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Reporters and answered questions. you can tell how confident a politician is by how long he is willing to stay in front of reporters taking questions. and senator, i am impressed with your willingness to discuss this frankly an openly, something the governor doesnt seem willing to do. he ducked the question about why he is now seeking nothing but the dismantling of the unions. he tried to keep the focus on the money. weve just heard what senator miller had to say about the money. theres obviousl...

Pensions and paying for their own hell. i think its a reasonable request. the longer this goes on, the more it helps scott walker. >> brett: the 14 state senators that left and went to illinois to escape, to really prevent a quorum and delay this vote is being seen by union leaders as heroes. lets take a listen to one of them. >> when the governor is willing to sit down and try a consensus and take a look at the legislation and how it affects wisconsin. that is a great movement forward. that is ...

Like a desperate time. but desperate times call for desperate measures. >> well, let me ask you about a thing. we got a news report late this afternoon, which is friday on the east coast that theres an idea out there proposed by the head of the public employees union that if the governor will go along with keeping the employee unions recognized, still organized, the state still able to negotiate work rules and other issues that the union will concede on these pension and health care issues. what...

Top? >> its all about union busting. we see the same thing play out in a number of other states. ohio, michigan, new jersey, florida, there is an effort under way and its a concerted effort. when dporgovernor walker unveil his proposal at 10:00 a.m. last friday at the same time he was having his press conference ads sponsored for the club for growth, a conservative group out of washington starting airing in this state. he said there was no corroboration between his administration and the club fo...

Story. >> senator miller, what can get you to return to wisconsin? >> if the governor accepts the unions proposal by saying all right, the fiscal requirements that i laid out, that are required from the state employees to balance the budget are met, then im willing to go forward and accept that proposal. it is time for him to lead. he put the state in this box with proposing the union busting, and doing it about negotiation. if he had come to the unions at the beginning and done it like we have ...

Could spend 30 million to fight bills they dont like in dozens of states, jamie. >> jamie: some supporters are saying the union supporters, its not the about balancing the budgets as weve been hearing its necessary to make that happen, but its union busting. have we seen evidence that that is behind this? >> the governors say thats absolutely not what were trying to do. they are he trying to make up for billions in budget shortfalls and the wisconsin bill would permit workers to stop paying unio...

National average. the average contract negotiation dealing with unions on these issues last 15 months. why is this so important? because its going to hero states. ohio has seen it. new jersey there are other states dealing with the same issue. president obama is weighing in on this issue in wisconsin as well saying that he sees it as union busting. more on this with the panel later. >> house republicans advance several major cuts to a spending plan for the second half of the fiscal year. two wee...

For weeks in order to block a republican-led budget bill. 40,000 protested in and around the state capitol friday. meanwhile, 14 democratic state senators remained holed up preventing a vote on the measure for a second day. the bill would require state employees to pay half of their pension costs while they currently pay close to nothing and would double their health insurance contributions to 12%. but the most controversial change would be the elimination of many collective bargaining rights wh...

Health insurance seems entirely reasonable. >> teachers there are calling this a budget -- or union busting budget bill. the president agrees calling this an assault on unions. expecting to see more of the same today. 25,000 jammed into the capital yesterday. how long now are these teachers prepared to stay out? we asked brian kennedy just a bit ago. he is is the president of the american federation of teachers in wisconsin. he says they will stay out, but depending on when they come back, thats...

Boycotted their session and there was not enough members to move ahead with the planned votes. lets discuss the states and the national implications. joining us, candy crowley and dana bash. somebody watching in utah or california or massachusetts might say, why do i care? if you dont live in the dakotas, there is a problem. >> you have red ink and thats the huge difference between here, where you print more money, in the states where you are qurequired to balance your budget. this plays out acr...