about 6 more snow there. and, then, as we look further to the south you can see there is still plenty of moisture to be found throughout the midwest. and this is going to continue moving east. shepard: so another round for the northeast corridor. exactly. we will see in future radar, we will see all of this snow we are seeing on the satellite and radar continuing to shift to the east and southeast so places like washington, dc, and, also, baltimore, are going to see a winter mix with light snow fall with 1 to 2 expected the next 24 hours and that is a lot of snow for those areas but, again, it will be winding down through minnesota and wisconsin but lighter totals further east but enough to create a mess. shepard: a few inches on the ground in new york and more on the way to washington. february. the issue of guns on college campuses. now, front and center in the state of texas where the legislature is expected, today, to pass a law that allows
bargaining. shepard: doesn t the evidence indicate they were fine until the cuts, and there are accusations the cuts were made to produce this crisis so that big business could have more control and unions would be busted. reporter: and the unions have the argument they have conceded on the pension issue and on the health care through but the governor is insisting he needs the extra flexibility. this is going to be watched very closely by states around the country that are wrestling with the cost of the public sector workers and already you are seeing in indiana a whole different issue which is whether or not indiana should be a right to work state. that is another union issue that has come to the front. shepard: it is important, i think, not to make this soup, we should explain that there is a big difference between the budget crisis that is happening, say, in new jersey, after all the years of what they have been law in new jersey; the budget crisis if california because of entitl
problems that are similar to some of the other states woulds disingenuous at best. reporter: but if the pull back, what is happening is state budgets are in a position where they simply do not have enough money to meet the requirements. but not wisconsin. reporter: they would argue they have additional looping expenses there and they will have to make additional cuts and if you pull the lens back further this is the same argument that is playing out in washington. they are saying we have overcommitted ourselves as a government, we are spending far too much and we have to find ways to cut back on the services social security, indicateing medicaid and medicare. shepard: is it near the point that especially as it relates to wisconsin, it is not about all of the things that those who are pushing this would suggest it is, but, really, a battle between big government and big unions, versus big business. reporter: well, it s a
would be able to take them out if the situation arose. trace: as you noted at the top this bill is very likely to pass and if it does the governor, the gun advocate, will sign it. shepard: thank you, trace, from the west coast and back to libya and bahrain because it is very important. shia and sunny and in many ways this is about iran and their power over that region, its people, its oil, and potentially us. security is a mess. and now analysis just ahead. [ male announcer ] redesigned power e-trade pro.
conventions, covered by diplomatic immunity, and the white house is calling for him to be released right away. shepard: thank you from the pentagon. volcano ash sending thousands running for safety in the philippines in the ring of fire. we are told the massive plume shot a mile into the sky and officials at one point this say visibility was at zero. they have been handing out makes in an effort to protect people from inhaling the debris and the volcano has had more than a dozen ash eruptions since november and there could be more in the weeks to come. and the chief correspondent is chatting away with viewers about the top story and you can join in at foxnews.com/shep. jonathan we started off with egypt and went beyond. what are they talking about? jonathan: the middle east and the unrest there a great deal. j.j. says 50 years of the u.s. and other western countries