in madison and we'll see where we go on this holiday today. thank you, for your time. 11 minutes past. martha: i guess that answers this question: how far are the unions willing to go? to get that are points across? perhaps far enough to have doctors handing out fake sick slips there. we're going to talk in a moment, there's a live news conference coming up on all of this. one prominent union supporter will join us live and tell us his side of the story before the conference. bill: and republicans, not united in support for the house budget bill, slashing spending $66 billion, why this man, a republican congressman, voted against it. john campbell, up live after the break. plus... >> what you gonna do? martha: live at 5:00, that is for sure when the news becomes the news. straight ahead. [ female announcer ] last year, the u.s. used