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Checking top stories this hour. in wisconsin, the standoff over proposed state budget cuts enters a sixth day with both sides refusing to blink. state work remembers angry over provisions which would remove most of their collective bargaining rights. republican governor scott walker remains adamant saying the bill has enough votes to pass. we're still trying to confirm whether an american couple who was sailing around the world are among the four people taken hostage friday by somali pirates. u.s. military officials say they are aware of the incident and are reviewing potential options in re...

With california facing a $19 billion budget definite, governor schwarzenegger had a plan cut salaries of most state work to minimum wage. that made headlines everywhere friday but turns out that idea would cost millions of dollars. the state's comptroller says the computer system that issues paychecks is too outdated to handle that change. officials say it would take months to update it at a major cost. so for now, at least, some 200,000 state workers are unsure how much they'll find in their next paycheck. the world cup down to four teams after the last two quarter final matches yesterday. ...

Don't worry about those annual military exercises. we're fine with that. this is quite a change, hard to know what to make of it. certainly for regular members of the republican party it must be pretty shocking because when george w. bush had me doing this he took a lot of grief on the subject of actually talking to the north koreans and everyone else was quite upset on the republican side. this is quite a change. needless to say it's not at all clear where we are with this. so far north korea has talked about a moratorium. that is not going to cut it. we have to see whether they really will g...

Material out. i don't think we are anywhere near there. there has to be a lot of diplomatic state work before this happens. >> where will this happen? that seems like the first issue to negotiate if there is going to be a face-to-face meeting in which the president of the united states and kim jong-un for the first time ever in the history of north korea and the united states, where is it going to happen? what is the answer to that? >> reporte >> my advice would be the president should not go to pyongyang nor should he invite kim jong-un to washington. we have had ship summits with gorbach gor...