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$300 million over the next two years. martha: let s turn now to ohio and what is at stake in the buckeye state now. the republican-backed budget bill there calls for the elimination of collective bargaining for state employees, including those who work in state institutions of higher education. the bill would require employees to pay 20 percent of their health insurance premiums and it would implement merit-based pay for some government woerbgs as weflt that s what s got folks fired up in ohio and they will talk about who should bear the burden, really, of the budget battle that s going on there. it s getting heated, folks. take a listen: senate bill five, heed those four decisions on the fact of working ohio. take away workers rights, it s wrong, it s unamerican. this is beyond belief, and it s really questionable in terms of motive. martha: very emotional issue out there. doug mckelway is live in khr upl pwaus, ohio with more. morning, doug. reporter: good morning, to you, m ....
Okay? martha: so what would be better? what would the recollection be? revolutions always happen in first act. first act in three act, first, second act, third act, either they get the act together with help from the outside or they don t, and extremists com in. come in. that s what happened in iran. what we the should the united states should do is give them the assistance they need. egypt, they re about to face a hunger shortage, eastern libya, they don t have medical supplies. places like iran, and we ought to be we ought to do away with it, when the berlin wall went down, give them the tools they need for self-governance. martha: thank you very much, k.t., i know you ll be back on soon, we ve got a lot to talk about. k.t. mcfarland. bill: there are new concerns over the two iranian warships passing through egypt s suez canal, israel and the u.s., watching that situation very closely. ....
Colorado afl/cio. addition, a counter rally is scheduled by the northern colorado tea party. this group says it does not have a permit to be on the state capital grounds, so organizers have told supporters to head to a public street corner that edges the capital. tea party organizers are encouraging participants to be respectful today, governor hickenlooper is locking horns over deep budget cuts especially in session and the rocky mountain state was a standout in the november election and it was not part of the republicans bounce back on all levels of government. most of the protests today are in states where republicans are governors there and once things get underway here we ll let you know, martha? martha: thank you very much, reporting from denver. bill: a war hero. responding to an incident that took place in columbia university, here in new york city, a former army staff sergeant lost a leg while ....
Is iran provoking its so-called enemies enroute now to a port in syria? we ll show you. martha: also, tragedy, sadly, to report to you this morning on the high seas, four americans, shot dead by pirates during a mission that was designed to rescue them. a retired navy commander who was stationed in africa, and knows these dangers all too well, joining us next. ....
Positive experiences at clm bye and thus far my fellow students have been interested in hearing about my past life and, clm bye is attempting to get more veterans to share their experiences here and the atmosphere has been supportive, despite the reaction of a small minority of the town hall participants, and he was speaking in support of bring back rotc, to columbia. martha: good for him for speaking out and having the courage to get in front of the crowd, and he probably knew there would be naysayers among them and that makes america a great place and, profess your feelings about that, but obviously he s a very brave man and a war hero. bill: very generous in his comments, and our best to him. martha: indeed he was. president obama is heading to the buckeye state and labor unrest among union workers is rising. so, what will he say there and will he comment, get into the middle of all of this? that is the big question, a lot of folks think he should have a ....