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Republicans shut them out of the capitol, i think they forced their hand. they forced them to the streets and that's where they're going to pick up clipboards and start these recall efforts against these eight republicans. >> i think the recalls make 100% sense. mary kay, i want to go back to you on this. >> cenk, can i just thank senator larson. i just want to honor the senators that stayed out and allowed our country to have the real conversation about this terrible economic inequality in our country that this governor and those senators allowed to get into motion. so i want to thank you for...

Are making and living off a low wage, and only have power by banding together into a union. today they decided to vote against that and against the middle class. >> senator larson, what now happens to what remains of the so-called budget repair bill which does require as i understand it the higher threshold for quorum in the senate, which means it requires democrats to actually be in the chamber in order to have a quorum big enough to vote on it. >> right. >> will you return to the chamber, therefore deliver that quorum that allows them to vote on the remainder of the bill? >> that's why i'm n...

Outlet when he said that the senate was going to come back. now today reversing court course on that. i think that's indicative of the fact that senator miller is misleading the public, just like he misled us and just like apparently he seems to be misleading members of his own caucus. for us to move forward, we need to have reasonable and responsible elected officials stand up and decide it is time to set aside those who would stand in the way and instead figure out a reasonable pathway home. >> okay. so senator larson, what gets you hot under the collar about what the governor said? >> it se...

We've been will following the developments in wisconsin, major development this morning when the governor read a letter he received from wisconsin democratic senators, setting down some terms for continued discussion about the battle that's been raging there. i'm joined now by state senator chris larson who is in illinois with a number of the other democratic senators. senator larson, thanks for joining me. we have a national audience. there was a press conference a couple of hours ago, little hard to determine what it is that the governor was accusing the democratic senators of doing in havin...

Purposely misleading and again undercutting their credibility. i think they're hoping that the public doesn't remember that they shut them out of the capitol and the phone line and responded to our negotiations, our request for an agreement to take this off the table, with fines, penalties, and handcuffs. >> senator chris larson, thanks for joining us. we'll talk to you again. wisconsin democratic senator joining us from illinois. it happened to charlie sheen. it didn't happen to a swedish doctor. should you get in trouble at work over stuff you do when you're not working? we're going to ask...