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Madison. here is the story. we are just a few blocks away from the capitol where the rally is taking place. we found this typical wisconsin middle class neighborhood and we have stumbled upon a teacher's mansion. her name is susan stern. she has been a first grade teacher here in madison for the last 17 years. i want to take you inside tonight and show you who the governor of wisconsin expects to pay more to balance the budget of the state if there is a budget problem. this is what passes for a a a grand foyer in this teacher's mansion. the formal living room, complete with an adjoining office...

Collectively. the chief challenge here -- how will eliminating bargaining in the state solve the budget problem? >> 45 states face a budget shortfall. governor walker says, if you don't make these changes, it is, the rest of society will hemorrhage far worse. do we have a piece of sound from his interview, statement just now? >> if you don't make the changes we are proposing for collective bargaining in the budget repair bill, you make it very difficult for local governments in particular to balance their budget in the next year and in the years to come. >> okay. bottom line, do they have to d...

Collective bargaining because it helps them get re-elected. that's what led to going broke. the pros is broken. people elected officials use it to get re-elected and that's part of the bigger problem. >> even bigger than that and i want to switch from the union conversation and budget problem to the underlying issue, the asset base in america. we saw bill daley take $9 million out of jpmorgan before he goes to work as the chief of staff for obama. karen finney, in his last presidential campaign, the banks provi providing 40% of all funding along with the real estate sfri. meanwhile, americans ...

Kids. >> right. >> the union leader, i think this weekend made a smart move, he said go back to class. >> correct. >> i think that's great for the union cause. the second thing they did, they took everything off the table except collective bargaining which i think is great. because for us, it was about the budget. and so they took that off the table. >> right. >> now the governor looks like he's engaged in a purely ideological fight over collective bargaining. he wants to end collective bargaining and break the union. i think they made smart moves over the weekend. >> they did indeed. friday w...

The new battle every year, it's going to cost the state money. don't they have a point? >> governor walker is showing leadership and there's a budget problem and he has a modest proposal on the table and what they need to do is fix the situation because it's not going to get any better. >> a modest proposal on the table and they came back yesterday and said we'll agree to some concessions, get rid of the collective bargaining side of this in the debate and we'll move forward and the governor says no. >> it sounds reason to me, come to the table, negotiate, work with the other side or i'll tell...