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But it was obvious this was just an affront, it was a trick to the public to make it seem they were interested in it. and they never actually were. those were never negotiations. we asked for negotiations, and they used that request, the letter, they used as a prop in a press conference to say that. it shows where they are at. it is straight bullying tactics, and things like we saw tonight where they're passing things without the public being aware of them. i doubt that many people in wisconsin know what happened still as it just happened tonight, and a lot of people are going to wake up, try ...

The right direction to balance the budget and reform government. the action today will help ensure wisconsin has a business climate that allows the private sector to create 250,000 new jobs. joining me now, senator chris larson by telephone. wisconsin democratic senator. senator larson, did you have any warning this was coming? >> absolutely not. this was something where the republicans were in caucus, they were in a meeting all day yesterday. they had a very brief statement afterwards and had a meeting all day today. when they got out of that, i was on my way to meet with my fellow democrats ...

Capitol, taking over our offices, now this. it is pretty obvious there is no low, there is no low they will go to in order to try and pass this special interest stuff and kill workers' rights. so it is going to be tough to try and negotiate with people on the other side of table that are untrustworthy and can't keep their word, but we'll see what we can do. we'll get together tonight and figure out the best. >> senator larson, did you share the feeling many had that you were actually close as a result of the leaked e-mails that we all saw in the last 24 hours that it looked like senate democra...

Chamber, therefore deliver that quorum that allows them to vote on the remainder of the bill? >> that's why i'm not going to be in wisconsin much longer, lawrence. this is something where they could still try and do that. they proved themselves to be deceptive. they would rather put special interest instead of people -- i mentioned just the other day on your show, talking about all the things they've done, shutting down public debates, shutting down the debate in the assembly, shutting down the public hearings, closing out the capitol, taking over our offices, now this. it is pretty obvious th...

Without the public being aware of them. i doubt that many people in wisconsin know what happened still as it just happened tonight, and a lot of people are going to wake up, try to figure out what to do. i think like i said, the recall efforts just got a lot more powerful, and there are going to be a lot of people stepping out to the streets with clipboards to recall these people. >> democrat chris larson, thank you for joining us on this historic night for wisconsin. >> thank you. >> joining me now, howard fineman of the "huffington post" and msnbc, and robert reich, former labor secretary in...