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Check out the victory party on fox and friends this morning. >> well, the republicans came up with a plan. they said, let's take the money stuff out of it and then we can vote on it. and they did and they did and it passed. >> they are claiming now it's a violation of wisconsin's open meeting law because they only got two hours' notice. >> well, too bad. they left their jobs three weeks ago and then the republicans gave them a chance, gave them a chance. come on back. >> i was in the car fist pumping. that's fantastic what they did there. >> the republicans did strip the financial stuff out an...

You were a firefighter and of course not a part of the collective bargaining issue in the state of wisconsin but because you care for workers that is why all the firefighters and police officers are involved in this as well. assembly minority leader peter barka offered an amendment to have the assembly speaker jeff fitzgerald removed when the debate started today. the amendment failed on a party line vote as expected. barka also filed a complaint over the way the republicans pushed this bill through both chambers. minority leader barka joins us right now on the ed show tonight. mr. barka, good...

To earn a competitive salary with benefits which is just what public employees in wisconsin want. the difference is the average teacher salary in wisconsin is $46,000 a year. i'm guessing that's quite a bit less than the salary your union secured for you, tucker. that's the takedown tonight on "the ed show." it's not just union bashing. america's rich are also picking your pocket every time you fill up at the gas tank. matt taibbi, wall street's worst nightmare, is standing by to join us tonight. it's happening in schools all across this country. norfolk, virginia is no exception. coming up i'...

In the face of the worst recession in our life times and they expect you to pay for it. >> did i hear that correctly? tucker says public sector workers in wisconsin make more than private sector workers? well, as we've shown repeatedly on this program wisconsin's public sector workers make less than their private sector counterparts. well, here they are. by level of education on average the public workers make 4.8% less. tucker says the unions won't take any cuts? wait a minute. the "new york times" reported that union leaders agree to health insurance and retirement benefit concessions. that ...

Walkout. and here in virginia the budget crunch may cost some teachers their jobs. tonight's takedown. tucker carlson's attack on wisconsin's public workers. it is just not true. >> they make more than you do. they won't even consider taking any kind of cut in the face of the worst recession in our life times and they expect you to pay for it. >> and wall street driving up gas prices. tonight matt taibbi on how wall street does it and what the president needs to do about it. and brewed the coffee. we heated the bathwater and gave kelly a cleaner ride to school. cooked the cube steaks and steam...