it there. thank you very much and safe travels. coming up next, as a government shutdown looms budget battles front and center in the capital and in state houses across the country. ground zero for it all this week wisconsin. what is at stake there? what will it mean for the rights of workers and how will it impact the 2012 race for the white house? our political roundtable weighs in. we'll be joined by afl-cio president richard trumka. mississippi governor haley barbour. the chairman of the congressional black caucus, emanuel cleaver and lawrence o'donnell and wall street journal's kim strassele. in 1968, as whaling continued worldwide, the first recordings of humpback songs were released. public reaction led to international bans,