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For the nail that the ledbetter bill was. the two go together. but i really believe had this been the law back in my day, had this been an act that had been on the books, i could have found out from coworkers without being retaliated against. >> mr. romney -- i'm sorry to interrupt. mr. romney, the republican presidential nominee, has not taken a position on this bill as we ended up finding out today through a sort of bizarre series of e-mails in which he said he supported the concept of equal pay but he would not take a stand on whether or not he supported legislation to try to achieve it. if...

>> greta: i understand the big picture with what collective bargaining does. the question was a little more directed and you talk about safety and firefighters. as i understand it correct me if i'm wrong the new provision in the collective bargaining exempted firefighters and police officers so we are talking about other public workers is that right, sir? >> we are exempt from act 10 in its current form but we are hit by state aid. i was in ba loit, wisconsin, just yesterday. they had to lay off five firefighters because of cut in state aid to that municipality. it does affect us and the cuts ...

But we need true shared sacrifice. and tax break, fine. but tax breaks without any accountability to create jobs is where we have a problem. you have to give back to the community in order to get a tax break and that is what we are not seeing. we are seeing tax breaks with no accountability. >> greta: do you have any idea sort of what the cost savings has been with the collective bar againing? i'm not taking a side on this. i'm just trying to understand what the number is. has governor walker put out a number of how much money he has recouped or recovered or somehow refined from this? >> i hav...

dolphin? dolphin talk this morning. scientists say we may soon be able to talk to flipper! really? good morning to you. i'm carol costello. millions of americans reveled in one of the warmest records on season and now a mean season. wildfires are burning in seven western states and the summer temperatures will only push the danger higher. the worst single fire is in southwestern new mexico. 225,000 acres burned, about 280 square miles. it is the biggest in the state's history and it's getting bigger. it's now only just about 17% contained. also today there are new concerns about ...

days, but this is all simply a precautionary measure, they say. an arrest in a gruesome international murder mystery. german police have captured luca rocco magnotta, a self-described porn star accused of killing and dismembering a student in canada. body parts were mailed to canadian police and to politicians. canadian authorities confirmed the arrest a short time ago. george zimmerman's lawyer says he will file for a new bond hearing. the man accused of murdering trayvon martin had his bail revoked by the judge in the case and was sent back to jail over the weekend. the judge s...