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>> nicole writes extensively on the roots of america's economic problems. >> it is not like you are the boss of ford -- they don't want to pay the union members too much because it comes out of their own pockets. that's not true with government. >> furthermore, strikes by public employees like police, firefighters and teachers would be, quote, unthinkable and intolerable. but it was within a couple of decades that his democratic heirs decided the political up side of public-sector unions was worth the risk. the eureka moment happened here in new york city. in 1958, democratic mayor mayor rober...

Another democrat, worried about re-election. president john f. kennedy. >> president kennedy sees how this carried wagoner to victory and he issues an executive order allowing the unionization of federal employees. state and local governments picked this up as a cue and you have the rapid growth of public-sector unions across the country. >> the story of fred segall of the manhattan institute says the new unions almost invariably work to elect democrats. >> the unions get pay increases, pension increase, health care increases am and the union takes some of the money it gets from the city and i...

going broke, reporting from wall street in new york city, here's bret baier. >> this hour, we are going to take you inside an alarming trend. cities that have slid deep into debt, even bankruptcy. new york's not on that list today, but for a number of other reasons, we begin our report from this spot, america's financial nerve center. the first reason is simple. some of the nation's most desperate cities are in trouble because of the millions they have borrowed from wall street. we saw that 171 miles from here in a city burr yid under decades of debt. harrisburg, pennsylvania, is the...

accomplish. >> fox news reporting, cities going broke, reporting from wall street in new york city, here's bret baier. >> this hour, we are going to take you inside an alarming trend. cities that have slid deep into debt, even bankruptcy. new york's not on that list today, but for a number of other reasons, we begin our report from this spot, america's financial nerve center. the first reason is simple. some of the nation's most desperate cities are in trouble because of the millions they have borrowed from wall street. we saw that 171 miles from here in a city burr yid under decades...

two fronts. meanwhile, protests against the law are growing across the country, from los angeles to new york. >> and lawyers for the state were in federal court, arguing that the more controversial aspects of the law be enforced. a ruling is expected soon. brad wheelis has more. >> go home. go home. >> reporter: the state of arizona, thursday, asked an appeals court to lift a judge's order, locking most of senate bill 1070's power to stop immigration and demand to see their papers. >> they need to step up, the feds do. and do the job that they have the responsibility to do. >> report...