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Monday. i'm megyn kelly. as we center the third week of wisconsin's budget battle, president obama challenging u.s. governors about an hour ago, asking them not to vilify public employees in their efforts to tackle state budget problems. >> i believe that everybody should be prepared to give up something in order to solve our budget challenges and i think most public servants agree with that. democrats and republicans agree with that. in fact, many public employees in your respective states have agreed to cuts, but let me say this, i don't think it does anybody any good when public employees a...

Is pushing congress to pass a short term budget compromise to avoid a government shutdown. senate democrats tentatively approved a republican plan to cut $4 billion in federal spending. the proposal would keep the government running for two weeks past the march 4th deadline. and tensions in wisconsin are running high. protesters are gathering at the capitol right now against a plan to strip most state workers of their collective bargaining rights. the state assembly has approved the legislation but senate democrats remain out of state to keep republicans from reaching a quorum. state budge...

To make it about the tongue getting him in trouble. here he is talking about the president's state of the union address and the president's budget. governor christie is a republican dealing with horrendous state budget problems in new jersey. you may like or not like what he's doing but he's not impressed with president obama. >> since the big things are high-speed rail -- the big things are high-speed internet access for almost 80% of america or something by some date. a million electric cars on the road by some date. ladies and gentlemen, that is the candy of american politics. >> pretty tou...

Buying health insurance, you don't get yours after the fact and then just pay $325 fine while your neighbor has been paying $700 a month for insurance. that makes so many people mad we are penalizing the responsible and rewarding the irresponsible. >> greta: switching topics to the mandate. caused a lot of controversy a number of attorneys generals have filed suit. president obama when he was candidate, he was posed to mandates. secretary clinton then senator clinton was in favor of the man day. >> i guess maybe you moot -- you might have been part of that discussion. what is your thought on t...

You might have been part of that discussion. what is your thought on these mandates? >> the man days are an i real problem for states. states are right now hemorrhaging, huge problem with budgets. the state budget problems are going to be worse before they get better even after the federal budget begins to recover there's a lag time before the states start recovering. we are looking at real hard times for most states. when you add a mandate even if it is stretched out two years from now it is a permanent entitlement. when the feds say we are going to cover it the first to years. been down that...