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Walker for investigation about campaign practices when he was county executive of milwaukee county. yesterday, governor walker said that's because his reforms are working for the people of wisconsin, therefore, his opponents can't campaign on those points martha. martha: boy, well, that's interesting, if that issue has gone away, you wonder what the recall was about in the first place. but the folks' attention has turned to something else. it looks like a beautiful day by the way in mill milwauke. mike, enjoy that out there. >> it's beautiful by the water. martha: gorgeous. good to see you, mi...

Year now. so walker is in jeopardy of losing his job. the unions have tried to push him out he signed a law that reformed collective bargaining. that got a lot of people upset. there are some in the state capitol. we all remember those scenes. already, 90 though absentee ballots have been sent out. how is this looking? mike tobin joins us live from milwaukee. there is word that democrats are not really backing their man in milwaukee. what's up with that? >> reporter: well martha, amid the grumblings that the national party has not invested enough or done enough for mayor barrett in milwaukee i...

Office. he's using millions of dollars meant for victims of foreclosure abuses to help balance his state's budget. honest broker, what do you think? wisconsin's total share of the $26 billion national settlement with the banks is $140 million. 31.6 million goes directly to the state government. walker is putting $25.6 million of that money toward fixing his budget shortfall. what scott walker is doing, i think is outrageous. he gave businesses last year a $117 million tax break while forcing teachers to give up their collective bargaining rights. walker said it was the only way to balance the ...

Attack these unions institutionally. not just we're approaching this as a fiscal matter. >> let me cut you off there. does that mean if scott walker had just said look we need to make some of these adjustments in the pension contribution and health care contribution, would you and the more importantly the public sector union in wisconsin say okay. where it was crossed when scott walker said we're taking away your collective bargaining rights. we're going certify that you represent these workers. i don't know any other institutions in the united states including governors and state legislatures...

Constitutional amendments guarantee equal protection of the law and due process. and that those federal rights are being violated by the california state constitution. to make it very simple, he said gay people are being discriminated against deliberately by california and it doesn't matter if that's what the majority of people favor. the u.s. constitution says you can't single out a group and discriminate. that's basically in a nutshell the basis of his ruling. >> he's saying, okay, go ahead and get married but opponents of day marriage still can appeal to the 9th district court of appeals an...