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The working class voters. that momentum we picked up, the demonstrations we see in madison isnt just in madison thats around the country. that momentum will continue on. haley i hope you dont stake your whole campaign on taking away the right of workers to able to earn a middle class income because i dont think thats a winner for you. >> im going to take my campaign on the right of taxpayers table pay so state employees can keep their jobs. >> state workers are taxpayers. >> let me ask you about...

The working class voters. that momentum we picked up, the demonstrations we see in madison isnt just in madison thats around the country. that momentum will continue on. haley i hope you dont stake your whole campaign on taking away the right of workers to able to earn a middle class income because i dont think thats a winner for you. >> im going to take my campaign on the right of taxpayers table pay so state employees can keep their jobs. >> state workers are taxpayers. >> let me ask you about...

Down this particular road or well have to take a different road. but we dont start taking the different road. most state workers in connecticut want to be part of the solution, not blamed as the problem. >> governor scott, you have turned down $2.4 billion from the federal government to build a high speed rail between orlando and tampa. you have been given another week to think about it. is there any chance in you know where that you would accept the money even if it went to local governments ot...

Wasnt in d.c. for this nationalle governors association meeting. im sure they are trying to come up with a plan to stop whats happening in wisconsin from spreading to their states. >> yes. again, they both face the same problems and that is they do have state workers and each are asking their state workers in varying degrees. some are telling and some are asking, that they contribute more to pension funds, for instance. one is a democrat and one is a republican. they are going at the red ink in ...

Whole storm the last few weeks, what is going on in wisconsin and other states around the country, and, you know, the point hes making, and i think this is one of the things that republican governors are counting on, is, obviously, people have a lot of sympathy for teachers, and, state troopers and a lot of other state workers. but, when they find out that the deals -- the deals that the public workers have, when it comes to pensions and a lot of us in the private sector dont have pensions anymo...

Protesting what they believe are their rights to collectively bargain and state workers, but is this the right move to negotiate better contracts? >> joining us is sunday news, chris wallace. youll have the governor of indiana on the show, mitch daniels, and he did the same thing happening if wisconsin where he took on the unions six years ago, but somehow without the hue and cry. >> well, he did it as an executive order the day after he was sworn in as governor six years ago and he took away th...

Wants kids facing adversity to get a shot at going to college. and at 5:00, well take you to the red carpet, show you the oscars hottest stars. and first a quick check of the top stories right now. all of those people making themselves at home in wisconsins state capitol have three hours now to clear out. the states closing the building and bringing in a cleaning crew, demonstrators have been protesting a move to strip state workers of most of their collective bargaining rights. and check ...

Around the country. that momentum will continue on. haily, i hope you dont stake your whole campaign on taking away the right of workers to able to earn a middle class income because i dont think thats a winner for you. >> im going to take my campaign on the right of taxpayers to be able to pay so state employees can keep their jobs. >> state workers are taxpayers. >> let me ask you about health care. mike huckabee has taken on mitt romney. this is what he said. the potential white house rival r...

Texas, and washington. the governors meeting comes as budget battles are raging in a number of states. the fight between pro union supporters in wisconsin and governor scott walker has spurred protests in almost every other state. several high profile republican governors who have gone up against labor unions took the airways today including walker. peter doocy is following the latest. hi, peter. >> scott walker says he doesnt want to lay off any state workers and if those wisconsin state senato...

The new governors -- is pitted against state workers and the unions. our ted rolens is right in the middle of it inside the capital. ted, protesters, they are supposed to be out of the building. doesnt look like people are moving very quickly. >> reporter: not yet. technically, frederica, they have another hour, however, just talked to a member of the capital police here and they said they are going to start moving people out now and they have locked the doors outside so no more people can come ...