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University employees. i think the union should help them by cutting their dues in half. [ applause ] >> who would support cutting union dues in half, raise your hands? who would oppose it? you would oppose cutting aoufrpb beyond dues? there are a -- union dues? are wisconsins best days ahead of it or behind it? who says ahead? you are a pretty optimistic group for being a pretty angry group. sean, back to you. >> sean: they didnt seem that angry. i want everyone to know my father was a civil ser...

Perhaps, william lajeunesse joins us live in los angeles to tell us about it. hey, william. >> reporter: martha, arizona and california are not talk about union busting but money and their inability to sustain pensions where taxpayers put in $3 for every $1 the public employee pays for their retirement. now, both states are considering ending lifetime pensions for new public employees. and, replacing them with something, private sector workers have had for years. 401 ks, exclusively. why? look a...

>> del rey beach, florida. while soros believes fox news is not fair, you believe it is. but you are unfair to dismiss his view as groundless. i disagree, robert. were fair on this broadcast. shep smith is fair, greta van susteren is fair. >> he didnt say partisanship, he said fair. and he left a few people off the list, didnt he? oreilly is admitting that hanity and fox and friends are unfair. this morning, fox lived up to oreillys analysis today by mangling a poll and public opinion on union b...

Step in step with the declining union membership, which is done with union busting measures all throughout this period of time, and none more serious than the one that reagan did. but this one, of course, is of historic proportions as well. and we have to hold fast. >> when you hear the governor of wisconsin on that phone call today, the taped phone call talking about his consultations with other governors, including john kasich in ohio and others involved in these questions, its very clear that...

Public needs to understand, the employees in wisconsin have been trying to meet with the governor. he refuses to meet with them. theyve made it clear they understand they have to pay more towards their pension, more towards their health care. but this isnt about the budget. this is just old fashioned union busting right now and he sees this as an opportunity to be ground zero to start undermining and dismantling americas labor movement. and we are taking a stand and we are fighting back. >> and ...

Workers across this country over the last 30 years has walked step in step with the declining union membership, which is done with union busting measures all throughout this period of time, and none more serious than the one that reagan did. but this one, of course, is of historic proportions as well. and we have to hold fast. >> when you hear the governor of wisconsin on that phone call today, the taped phone call talking about his consultations with other governors, including john kasich in oh...

Not fair, you believe it is. but you are unfair to dismiss his view as groundless. i disagree, robert. were fair on this broadcast. shep smith is fair, greta van susteren is fair. >> he didnt say partisanship, he said fair. and he left a few people off the list, didnt he? oreilly is admitting that hanity and fox and friends are unfair. this morning, fox lived up to oreillys analysis today by mangling a poll and public opinion on union busting. we showed you the numbers last night two-thirds of t...

Streets of madison. and you and the amount of money we are talking about, we are getting thought full comments on both sides. we got 3.6 billion dollars for a tate like wisconsin thats a lot of money. federal deficit on top of this. the first person that spoke in your group, i want to address this, if possible to him. unions take rank and file money. around the country they give hundreds of millions to democratic candidates running for office. i spoke to the governor earlier today. we had him on...

Is warning state workers could start getting lay off notices as soon as as next week if the lebleg later doesnt pass his budget repair bill as he calls it. the one that ends most collective bargaining rights for most public employees. its a union busting bill no doubt. democratic state senators still refusing to come back to wisconsin to vote on that bill. were expecting the governor to speak at any minute now. well bring you his comments as soon as we get them. more democratic lawmakers make go...

Takenners but not so much for union demonstrators, prounion demonstrators. >> bill: thats a matter of opinion. people are entitled to put forth their point of view. >> correct. >> bill: what we are trying to get here, colmes, i will speak very closely. >> please do and spell it out for me. >> bill: is it this kind of interruption, fox lies to the correspondents, the whole nation just saw, does that help the state union? >> no. >> bill: yes or no. >> it does not help. its not about fox. that is n...