going to other states. so we need to have a voice. live now to the front lines of the wisconsin budget showdown. our cnn casey wayans is at the state capitol. walk us through the plan that seems to be causing such commotion and such anger among the people there. reporter: well, what the situation is here, like with many states, wisconsin is facing a very large state budget deficit. it s expected to need to close $137 million over the next few months. $3.6 billion over the next two years. what the governor is proposing and trying to push through. first off, it would guarantee 170,000 state workers they would not be laid off or furloughed. but in exchange for that, they would have to give up many of their collective bargaining rights. for example, they would not be able to negotiate anything other than wages.
casey, thank you so much. the plan would basically double workers health care contributions to more than 12% and their pension contributions would go from less than 1% to almost 6%. allison, tell us whether or not you think these cuts will actually work? we talked with a lot of policy experts and they say based on these numbers, they say it s a good start especially if you look at the health care issue where more contributions will be put into it and policy experts say that the state will wind up seeing immediate savings there. the fact of the matter is they say this really won t be enough in the big scheme of the problem. the proposed cuts will only save about $30 million this year. think about the budget, almost $140 million. you need more widespread cuts to go beyond just public workers. these policy experts say everything has to be put on the table. i m talking pensions, mandated
9-year-old christina green had her life snuffed out in a senseless act of violence yesterday. all she wanted to do was to see grass roots american politics up close. instead, she was caught in the sights of a gunman whose motives are as mysterious as his actions were heinous. cnn s casey wayans spoke with the girl s heartbroken parents. does say something about our society that my daughter was born on a tragic day, and she went out on a tragic day. she was a great friend, a great sister, a great daughter. i m so proud of her, and i just want i want everyone to know, and i think a lot of people that know us and knew christina taylor, you know, that we got robbed. she got robbed of a beautiful life that she could have had. there s going to be a lot of those kind of moments that you know, i had one this morning,
sights of a gunman whose motives are as mysterious as his actions were heinous. cnn s casey wayans spoke with the girl s heartbroken parents. does say something about our society that my daughter was born on a tragic day, and she went out on a tragic day. she was a great friend, a great sister, a great daughter. i m so proud of her, and i just want i want everyone to know, and i think a lot of people that know us and knew christina taylor, you know, that we got robbed. she got robbed of a beautiful life that she could have had. there s going to be a lot of those kind of moments that you know, i had one this morning, just waking up and she she comes up and says, daddy, it s time to come up, and she didn t do that this morning.
9-year-old christina green had her life snuffed out in a senseless act of violence yesterday. all she wanted to do was to see grass roots american politics up close. instead, she was caught in the sights of a gunman whose motives are as mysterious as his actions were heinous. cnn s casey wayans spoke with the girl s heartbroken parents. does say something about our society that my daughter was born on a tragic day, and she went out on a tragic day. she was a great friend, a great sister, a great daughter. i m so proud of her, and i just want i want everyone to know, and i think a lot of people that know us and knew christina taylor, you know, that we got robbed. she got robbed of a beautiful life that she could have had. there s going to be a lot of those kind of moments that you know, i had one this morning, just waking up and she she comes up and says, daddy, it s time get up.