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An effort to kill the unions throughout the midwest, throughout the u.s. the republican governor says it's an effort to save his state financially. an economist we talked to who has been looking at the history of right-to-work states said this about the evidence. >> of the top 10 performing states in the past 20 years, nine, the top nine were all right-to-work states. the 10th state was washington. the state of washington. washington is not a right-to-work state or a freedom to work state but it doesn't tax individual income nor does it tax corporate income. and so they have been able to perfo...

For a vote of concurrence and they are expected to last. as you look around at live pictures. you look at video we have rolling. look at everything on the lawn in the cradle kill of -- cradle of organized labor. michigan will become a right-to-work state. republicans have the majority in the house and senate. all michigan democrats can do is let their voice be heard and express their anger. >> but now it is official. ladies and gentlemen, the governor of michigan is greedy nerd and one weak fweek. we're not taking it anymore. he wasn't satisfied with outsourcing thousands of jobs toe low-wage ...

Jogging could be good for your body but bad for your brain. people who jog outdoors especially in urban areas have higher risk of brain inflammation and slower iq scores. the reason air pollution. in high levels air pollution can reduce the ability to process new information. that is your 5@5:30. michigan is set to become the nation's 24th right to work state today. but it won't happen quietly. hundreds perhaps even thousands of union members descending on the capital to stage a protest. doug luzader is covering the story for us he's live in washington. >> michigan is now the focus over the ...

Was talking about and they are absolutely embedded in law and there is no question about them. >> the problem with that is that congress has done nothing to put legislation in place to cut spending to meet those caps. and that's one of the reasons that we're now in the fiscal cliff. >> baseline budgeting has been used by both parties since 1974. allows republicans to exaggerate claims of frugality. allows democrats to expand the growth of government. either way accounting trick that no family tried to balance its checkbook could ever get away with. bret? >> bret: british bank sbc has agreed to...

[shouting]. gregg: look at that. that is the rotunda of the state capitol in lansing, michigan, as the legislature there is about to vote to turn michigan into a right-to-work state and those union protesters are down right angry about it. this legislation which will be signed by the republican governor essentially says that michigan is no longer a closed shop where workers have to join a union and have to pay dues. and that of course has raised the ire of union supporters and union members. we'll get back to mike tobin in just a moment who's live in the middle of all of that. martha: we also ...