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adages three entered 58,000 homes and businesses are still without power across the chicago area 75,000 outages are reported in the western region 29,000 in the south and 53,000 in the city of chicago. >>monica schneider is live at kill some park with a reportgilson park with a live repot some people did get lucky here they got some power but many did not looking and downtown wilmettte says it all that looks like a ghost town at the moment in this northern suburb it will continue to look this way until commonwealth edison can get electricity restored sadly nothing can restore this 26...

Is there one person besides richard trumpka that could actually answer that other than afscme? why has it become so acceptable for our press to allow the hijacking of the life and the message of martin luther king? >> beck has hijacked king's legacy more than any other member of the media, and he's completely wrong about king's support for collective bargaining. if you don't believe me, take it from martin luther king iii. >> i think about what he would be doing and i'm looking at what is going on in our nation today as we are attacking teachers, public workers, collective bargaining, and so t...

You asked me. collective bargaining rights of course. that's absurd. is there one person besides richard trumpka that could actually answer that other than afscme? why has it become so acceptable for our press to allow the hijacking of the life and the message of martin luther king? >> beck has hijacked king's legacy more than any other member of the media, and he's completely wrong about king's support for collective bargaining. if you don't believe me, take it from martin luther king iii. >> i think about what he would be doing and i'm looking at what is going on in our nation today as we ar...

Money to fight a recall effort. the milwaukee journal sentinel got a copy of his fund raising letter. fitzgerald writes, government employee unions have ruined california and illinois but they're not gog to ruin wisconsin. that is because republicans faced down the big labor bully tactics and a democratic walkout in the state senate to break the power of the unions like weac and afscme once and for all. okay. so they are worried about the recall and they should be because that movement is picking up steam. joining me tonight for her first ed show interview, since she has not been in a hotel in...

Would have to win an election every year to keep representing workers. isn't that union busting? >> no, absolutely not. >> walker said his bill was exclusively about repairing the budget but the nonpartisan wisconsin legislative fiscal bureau today said that walker's budget repair bill will actually increase wisconsin's annual budget by 1%. walker insists the law is not about union busting but today wisconsin senate majority leader scott fitzgerald kocopped to th truth. fitzgerald is trying to raise money to fight a recall effort. the milwaukee journal sentinel got a copy of his fund raising l...