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Tom, i want your reaction to the senator's description of who's in the protests. you've been there, you've been there overnight. give us your description of who you have been protesting with in that building and on the grounds around the capitol. >> well, there's private business people here. there was a lady from stevens point in there. there was a lawyer in there. there's iron workers, there's firefighters, there was a carpenter. >> a cop. >> and i don't think they deserve to be called slobs. i mean, senator, you don't have to put somebody down to bring yourself up. you know, this is america...

Was collecting trash with a crew of students. >> senator, my brother and i, we came in with nothing, and we slept on that cold, hard floor to exercise our rights and our beliefs. we were not allowed to bring anything in and we do not care because our presence here representing american rights and our right to be free and to speak is worth sleeping on a cold, hard floor for, and that's what we did. >> right. >> i was gifted to have a sleeping bag and pillow last night. >> i would like to know what you look like when you get up first thing in the morning. i'm sure you're not a pretty picture eit...

republicans just gave over $100 million in tax cuts to corporations and now they're asking teachers and nurses to pay for it. >> obama and the union bosses are standing in the way of economic reform. >> big money ads come to wisconsin as workers fight for their rights. >> stop obama and his union bosses today. >> not selfish, it is just survival. >> more new polls show support for the protesters. >> tonight's "the wall street journal" poll shows americans are adamant against eliminating collective bargaining rights for public workers. >> they say they should have the same rights as o...

>> this is republican class warfare, an attack on the middle class. this is a battle and we need to win. >> joining me now, four protesters who have spent nights sleeping in the state capitol. sherry, a nurse, mary lee big, a customer service rep for a local phone call. karen, a student services coordinator for university of wisconsin and tom annis, a paving foreman whose wife is a teacher. and also joining us is republican wisconsin state senator glenn grothman that had this to say about protesters sleeping in the state capitol building on this program last night. >> we're trying to keep some...