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Welcome to hotels.com. jenna: now back to one of our top stories today, the recall election in which is is now just one day away and the battle between governor scott walker and milwaukee mayor tom barrett, some are describing it as a referendum on scott walker but it started as a fight over union benefits. chief national correspondent jim angle live in washington with more on this jim? >> reporter: hello, jenna. that's right, one thing has been missed in the recall debate. that is stay workers still do better than taxpayers. listen. >> one of the problems is that the government workers are co...

were hurt. it was coach frank hall who chased the accused gunman off campus. >> to the victims families i want to say i'm sorry. my thoughts and prayers are still with you. to the families of danny, demetrius, and russell, i want want you to know i was with them. i prayed with them. i wiped their tears. i know god was with them. i don't know why this happened, i only wish i could have done more. i'm not a hero, just a football coach and a study hall teacher. >> coach hall is a hero. the suspect, t.j. lane, is facing three counts of aggravated murder among other serious charges. cnn's...

Lay off a teacher who isn't doing their job in this country and all of this leads to a lot of taxpayers saying why is a private sector taxpayer supporting a benefit package for public sector employees who make more money and have a much bigger benefit package? it is interesting, because when you look behind the numbers, stuart, it ties to educated. high school educated bears far better in the public sector. once you get past high school education you are better off in the private sector. >> if you have a high school education and work for federal government you earn more than someone with a hi...

Receiving health care waivers. >> who is getting a free pass on the health care law? it turns out a whole bunch of labor union. stu varney has been doing his labor homework and he joins us bright and early. at least you're doing your math homework. what did you find out? >> a total of 543,000 union members are now waived from accepting the new rules under obamacare. 543,000. 69,000 private employees. so these waivers are heavily skewed towards the unions which were heavy backers of obamacare. >> what does a waiver give? >> ok, the new law says you can't have an annual or lifetime limit on the ...

Receiving health care waivers. >> who is getting a free pass on the health care law? it turns out a whole bunch of labor union. stu varney has been doing his labor homework and he joins us bright and early. at least you're doing your math homework. what did you find out? >> a total of 543,000 union members are now waived from accepting the new rules under obamacare. 543,000. 69,000 private employees. so these waivers are heavily skewed towards the unions which were heavy backers of obamacare. >> what does a waiver give? >> ok, the new law says you can't have an annual or lifetime limit on the ...