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Off scot-free and then try and take it out on the teachers. the man who helped to uncover so much of this evidence is on this very program yesterday afternoon. >> all over this country $11 trillion of wealth wiped out. 27 million americans without jobs, can't find full-time work, stopped looking for work. 4 million people who have lost their home to foreclosure. consequence there, but not on wall street. >> and the evidence of fraud is rampant whether it's the dip stick tests or for that matter the violations of sarbanes/ox y sarbanes/oxley. the budget negotiations continue to up fold while ig...

Fiscal item at all. >> have you agreed at the bargaining table in some of these places to the increases in contributions? that he's talking about at that level? >> he's mandating them at the state level before a conversation can take place. >> so it isn't as though you've agreed to, okay, we'll pay for half of the pension costs. we'll double -- >> we haven't been asked. >> so you're objection is that he didn't come to the schools and say will you do that, but wouldn't that just put it back into collective bargaining? >> well, i believe that collective bargaining is where it gets solved. >> and...

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Would cut subsidies to oil companies. republicans ultimately will defeat this and stand in unity because they want their version of a budget fix to go forward. it's usually what you see the majority party always tries to defeat the motion to recommit. so what you'll see essentially is this passed the house today, it's $4 billion. it's a two week budget fix. it will go to the senate and harry reid said it will be passed within the next 48 hours. so essentially what we're going to see is a temporary $4 billion in cuts to the current fiscal year 2010 budget which will then expire on march 18th an...

Wisconsin, of course, leading the way with demonstrations packing the state capital for a week and a half now. union rallies also taking place today in connecticut, pennsylvania, and georgia. while the crowds smaller in wisconsin the protesters still out in full force at the state capital. neither side willing to budge in the budget standoff. let's go to to kate bolduan who is still in madison. the war of words continue. >> reporter: absolutely. the standoff here in madison continues battling over the governor's proposed budget fix and specifically really the issue of collective bargaining rig...