against republicans, including the newly nominated republican, rauner, and support groups including labor unions. the labor unions have been putting a whole bunch of money, been upset, and they re actually challenging the overhaul in court, a claim that the law violates the state s constitution, they say, and the pension benefits may not be diminished or impaired. meanwhile, the state s economy continues to suffer. moody s investor services has put chicago three levels above junk bond status, the lowest credit rating of any major city outside of detroit. the state of illinois fares worse. moody s has given it the lowest credit rating of any state in the country. joining me now, governor of illinois, pat quinn. good morning to you, sir. good morning, chuck. how you doing? i m okay. let s start with this credit rating issue. you ve done this pension overhaul that was politically pretty painful for you, especially on the democratic side of the aisle.
quite bizarre. people like breivik are trying to resurrect the idea of a modern day crusade, a real clash of civilizations against what they see as islamic invasion of europe. in fact, muslims make up only 3% of europe s population and that s likely to rise to between 5 and 8% by 2025 and level out at that point. but that doesn t change the reality of the anger, hatred and the violence. ironically, in breivik s nostalgic view of the medieval world, it resembles nothing so much as al qaeda, another terrorist organization fundamentally opposed to the modern world. we still don t know if breivik s boast that there are more knights waiting to act are true. but if it s depiction of the knight sounds familiar, it is because it too is mirrored in islamist terror, what a suicide bomb every, is a lone fighter acting in the so-called interest of a larger movement and willing to kill innocence to draw attention to the cause. while we ve all focused on the dangers of radical islam, the a