jump-start this economy that s lagged at 18.9% unemployment rate? it s too much to bear for workers there. governor snyder has been consistent from the beginning that it wasn t on his agenda yet, but he s been successful at leading us through dramatic changes in michigan. we are the comeback state, but now with the data that we ve received from the blessings of having to work through proposal two, it s clear that they want us to become a labor freedom right to work state. that surprised me, that president obama decided to jump in feet first, because on a lot of other state issues he s said let s the states figure this out. on this one, even though the majority of people in michigan support the bill that you have, the idea of it, and 39% of democrats support it, i was surprised that president obama jumped in. were you? i m a little disappointed actually. i expect something greater from a president, a graduate of harvard and columbia.
concerns, and over 70% of them say their clients will not even consider a state that s not a right to work state. thank you very much for joining us. thank you. coming up, shocking video of chrysler employees drinking and smoking pot own their lunch breaks before building jeeps. the company canning the workers, but now they re back. wait till you hear how they got their jobs back. in two minutes, a young boy who doesn t want presents. in fact, he gave away 500 of them. the story next.
battle brewing in michigan. what we shouldn t be doing is trying to take away your rights to bargain for better wages to work. these so-called right to work laws don t have do with they have everything to do with politics. they re talking about giving you the right to work for less money. so he s making crystal-clear which side he s on. the president stopping in detroit just one day before voting on a right to work bill in that stat the bill in michigan. the bill strips unions of power in the state. tomorrow protesters are planning to invade the state capital in lansing. that s where we find dave spencer with an update. dave? state police are estimating 10,000 protesters when the sun comes up. they ve closed streets out around the capitol, restricting park around here.
i think he knows better than that. we re not in any way affecting or diminishing people s right to collective bargaining. fact, i vehemently support people s rights to collective bargaining, but i also support their individual right and freedom to choose who they want to associate with or not to associate with, greta. why do you think it would make a difference when it comes to job creation? after the bill is signed by this governor, if it is, what will change in michigan? i have no question that the governor will sign the bill. what will change is, this we will be removing one of the last remaining obstacleremaining to s that help businesses decide where to relocate. every one of them tell me their clients, whether a state is a labor freedom right to work state is one of the top three
that will last 45 days. it s up to the obama administration and they re going to take a look a lot of heat about where the stimulus dollars went, why the company failed, and why we actually let companies come in owned by the chinese and rescue ailing companies when we need the jobs like you said here. there was an american company wanting to buy it, to keep the technology here at home where we need it. a.b., do you remember the first time we heard about this committee? oh, no. january of 2006. oh, yeah. that s so long ago, i don t even want to think about it. i know. a.b., thank you so much. coming up, is michigan the next wisconsin? all signs point to yes, but this time the president is not staying out of the picture. who can president obama keep michigan from coming a right to work state or is it too little too late for him? next a live report.