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More stunning situations involving faa towers, sleeping controllers, you had the man in charge of it at all on this morning. >> thats right. the secretary of transportation ray lahood, and on our show he announced new work rules. they said theyd have a study, but then saturday morning another controller fell asleep in miami just after a lecture at the control tower about, you know, professionalism, not falling asleep on the job. so we can see how well that worked. theyll change the schedule, but...

Has been trapped there since friday afternoon, following a collapse, more than 6100 feet below ground. three safety teams are now trying to reach him. >> they are just like brothers and want to see him, you know, come out. >> gregg: additional rescue equipment and manpower flown is as well, the silver, zinc and lead mine employees 1,000 people and has been in operation 69 years. >> and a check now of the days top stories for you. the death toll rising in north carolina, nearly two dozen people a...

Doesnt get any better in terms of this merger were building. i think my co-workers are very excited about the transaction. there are concerns about seniority and didnt sorts of work rules. thats the things you work through in the negotiations with each workgroup. >> that was the ceo of united contend nal holdings speaking with richard quest. ahead, the ivory coast faces a symbolic victory on the ground and tough round of sanctions of the u.n.

The rules in new jersey are written in ways that advantage that. >> do you see why some are trying to get rid of it? >> i think governor walker is being disingenuous and opportunist. hes not including the police and fire. he was offered concessions that i was salivating over looking from new jersey. we have to find a way to have sensible rules, level the playing field. the work rules, i remember governor rendell telling me about this in philadelphia with his unions. i have detectives and my gang...

Them, it will enable them to file an antitrust lawsuit against the nfl. something the nfl really does not want to incur because it did not go well for them 22 odd years ago and it probably wont again now. for the players, it means if they desert and dont have a ewan non, the league could impose work rules on them and if court cases take several years, its several years without a union. >> and if you were to look at what happens, lets prum theres no deal the next five minutes. walk me through the...

Concessions, and they refused to give him any. he had to fire 20 percent of the county work force. and he would give local governments and school districts rules to avoid this. in todays piece in the "wall street journal," he started with a powerful point, the most outstanding teacher in the milwaukee school district was fired shortly after being named the most outstanding teacher because they had to have reductions in the ranks of teachers and it was last in, first out, according to the union c...

Work rules mean. you cant fire bad teachers. you cant make government efficient and that is where you get $159,000 bus drivers. >> this state, wisconsin is the birthplace of progressivism. this is in their veins and genes. can it be changed with votes and governors signature or mere violence that we have been observing going to be perpetual until the mob gets its a way. >> i wont predict the future but the sense of entitlement that gets them out there saying -- how dare you? >> that the governme...

Theres one thing that union fies republicans, me included, it is the belief that public sector unions have become too costly, too burdensome. this is the fundamental issue in state and local politics for organizing republicans. walker will be a hero, whatever his personal faith, and as one of the previous interviewer said, this is going to give inspiration to republican governors everywhere. we are going into an age of austerity where government is going to have to cost less and this is going to...

May have occurred, is a win by scott walker on his union busting approach in wisconsin something that rockets him into real contention in the republican presidential campaign? >> he will be certainly a name to conjure with, but talking unification, if theres one thing that unifies republicans, me included, it is the belief that public sector unions have become too costly, too burdensome. this is the fundamental issue in state and local politics for organizing republicans. walker will be a hero, ...

It is the belief that public sector unions have become too costly, too burdensome. this is the fundamental issue in state and local politics for organizing republicans. walker will be a hero, whatever his personal faith, and as one of the previous interviewer said, this is going to give inspiration to republican governors everywhere. we are going into an age of austerity where government is going to have to cost less and this is going to be one of the ways that republicans will say the governmen...