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what's their next move. and can the republicans get away with this? we'll discuss the legal ramifications of scott walker's war on the middle class in wisconsin. democratic lawmakers are calling what their republican counterparts tonight an affront to democracy. the wisconsin senate passed a bill stripping collective bargaining rights from over 175,000 state employees. senate republicans voted 18-1. in what is being considered a bold political move, republicans took collective bargaining out of the budget bill, and voted without the democrats, before the votes were cast democratic as...

republicans using a legislative move to pass a budget bill that strips unions of collective bargaining rights. democrats, caught off guard, protesting the move. these now the tense moments after that vote. watch: >> this is clearly a violation of the law. you are shutting people down. it is improper for you to move forward while this is a violation of the law. you're not allowing an eldand that is wrong. now, i disagree. chairman, this is a violation of law. this is not just a rule. it's the law. there must be -- this is a violation of an open meeting law. it requires one -- >> what ...

war on the middle class in wisconsin. democratic lawmakers are calling what their republican counterparts tonight an affront to democracy. the wisconsin senate passed a bill stripping collective bargaining rights from over 175,000 state employees. senate republicans voted 18-1. in what is being considered a bold political move, republicans took collective bargaining out of the budget bill, and voted without the democrats, before the votes were cast democratic assemblyman peter barka made a last-ditch appeal to senate republicans, and of course, they ignored him. now the bill heads to...

hello and good morning. i'm lynn berry. today, we begin with outmaneuvered. the three-week standoff in wisconsin over a measure that would deal a huge blow to public unions has come to an abrupt end after a stunning move by republicans. until yesterday, republicans state senators couldn't pass governor scott walker's proposal because under the rules they were just one democrat short for the vote to happen. that's because all 14 minority democrats had fled the state in order to prevent a vote on the measure which would strip nearly all collective bargaining rights from union workers. ...

Peter barka, the minority leader of the assembly, and corey mason, took their desks outside. they met with hundreds of constituents on the lawn, people who said they wanted to get in and could not do so. >> but the governor is defying a court-ordered injunction. how does he get around that? >> well, today there was a court hearing all day long. former attorney general who you had on the show the other night brought dozens of witnesses, including members of the legislate legislature to testify. the hearing will resume tomorrow. presumably, or hopefully there will be a formal ruling sometime tom...