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Here it is. look at this picture. the sea of red. union protesters in the rotunda in madison, wisconsin, over the move by governor walker to take on the unions in this battle. this is how the "new york times" reported it on saturday. framed the issue. the images from wisconsin with its protests, shutdown of some public services, and missing democratic senators who fled the state to block a vote, evoked the middle east more than the midwest. the parallels raise the inevitable question. is wisconsin the tunisia of collective bargaining rights. governor granholm, what is at stake here? >> i don't...

Escaping the state to delay a vote. >> they get paid to come to work, and they should be coming to work. >> shepard: now we are learning more about why this budget problem actually exists. tonight, full coverage of the battle in the badger state. [chanting] >> shepard: in washington, a fight over health care. republicans say if they can't repeal the president's plan, they will just take away its money. >> my objective is to defund it entirely. >> shepard: but democrats argue that would cause chaos. >> the republicans have become a wrecking crew. >> shepard: tonight, the vote on capitol hill. p...

Are being punished for not walking or take being the bus. one may or alcandidate has made this a top campaign issue. they say a budget that relies on illegal behavior is bad policy. >> you need to put things into a budget that you know are reliable with some things being adjusted. making that thing fines, that's not a start thing tho do. >> reporter: the transit officials make no apologies and says no one has to get a parking citation if they keep track of their meter and read the signs. if they don't they say the parking police will be out there enforcing laws that are already on the books, a...

And tell in their words the governor hears their arguments. what they seem to be upset about is that this came very quickly in their words. they say that the unions and the democratic lawmakers were not brought to the negotiating table to sort of work out a deal. the governor says this is what he campaigned on. this is what should have been well known to anyone who covers politics in wisconsin and he was not trying to take anyone by surprise. right now, though, they're at an impasse. >> casey wian, thank you so much. i appreciate it. we'll get back to you. okay, washington has budget problem...

Wisconsin. megyn: clearly the unions are not in favor of that. but does he have the right snow was fairly he atlantic. these republicans who control the legislature are fairly elected. he's calling for a vote. >> he was voted in, the republicans control the legislature. you vote these people in, they vote, that's what you get. in the long term when people see these issues are not good for the working person, not good for middle class working americans maybe people will realize the policies and proposals are not good for them. megyn: if these folk were protesting in the leadup to an election. n...