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We are in a budget crisis. >> gregg: one example a fire chief got a $900,000 lump sum. mind you he'll get annual pension for life. you got a deputy police chief, $700,000 lump sum. all the while they are collecting a paycheck, too. >> right, absolutely. >> double dipping, clearly. >> the voters approved this. >> gregg: they were desperate. >> they were. a lot of veterans were leaving the force. this was seen as one way to keep them going. there was some corruption issues but city officials they demand basically the money from unions. they need the money from unions to get re-elected so it's ha...

Whammy and i don't think they'll recover by november. >> thank you very much. looking forward to your show tomorrow night. >> mike huckabee in his home state. >> the president in north carolina today, is his new healthcare law about to cut it off at the pass? three more companies reporting it's going to cost. verizon says close to a bill bucks. democratic congressman steve cohen is not too concerned. good to have you back. >> good to be back with you. beautiful spring day in memphis. >> neil: do you think this beautiful spring number is about to be a reality check saying we can't pay? >> i don...

Trouble and i live in new jersey, so we're a prime example ef of a state in trouble. and the answer is we simply can't afford to pay the pensions, people working, teachers, firemen, policeman, working for 25, 30 years and paying a pension that costs sometimes five, six times the money they ever made work this that job. >> well, martha, we have a unionized work force in the public sector, while only 7 percent of people in the private sector belong to a union, something like 40 or 45 percent of government workers do. they have bid up the price of pension and salary benefits so high, we can't aff...

To be the head of the teachers union in that area, also chris christie in new jersey is getting a lot of heat, he was in the school system in mount claire, new jersey the other day and there were protestors outside, to take on this issue, to start to say so the unions you've got to come to the table to rework these deals because it's going to bankrupt our state if you have to pay this out the way it is now, that's pretty tough politics. >> i think the unions are going to have to recognize concessions are necessary because cities can go bankrupt. vallejo, california went bankrupt a year or so a...

>> why being on the water can sink your budget. >> owning a boat is expensive. >> but now you can be the captain of your ship. >> living on the water is a great life. >> it's all "happening now". >> but we begin with hillary clinton e-mail controversy. now it is a matter of law in a court of law. the federal judge holding a hearing that is getting underway right now dealing with the request of freedom of information act. welcome to "happening now". i am gregg jarret in for jon scott. >> and i am jenna lee. at the issue is the issue of double-dipping. a special deal to allow her to have a priva...