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They told the president to butt out. >> in balancing a budget it would be wise for the president and others in washington to balancing their budget which they are long ways from doing. >> john boehner has defended the governor accusing the political organization of colluding with special interest allies across the country that are making the tough choices that the president is avoiding. >> not lost in all of this wisconsin is the battleground state which mr. obama has visited several times. ohio is another battleground where mr. obama is visiting next week and probably similar battle over the ...

Specifically this moo move but collective bargaining. so that is why you sigh this activity, invoke ago class warfare around this. unions are such an important part of the democratic constituency. that is why it's such a flash point. you have seen this in other states, whether washington or new york and democratic governors doing similar things but you haven't seen the outrage because they didn't see it as a real going to the heart of unions. >> brett: i tried to pin one on this last night but is it draws for president obama to go down this road? >> it is, because what you is see unions have b...

Here to decrease the chance for increased stability that could cause problems in the region. >> they have to be upset in terms of what they see there in tahrir square. if indeed hosni mubarak has handed over power to his vice president mr. suleiman, while the people on the ground there in egypt are not reacting well to that there has got to be great concern both here in washington and across the world and israel as well about whether there will be a massive amount of violence, whether there will be a lot of people dying as a result of anger, frustration, there on the streets of cairo and elsew...

Change. >> shepard: a few hours later the situation was not so clear. and the president was back in washington, meeting with his national security team. let's get right to mike emanuel at the white house tonight. i know we are expecting some sort of statement from the white house. they are working on it, right? >> that's right. a paper statement, shep. reacting to the speech. we know white house aides are still going through the text of what hosni mubarak said to his nation and essentially the world tonight. but the mood seems to be quieted down here at the white house. from the president's to...

Viewers got to listen to the words of ambassador sameh shoukhry. that was the first clarified interpretation of what the president meant to say thatry heard tonight. we have had foreign ministers from the eu. catherine ashton said the time for change is now. the german foreign minister said what he heard from mubarak is not good enough. so, lots of people misheard what the president apparently meant to say. >> shepard: in high hafa and jerusalem and washington leaders did not want there to be a power vacuum between now and september. in some ways, isn't it true, that some sort of leadership, w...