that risks having those chemical weapons get into the hands of terrorists outside of the country. there are reports that the obama administration is about to recognize the opposition as the legitimate government of syria. i wouldn t do that, but if they are going to do it they should demand, insist that the opposition commit to turning over those chemical weapons to us, or to the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons to destroy them. martha: all right, ambassador thank you. always good to see you. thank you. gregg: here is the scene, the capitol rotunda in lancing, michigan. those are prounion demonstrators who are voicing their anger over a bill about to be passed into law that turns michigan into a right to work state. thousands of union members also gathering outside the capitol during the course of that vote. let s listen to that. [shouting] i m hoping they make a chain. this is wrong, they have
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hedged minutes after demanding more specifics from bane baun on taxes. i have to get you more see if we have more specifics for you. this comes a the white house thinks the heavy pressure from the fellow democrats who today demanded no cuts to any of the health entitlement programs. we are not budging on medicare or medicaid. they were joined by the labor leaders who got a boost yesterday firing up a union crowd in michigan. they are talking about giving you the right to work for less money. after the angry clash in the state with a lawmaker warning there will be blood if the right to work legislation is signed in to law. carney urged calm. the president believes in, you know, t debate that is zil. tonight, advisors to the president privately say they think that speaker boehner is publicly complaining about the need for more spending cuts to show his fellow republicans he
no matter what happens, they cannot define us. what we shouldn t be doing is trying to take away your rights to bargain for better wages and working. [cheers] what we re talking about is giving you the right to work for less money. we don t want a race to the bottom. we want a race to the top. [shouting] for two very strong reasons first of all worker choice the freedom to choose and the concept of more and better jobs for our state. i think it was a good thing to sign this legislation and move forward. i m excited to he seat outcome from that. bret: michigan is now the 24th state in the united states to become a right-to-work state. the home of the automobile industry is now a right-to-work state. it is hard to believe. the democrats there in michigan believe this is all
labor union. going to become a right to work state. good to have you back with us, everybody, i m martha maccallum. reporter: for decades they ve had the ability to control through unions a lot of the working conditions, a lot of that will change. i m gregg jarrett in for bill hemmer. the governor is going to sign it into law, right to work means workers not required to join a union in order to get a job and that has union leaders furious. mike tobin is live right in the thick of things at the capitol in lansing. talk to us about what is going on there. reporter: it s remarkable what is going on here. as you look around you can see the visual of what happens when a politician picks a fight with big labor, particularly he picks that fight here at a place that is so symbolically important to organized labor, the state of michigan, the birthplace of the united autoworkers. usually these rats are used to