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Republicans gave away all of their cards in showing that they're looking at destroying workers' rights in wisconsin. >> senator, thanks for joining us, drive safely, 80 miles an hour isn't a good idea. they'll pull you over for a ticket is my suspicion. so senator, say safe and talk to you in a couple days. joined now by a firefighter, also the president of the professional firefighters of wisconsin. his union represents over 3,000 firefighters in wisconsin. welcome back to the show. what is your reaction to this as it all breaks out. >> i just actually came from the capit capitol. it is a cle...

A lot of emotion. the it now goes to governor walker for his signature probably in the next few hours. >> we've heard -- or i've read that he's going to sign it pretty quickly, but explain to me, in terms of just sort of the lay of the land inside the state capital, i know the lawmakers have very tight security, i imagine. are they still in the capital? this vote just happened. >> yeah, this just happened within the last two minutes, so the republicans are still in the capit capitol. they will be given security escorts out of the building. they've been getting escorts from police coming and go...

West of the capital, tripoli, but not before there was bloodshed. doctors say a government attack killed 17 people and wounded 150. libya's leader, muammar gadhafi, is in firm control of the capit capitol. in new zealand, 700 workers are continuing the grim search for survivors after tuesday's earthquake. 113 people are confirmed dead, and more than 200 still missing. families have an agonizing wait for news but hopes of finding victims alive are becoming more bleak. police say they have grave fears for those people trapped inside the tv building at the time of the quake. the building was ...

Associated with the tea party who worry the traditional establishment republican party won't support some of the cuts that are very difficult, but in their belief, needed. >> well, we're seeing conservative republican governors across the country, pretty much pursue this double-tiered path. on the one hand they want very deep budget cuts, as we saw governor rick scott want in his state of florida, also seeing them pursuing tax cuts. kind of almost a dual track mode there and it's not going on there but we're seeing playing out in new jersey, wisconsin, ohio, other states that republicans now g...

As it is for companies. if you spend a billion dollars on a bridge, after you're done you've got a bridge. if you spend a billion dollars to feed bill crafters, when you're done you have nothing. that's why i'm drawing the distinct. >> how do we help more voters, more people in the media, more politicians draw that bright line between capitol spent for short-term activity. trading in trinkets, gambling casino, or where we use labor to buy bombs and blow things up. we're making money to blow it to smitherines in the middle of a desert and actually deploy capit capitol. how do we help people und...