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house minority leader kevin mccarthy leading a group of republican lawmakers going to the border today. >> it comes as republicans are blaming president biden for the surge. they say he has sent a clear message that the border is open for business. >> it is entirely, you cannot but notice the administration changes and there is surge. there can be no question when sending a message to people. it has to be our border is closed. you can't say in spanish one thing and english another. one for the consumption of those in central america and the other for domestic consumption. it has to b...

Hours until 11:00 at night, but they could not agree on how much to raise teachers' pay by. let's put this in perspective. high schoolteachers in west virginia earn about $35,000 a year. they are one of the lowest paid state for teachers in the country. they said they will not go back to work with a 5% increase. that means about $250 a month per teacher. a senate actually approved a 4% raise. all that did was infuriate teachers because they want 5. the state house rejected the bill and the house earlier gave okay to the 5% raise. they listen to arguments by lawmakers, and at the end of the day...

Plastic surgery under their cushy union health plan. the cosmetic rider, as it's called. guess who is paying for it? that's right. taxpayers. joining us right now with more is kyle olson, the founder of education action group and the producer of "a tale of two missions." good morning to you, kyle. >> good morning. >> ok, so this cosmetic rider up there in buffalo costs taxpayers $6 million. you would think that they would then be flushed with dough in that particular school district. not so. right now, they're operating at a $42 million deficit. and nonetheless, teachers get lipo. what bugs yo...

Now time to say the truth? that is that eric cantor and indeed virtually everyone of these republican presidential candidates, that their policies will only increase the gulf between the haves and the have-nots and suppress any possibility of social mobility? >> absolutely, martin. that's really what it is all about. we want people to be successful. we want people to be wealthy. we just want that opportunity to be extended to all americans. and unless you invest in the human infrastructure of this krirg it won't happen. we've lost 280,000 teachers just since the last depression -- recession. i...

Circulating petitions or signing petitions, that is why they're doing it. secondly, as far as collective bargaining rights are concerned, about half of the state employees are not even members of a union. as far as other collective bargaining rights, that costs the state taxpayer a lot of money as well, that's not about union busting, that's just about preventing public employee unions holding out for outrageous things. for example, right now many, not all, but many school districts in the state get their health insurance through a very expensive teacher's union health insurance company, that ...