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Lee cowan, thank you very much. back to wisconsin. more than 100,000 rally. more than any tea party rally ever. well hear from a farmer who hasnt given up the fight. >> we reject this union busting bill and we reject this budget. >> the race for 2012. the president has a strategy. reconnect with the people. but what about these people? and the video youve seen from japan, like no one else has shown it before. with snakes and boogeymen. and no cartoons. but she got out, right, mommy? no. she wa...

Through something like this. and another turn of events tonight and we will keep you posted on the severity of it as we go through this broadcast tonight. lee cowan, thank you very much. back to wisconsin. more than 100,000 rally. more than any tea party rally ever. well hear from a farmer who hasnt given up the fight. >> we reject this union busting bill and we reject this budget. >> the race for 2012. the president has a strategy. reconnect with the people. but what about these people? and t...

Down. and other news, the northeast is drying out after a heavy storm caused widespread flooding blamed for at least two deaths. nfl labor talks broke down today. the players union is desecertify decertifying, setting the stage for a potential legal battle and lockout. back to "hardball." heres the republican state senate leader in wisconsin. just hours before the party maneuvered the push through a union busting bill. >> if we win this battle and the money is not there under the os misses of ...

It melts and go through the reactor vessel. at that point, it will be hard to stop an extremely severe accident from occurring, and chernobyl like release of radioactivity. so i think the next few hours are critical in the cooling must be restored to up to five reactors or we do face the possibility of a melt down and huge radioactive mess. >> edwin lymon, thank you very much for your time. >> thank you. coming up, what if the scenes coming out of japan were really coming from southern califor...

Circulating petitions or signing petitions, that is why theyre doing it. secondly, as far as collective bargaining rights are concerned, about half of the state employees are not even members of a union. as far as other collective bargaining rights, that costs the state taxpayer a lot of money as well, thats not about union busting, thats just about preventing public employee unions holding out for outrageous things. for example, right now many, not all, but many school districts in the state ge...

Wisconsin. brian, your initial thoughts on whats gone on here today? >> what weve witnessed today san absolute travesty. these republicans and governor walker have taken a baseball bat to the head of democracy. they are trying to silence workers and theyre doing it for one reason and one reason only, and that is because they want to deliver this state to the republican nominee in 2012. senator fitzgerald said so on a fox news interview just yesterday. this was never about the money, it was alway...

Around the nation. all 14 democrats left for illinois. republicans figured a way around it with a modified bill. here is governor walker after he signed night law. >> this is ultimately about a commitment to the future. so our children dont face even dire consequences than what we face today. that is what this bill is all about. >> shep: critics say the law has nothing to do with fiscal issues because the unions made a concessions in the very beginning. it became about politics and all about uni...

Insurance is really going to be a bite. >> united well never be defeated. the people, united, will never be defeated! good evening. afl-cio president richard trumka is calling wisconsins republican governor scott walker the mobilizer of the year for the labor movement. tensions remain high in wisconsin today after the state assembly passed the identical version of the governors union-busting bill but not before the assembly democratic leader peter barca filed a complaint questioning the legali...

Republicans gave away all of their cards in showing that theyre looking at destroying workers rights in wisconsin. >> senator, thanks for joining us, drive safely, 80 miles an hour isnt a good idea. theyll pull you over for a ticket is my suspicion. so senator, say safe and talk to you in a couple days. joined now by a firefighter, also the president of the professional firefighters of wisconsin. his union represents over 3,000 firefighters in wisconsin. welcome back to the show. what is your re...

Interesting ways that theres support out here, as well, remember, under the way had collective bargaining bill is written police and firefighters are not affected but youve seen their unions out here showing their support as well so thats been an interesting dynamic to watch, as well. >> ed, youve been out moderating this day to day. ive seen some polling data and e.d. raises the question how does this play? the data ive seen and tell me if im wrong, in about 60% of the wisconsin public opposes ...