events dedicated to jobs, innovation and the economic recovery. take a listen. training and educating our workers, increasing our commitment to research and technology, building new roads and bridges, high speed rail and high speed internet. but with the turmoil overseas and the ongoing budget battle in wisconsin, is the message getting through? pat bu can pan is an msnbc analyst. peter fenn is a democratic strategist. thanks for being with us on this sated. it s kind of late for you. this is like nighttime for me. i m usually stuck in at 3:00 a.m. i know it. pat, you ve been in the white house. how much of these events overseas here at home hindered president obama s message about creating jobs? you know more than anyone how essential that is. you know, lynn, you re exactly right. if you were communications director, i would say mr. president, it s as though we didn t go out last week. this libya thing and the
video. believe it or not two police officers only got minor injuries after being hit on a highway in michigan. one officer s patrolç car was pulled over on the shoulder in canton township when another officer parked behind him. he got out and stood on the passenger side of his patrol car. a pontiac driven by a 24-year-old woman then crashed into the first officer s patrol which caused the second police officer standing outside to be thrown about 15 feet. that incident is being investigated by michigan state police. labor disputes are grabbing a lot of headlines. it s not just the budget battle in wisconsin. the clock is running down for talks between the nfl and players union. the football contract expires march 3rd. next season is in jeopardy. basketball s contract runs out after this season. mark, good to see you. you know, wisconsin s labor
inspiring words from president john f. kennedy at his inauguration. did they fall on deaf ears? the budget battle in wisconsin is just the latest fight over entitlements and what the government should do for all of us. so do we have have we become a nation of spoiled brats? well, for a fair and balanced debate, columnist and fox news contributor, andrea tantaros, screen left oddly and democrat strategist david mercer joins us from our nation s capital. good morning to both of you. good morning. good morning, steve. good morning, andrea. andrea, we ve become a nation where we feel like we re entitled to stuff and, you know, for people who have worked their whole lives for social security and stuff like that, i get that. that was part of the deal. but now, when you look at the public pensions and stuff like that, this has gotten out of hand, hasn t it? yeah, it has. people are addicted to government handouts. when social security started and medicare started, it was designed
price you can afford. call this number or go to selectquote dot com. selectquote. we shop. you save. jenna: union workers and supporters out in full force today holding rallies across this nation. we re getting more indication that this story is getting more interesting. hi, everybody, i m jenna lee. jon: i m jon scott. all new on hospitals the labor union taking up the cause of state workers in wisconsin. we are seeing more today. thousands gathering to show solidarity in more than a dozen states. the protest sparked by a budget battle in wisconsin where the governor is looking for labor concessions to try to cut a massive state deficit. a similar battle in ohio bringing thousands of protesters to the state house in columbus. ohio lawmakers are considering a
was just too late at that point. jon, we re hearing from u.s. intelligence officials this morning that they are very shocked that these four americans would be killed outright like this by these somali pirates and this is the first 250eu78 in time in years that americans have been killed at the hands of somali pirates, and we know of course there was a very well known incident in 2009 where somali pirates boarded the mersk alabama. there s been a wave of violence over the past few years and as far as the couples, we are hope to go hear from those as they arrive for mass, there are probably people who know the couple well and we ll be bringing you reports throughout the day. onjon such a sad story. anita vogel, thank you. jenna: the breaking news in the budget battle in wisconsin, governor scott walker saying layoff notices could go out next week if a bill aimed at cutting the state s massive debt sit is not passed, as union