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Of what the mrks is trying to do here. >> thank you very much for that. notably absent from the winter meeting was scott walker. hes dealing with a standoff in his state over a budget bill. protesters have stormed the state house for nearly two weeks now demonstrating against a xwrun onbusting bill. but on "meet the press," governor walker said he is not backing down. >> i know that collective bargaining has a cost and when im cutting more than a billion dollars from state and local governments ...

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Weaker? >> well, i dont view this as an assault against the unions but i do think this is a really important fight for the future of finances of state and local governments across the country. one of the things i try to tell viewers is this isnt just about wisconsin. whats happening in madison. this is about what is likely to happen in many, many states if they dont get their public pensions and their public health care under control. and so i think the stakes are really high here, ali. i think ...

Hard, because their colleagues in at sembly, the lower chamber, state house, have already passed the budget bill and if they make any changes it would leave the republican colleagues hanging out, having made this tough vote, only to have the land shift underneath them. public opinion is really running very strongly in wisconsin, against the governor in his budget plan. 65% in a new poll out from the conservative wisconsin public research institute, 65% say the governor should compromise rather t...

This guy is not doing well with his union bashing. >> i think what that poll and other polls show that independents and even some republicans who were supporting walker i think are abandoning him and are looking at this fight between what looks like union busting and deficit cutting and having second thoughts. and i think this is the new generation of reagan democrats. remember union member -- ronald reagan appealed to those union members. now their sons and daughters are moderate republican typ...

For the governor again, 52% would vote for the guy they voted against last time. in november, by the way, walker won with 52% against 47% for his opponent. thats a big swing. some pollsters say it isnt quite as accurate as some of the word of mouth polls. this guy is not doing well with his union bashing. >> i think what that poll and other polls show that independents and even some republicans who were supporting walker i think are abandoning him and are looking at this fight between what looks...

Picket line with you as president of the united states of america. jenna: that was president obama on the campaign trail back in 2007, showing some strong support for unions and collective bargaining. again, live pictures now from wisconsin where pro union protestors are hunkering down. so what exactly the presidents position on the growing controversy? bret baier is here with his take. the difference between political promises and political reality. why isnt the president more involved here? >>...

We had to have benefit reform, and we did. we did it through the collective bargaining process. there was a strike, but i took my case to the public and won because the public supported me. when i became governor, our employees didnt contribute a dime to health care, now they contribute 3%. its a joke theyre using that as an excuse. this is nothing more than union busting, and its unfair. when i became governor, i cut business taxes for six straight years, but when the recession hit and i had to...