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Violation of the open meetings law. that is wrong. now, mr. chairman, this is a violation of law. this is not just a rule. it is the law. >> we're adjourned. >> no, mr. chairman, this is a violation of the open meetings law. it requires at least two hours notice. >> what have you done? >> what have you done in. >> excuse me. >> shame. >> got a little fiery. eddie lavandera. lease explain how this happened. they took out the funding issue. therefore, that made it legal. they didn't need the quorum? >> right, not to get too deep into the technicalities but essentially the republican senators had...

Been watching the crowds of protesters the last couple of weeks out of actually columbus, hoe home. can you see some of them there now, but news just in. the full senate has voted on senate bill 5sb-5 by 17-16 margin. senate bill 5 has passed, and it essentially curbs collective bargaining capability for those thousands of state union workers. it affects their wages, their vacation days, so that is huge, huge news for people across the state of ohio. now itoes to ohio governor john kasich to sign. and now if it's interesting it's happening right now. you're about to see it, "rapid fire." let...

Letting some protesters back inside the building today after the cops blocked anyone else from entering. the stand off of the legislature continues over the governor's union destroying bill which would strip many state union workers of most of their collective bargaining rights. today the governor delivered a new ultimatum to those hiding out in illinois. and now to madison. the governor is trying to, again, put pressure on the senate democrats. >>reporter: right, he is saying the deadline is now 24 hours for the senate democrats to get back into wisconsin or they will miss their deadline to r...

>> no, i don't think he will go through with the layoff. >> they say he has the confidence of a christian with four aces. >> he is treat tg like poker chips. >> is it all on the shoulders, all of it, every last time, on the shoulder of nurses, motor vehicle clerks and other state workers, the whole thing, is it their fault? >> and the protesters aren't budging. >> this is not over. >> it will be interesting saturday. good evening from new york. members of a wisconsin police union are joining other state union workers for a sleep in tonight at the wisconsin state capitol in solidarity after t...

Capital. the teachers union yesterday taking a vote on whether they would go back to work. many of them will, at least at some point during this week. over the last three days of last week, teachers staged a massive sick out closing schools in many places in the state. some of those teachers have sympathetic doctors who have been writing doctors notes excusing their absences. what those doctors say is they're also upset about the proposed cuts to the state's health care program. so they're writing absent notes for those teachers. inside the state capitol yesterday, we witnessed an incredible s...