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greta: the wisconsin battle quickly went national. president obama and speaker boehner not sugar coating their feelings. president obama called governor walker s actions a assault on unions and speaker boehner praised the governor for confronting problems neglected for years at the expense of jobs and economic growth. then like something out of a movie 14 democratic state senators disappeared, fleeing the state to avoided voting in the antiunion vote. state senate business grinds to a halt but they find a way to push the antiunion bill through anyway. the hotly anticipated recall election once again pits governor scott walker against milwaukee mayor tom barrett. they ran against each other in november 2010. governor walker is not the only one, though, with a job on the line. lieutenant governor rebecca clayfish also facing a recall on june 5. i am the first lieutenant governor in national history to face a recall. i will be the first lieutenant governor in national history to be ....
Game, the republicans have the money. who will win tonight? this is not only a referendum on scott walker and his radical agenda, but the first big test how progressives will fight back against the supreme court ruling. al, you wouldn t believe how much money has been poured into some of these districts. we re talking about close to $40 million in six state races in this state of wisconsin. the turnout today has been at presidential levels in some of these districts. i think one to watch will be in suburban milwaukee, where roberta darling, a close associate to the governor and helped write that antiunion bill is getting a strong push on the ground from the democrats and strong push from sandy pasch. i think she has an outside shot there. i think the democrats will pick up three, i think they ll get the majority back, they might get four, but this race is the crown jewel. if they with defeat alberta ....
Arraignment. if seems that the prosecution is ready to go. the defense now will essentially get their ducks in a row, get as much information about the accuser s past or history. of course, nothing will go unscrutinized unfortunately for the alleged sexual assault victim. bill: julie banderas, new york city, downtown, and as we await that departure, we ll bring it in as it happens. the plea is not guilty. al and his wife, locking arms with him as they walk in. we re awaiting a major hearing on the future of wisconsin s controversial antiunion bill. in just one hour, the state supreme court will start discussing whether it should take up the case, this as a new proposal by the legislature is targeting newly hired police officers and firefighters, and how much they pay into their pensions and health care plans. jaime palmer is executive director for wisconsin s professional police association. mr. palmer, thank you very much for joining us. so we understand that this ....
Voter turnout. it s relative and in context. 33% turned out. that is way up from years past. the passion we first saw in the state capitol back in february has been mobilized and channeled to fight back during elections. and walker s now in big trouble. his poll numbers are plummeting, and several of his republican pals who passed that antiunion bill will likely soon face recalls and might get voted out as well. also the republican that walker wanted to win his old job as a milwaukee county executive lost badly yesterday. it s the states where we need to fight and organ igz, where in washington where most democrats worry about how to agree with republicans. you know i get frustrated, but i live what s happening. beyond the belt way, republicans have been knocked back on the ....
The environment. they re going to start trials in one small area, one particular area where workers will get greater access to the cores that trierp trying to bring under control. it s a brave attempt and it s only a temporary attempt. bill our best to all of them. dominic, thanks, in ocaka, japan. in osaka, japan. martha: back to ohio a. group of buckeye republicans, republicans, are now leading the effort to try to scale back ohio s very controversial antiunion bill. governor john kasich strongly supports this bill which has become the toughest attempt in the country, really, by a state to clamp down on union rights. but there s now a group of republicans in his state who say that they don t like this bill, and they want to see it scaled back. state senator bill seitz is a republican who is leading this effort and we welcome him in morning, good morning to you. good morning, martha. martha: i want to point out ....