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And in a great many places, this road show is working. it is having the effect the koch brothers intend, with all the millions they have spent on this cause. that said, it's not working everywhere, notably ohio today became the 25th state to say that they would expand medicaid to hundreds of thousands more people in the state who currently don't have health insurance or an affordable way to get it. ohio's republican governor, john kasich today steamed past the hard right legislature to get more people covered, even if it costs him the support of some in his own party. ohio's decision leaves ha...

Jump-start this economy that's lagged at 18.9% unemployment rate? it's too much to bear for workers there. >> governor snyder has been consistent from the beginning that it wasn't on his agenda yet, but he's been successful at leading us through dramatic changes in michigan. we are the comeback state, but now with the data that we've received from the blessings of having to work through proposal two, it's clear that they want us to become a labor freedom right to work state. >> that surprised me, that president obama decided to jump in feet first, because on a lot of other state issues he's sa...

Concerns, and over 70% of them say their clients will not even consider a state that's not a right to work state. >> thank you very much for joining us. >> thank you. >> coming up, shocking video of chrysler employees drinking and smoking pot own their lunch breaks before building jeeps. the company canning the workers, but now they're back. wait till you hear how they got their jobs back. in two minutes, a young boy who doesn't want presents. in fact, he gave away 500 of them. the story next.

I think he knows better than that. we're not in any way affecting or diminishing people's right to collective bargaining. fact, i vehemently support people's rights to collective bargaining, but i also support their individual right and freedom to choose who they want to associate with or not to associate with, greta. >> why do you think it would make a difference when it comes to job creation? after the bill is signed by this governor, if it is, what will change in michigan? >> i have no question that the governor will sign the bill. what will change is, this we will be removing one of the la...

To a vote, expected to get to the governor's desk as soon as tomorrow. dana? >> appreciate the update. dave, thank you so much. one sponsor of the legislation is michigan representative mike shirkey, insisting what is right to work is right for michigan. tell us in a nutshell, what are you trying to do? >> create an experiment in michigan where we have labor freedom, defined as where unions are free to make their case as workers are to make their choice, dana. >> so originally governor snyder when he started his term, this wasn't necessarily at the top of his agenda. he had the budget deficit ...