the new senate resolution by which the republicans are going to start fining the democrats $100 per day for every day they stay away. >> that is remarkable. you think hes going to lose. >> i do think hes going to lose. there arent very many things they can do to get those democrats to come back. theyve tried to stop paying them and staffers, trying to fine them $100 a day. theyre threatening to lay off thousands of state workers and blame it on the democrats. but the fact theyre...

Good to see you. rain, rain, how important is the rain? >> you know, we talk about it. wouldnt rain be great r for these things? well, it finally happened. right there. rain went right over the fire about two hours ago and helped the firefighters. like someone just asked for it and it appeared. so great news. the fires are knocked down. we dont see the smoke on radar like we did yesterday. the smoke was so thick yesterday, we could see the smoke on a doppler radar. it thought it was raining. no,...