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>> a group of kids from sixth graders at the st. paul's lutheran school in waiverly, iowa, these sixth graders put a video message on facebook. >> the white house is our house. please let us visit. >> was it teachers being fired? long lines at airport, massive military cuts? no. what had lawmakers abuzz this week in washington in the wake of the sequestration was the decision by the government to halt white house tours effective today. white house press secretary jake carney on thursday explaining why. >> the secret service presented options that ranged from canceling tours to potential furlou...

Teachers in this community that makes them work together rather than be wary of each other? >> well, we know that it wasn't so easy the first year. but that it became pretty clear and we heard this over and over again from the public school teachers we talked to that the charter school it teachers like they were focused on their students and that they weren't trying to take over their jobs. they were trying to help them be the best teachers they could be and support them with the tools that they had seen work in their own classrooms. and i think that dynamic was really important. >> and chelse...

>>neil: unions are now targeting ohio and florida. in ohio protesters shouted down the governor as he tried to deliver the state of the state address upset with plans to cut collective bargaining rights. protests also happening this hour in florida after the governor's big speech. the state representative knows what it is like. he has been targeted bit teachers' union and joins us on the phone. this is a pattern playing out. what have you experienced, sir? >>guest: i was out there today and we had hundreds, in the thousands. and there were tea party groups out there, as well, and i say this is...

New jersey is a failed experiment. 150 tax increases in eight years, revenue is going down, not up. we've raised tax every year. this doesn't work. >> paul: new jersey' republican governor chris cristie elected in november on the promise he would get the almost bankrupt state on the road to fiscal solvency without raising taxes. he's taking on the state's most powerful union in the process. the proposed budget calls for cuts in nearly every about government department to close an $11 billion deficit. it includes an almost $820 million cut in aid to public schools. something the governor says c...

New jersey is a failed experiment. 150 tax increases in eight years, revenue is going down, not up. we've raised tax every year. this doesn't work. >> paul: new jersey' republican governor chris cristie elected in november on the promise he would get the almost bankrupt state on the road to fiscal solvency without raising taxes. he's taking on the state's most powerful union in the process. the proposed budget calls for cuts in nearly every about government department to close an $11 billion deficit. it includes an almost $820 million cut in aid to public schools. something the governor says c...