the opposition leader says he will return to bahrain tomorrow. shepard: apologize for the communication. it is hard to understand much. regarding the protests that we will watch in bahrain and beyond, only 900,000 people there but paw rain is across a bridge from saudi arabia, and the saudis built the bridge as a military bridge. they think now and always have been if there is an enormous uprising in bahrain, the saudi military can come across that bridge and take control of the situation as they have detailed plans to do we are led to believe. the question is: how much will iran exert their influence? could this be an enormous employee to the united states in what appears to be a quasiproxy war against then. the uprising was praised by some and failing to recognize their
what he called the excessive use of force. bit army and the secret police. diplomats at the libyan mission here at the u.n. also today swore their allegiance not to qadhafi s government but to what they said was the people of libya, so severe cracks. also, interesting to note and significant, these protests have now spread from the eastern city which is a traditional antican dave sentiment to qadhafi s stronghold and the protesters are happening there are what prompted qadhafi to stop what appears to be a fight for his life. do we know if qadhafi is in the country or spread to venezuela as some reported? jonathan: we do not know. there were reports including from the british foreign secretary indicating that he may, indeed, have been on his way or already in venezuela, but
out about the events? www.atwashingtoncrossingpark.org you can find out what you need to know this weekend and for the rest of the year for us. one of the nation s most important battles and the lead up to it. mr. president, always great to see you, an honor we get george washington. dave: you look great for 279. union protests continue in wisconsin and now the tea party is getting involved with a massive rally happening today, why they are defending the governor s stand against the union. [ female announcer ] it s monday, some people will stick with their old way
reporter: well, there have been a number of union protests. a lot of people here since hosni mubarak stepped down, have grievances that they haven t had a chance to ever air. so now they re taking this opportunity, this newfound voice that they have, and complaining about low wages and bad conditions, and we re seeing that around the country. the military, tonight, taking a stand and saying they re actually going to pursue legal action against some of these unions and if they continue to protest. the military s in a difficult position because they want to listen to demands of the protesters and allow them this opportunity but want to get the country back on its feet. and the economy is stagnant. banks haven t been open, kids haven t been going to school. they need the protests to end. this is what we re seeing today, what they re calling a celebration, friday of victory and continuation. earlier today they were saying this crowd was the largest so far in tahrir square. now they re st
nationwide union protests set to kick off moments from now. the afl-cio calling for more spending and calling out what it labels deficit hysteria. is this the mentality that got this guy looking like a rock star with taxpayers for taking on unions? one in particular, new jersey governor chris christy now. speaking of the now, listen, that s wrong, teachers don t dislike me, the teachers union dislikes me and there s a difference. neil: you think there s a disconnect between the teachers and unions. there s a they re saying you re starving kids in the classroom, taking away every program. sure, sure, of course they are. they they re wrong and dramatizing it