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School year. state law require requires that teachers be notified by march 1. it gives the flexibility needed to deal with a $40 million budget gap. the termination letters can be rescinded. now back to "on the record." >> greta: attorney general bondi is leading the charge for the 26 states fighting the president's national health care law. the states won big time in the florida federal core. judge said the entire law is unconstitutional. -- now the justice department is claiming it does not understand the judge's decision. attorney general bondi doesn't buy it. florida's attorney general pam...

Governors in the garden state, governor christie wants to raise the state's retirement age from 62 to 65, roll back a 9 percent increase in state pensions, new jersey state employee unions now responding, and they have a message for the governor. don't follow wisconsin's example to close jersey's budget gap. rick leventhal is on that story as the story spreads to trenton, nj. what happens there today, rick? good morning. >> reporter: good morning, bill. there's a rally scheduled here, 2 1/2 hours from now, organized by the afl-cio, which represents a million workers in new jersey, other unions...

To layoff have already been sent out and as many as 12,000 state workers could be let go by the end of the fiscal year, june 30th if the senate democrats manage somehow to delay a vote on his proposed budget relief bill by then. but the big deadline is going to be next tuesday, moved even from today, that if that vote isn't done and the governor has to give his budget address without a way to close his budget gap, because of the bill that he wants passed, then those layoff notices will go out. and the threat becomes a reality. andrea? >> mike taibbi, still on duty in madison, wisconsin. waitin...

Bill board backlash. an anti-abortion ad that singles out african-american women is coming down but the controversy is far from over. today's "news nation" gut check -- should prisoners be taking jobs that could go to americans just to fill a budget gap. the white house celebrates sounds of motown and jamie foxx tames aim at the president's dance moves. the 20-year-old saudi college student arrested in texas on terror charges appga$ in federal a few hours ago. he's been charged with attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction. fbi officials say he targeted several locations throughou...

While protests over state budget cuts spread across the country, wisconsin remains in a stand still over republican governor scott walker's budget bill, a plan that would make state workers pay more for their benefits while eliminating their right to collective bargaining. earlier today governor walker insisted that unions are not under attack. >> we're doing not about unions, it's about balancing our budget. >> our next guest has been known as walker's hero. tommy thompson was governor of wisconsin for 14 years an little searched as secretary of health and human services under president obama...