martha: there is the scene there. that is a live shot this morning. we were told there would be perhaps thousands of people gathering on the scene. certainly seems to becoming out to be that kind of a turnout. take a look at that this morning, 9:01 eastern time in lansing, michigan. the governor is set to sign this into law later today. it will become the 24th right to work state in the nation. this is growing trend across the united states. you look at states like michigan and wisconsin, both very big union states where this is a real, perhaps, turning point in this fight. mike tobin on the ground live at the capital in lansing. what is happening now, mike? reporter: well, it is interesting, martha, top democrats in michigan say despite everything you see, despite the show of force on the lawn at the capitol this state fight is really over. two senate bills are expected to go to the house
barrett has been effective with making that argument stick. yeah, and the problem is it has been confused by the dispute over the data. so i think in some ways the governor is neutralizing that issue. you have a number of republican governors showing up. governor o malley coming friday and dnc chair debbie wassermann schultz. president obama has three fundraiser in minnesota on friday and three in illinois on friday at well so there will be a little bit of my geography and yours as well, there will be a flyover of the state of wisconsin. could president obama help mayor barrett? he clearly is not eager to set foot in the state of wisconsin. he s been kind of at arms length throughout this whole debate. i think the risktakers at the white house think it s tough to defeat governor walker and they don t want to insert themselves into this state fight. that s really why they are staying away.
barrett has been effective with making that argument stick. yeah, and the problem is it has been confused by the dispute over the data. so i think in some ways the governor is neutralizing that issue. you have a number of republican governors showing up. governor o malley coming friday and dnc chair debbie wassermann schultz. president obama has three fundraiser in minnesota on friday and three in illinois on friday at well so there will be a little bit of my geography and yours as well, there will be a flyover of the state of wisconsin. could president obama help mayor barrett? he clearly is not eager to set foot in the state of wisconsin. he s been kind of at arms length throughout this whole debate. i think the risktakers at the white house think it s tough to defeat governor walker and they don t want to insert themselves into this state fight. that s really why they are staying away.
let you leave texas. i mean, i could run for governor of texas. i m just saying. that s an idea. glenn: [ laughter ] it s a really crappy, bad idea. let me tell you this one. talk about creating some aliens. glenn: oh, yeah. oh, yeah. i d make msnbc s head explode. it would be great. the 95-year-old woman on the tsa, let me change topics with you. 95-year-old woman frisked at the airport, told us she is dying from cancer, she is in a wheelchair. they told her to take her diaper off. her adult diaper so she could humiliating. the afl-cio gets the contract, gets to be able to they re going to organize the airport worker. you tried to stand against this stuff and they said we ll make sure that no plane flies in to texas. how can a state fight back?
let you leave texas. i mean, i could run for governor of texas. i m just saying. that s an idea. glenn: [ laughter ] it s a really crappy, bad idea. let me tell you this one. talk about creating some aliens. glenn: oh, yeah. oh, yeah. i d make msnbc s head explode. it would be great. the 95-year-old woman on the tsa, let me change topics with you. 95-year-old woman frisked at the airport, told us she is dying from cancer, she is in a wheelchair. they told her to take her diaper off. her adult diaper so she could humiliating. the afl-cio gets the contract, gets to be able to they re going to organize the airport worker. you tried to stand against this stuff and they said we ll make sure that no plane flies in to texas. how can a state fight back?