being with us on this friday. i'm vinita nair. >> of course, those are the big headlines of the day. lots of stuff coming up. the big news, for folks who saw the show yesterday, this is your final newscast with us. vinita nair here on "world news now." for almost three years tonight, she is saying good-bye. i'm sad to see you go. we have a really great show lined up for you today. >> i'm happy to be sleeping again. with that, let's turn right to the news. >> one more for the road, right? union members are angry because of the potential impact on their paychecks. democrats pulled a fast one and literally left the state to avoid a vote. also ahead this morning, medicare fraud. it is surprising how much more and more we are hearing about it. there's a widespread federal crackdown on it. what clinics are accused of doing, stealing hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars. on top of that, spectacular storm on the surface of the sun. the problems caused faraway right here on earth. we begin with the budget showdown in wisconsin. tens of thousands of protesters