jefferson/jackson dinner, a really important dinner in iowa where democratic candidates go, they make their case. at this point in time no indication he s planning to attend that dinner. that s another sign post we look at when awaiting this decision. the clock is ticking. thank you from the white house. we turn now to the escalating war of words raging between republican rivals donald trump and jeb bush. the latest twist came just over an hour ago. donald trump tweeting, jeb is fighting to defend a catastrophic event. i am fighting to make sure it doesn t happen again. jeb is too soft, we need tougher and sharper. this all started on friday night when trump implied president george w. bush bears part of the blame for 9/11. when you talk about george bush, say what you want the world trade center came down during his time. if you look hold on. you can t blame george bush for that. he was president. okay? don t blame him or don t blame him, but he was president. in respo
governors. well, today s politico reports that rank and file police officers and firefighters who long viewed themselves as separate from the rest of the movement are caring picket signs, signs petitions and standing side by side with their labor brethren. in a way we hadn t seen before. are they doing some long-term damage to their party? harold schafer, general president of the international association of firefighter and retired police officer michael taylor is with ohio s fraternal order of police. harold, let me start with you on this. look, you have been and the firefighters union is fairly traditionally democrat on the national level. but talk about the state level and the local level firefighters and the partisan diversity that they have shown over the years. well, chuck, you ve been watching us in the political arena for a long time. our principle is really always straightforward and that is that we will support those and the
an opportunity to make a power move and to try to cripple our unions, to try to take workers rights away and what they re really doing is they are galvanizing our members and they are moving them forward in the fight. and michael taylor, very quickly, in ohio, how confident are you that you re going to be able to get the signatures now need in 90 days to get this on the ballot? absolutely confident to get the signatures and i think we ll get a lot more signatures than we need. there s just no doubt in my mine. mind. our people as harold said, our people are fired up and ready to go like i have never seen them in my 26 years. i m very confident. this is going to be like a mini presidential election in an off year. harold, good to see you. michael, thank you for coming on. thanks for having me. thank you, chuck. up next, wait until you hear donald trump s exit strategy for
getting rid of the unions and they think it s maybe a little bit of class warfare and i think the public sees through that. harold, how much money do you think you ll have to spend and how much money is the labor movement going to end up spending in ohio and in wisconsin? we are going to be investing very heavily, chuck. as you know, just at the federal level we spent over $2.7 million and the political arena. we will be investing very heavily in wisconsin as well as in ohio to move that referendum forward and to repeal those senators. our members are really coming to the table and we know how to commit significant resources to this kind of effort. if i may, chuck, just very quickly, this is, though, nothing about this is not about budgets and deficits. this is a fraud. this is all about power. and this is about the right wing of the gop that thinks they see
the rate has gone down a ful point in the last four months and republicans were a bit flummoxed on how to respond. how question tonight how far does it have to fall before the voters start giving the president credit for an economic recovery? that s probably the 2012 million dollar question. also, the backlash against the backlash. the assault on union rights is turning some traditional friends of the republicans into antagonists like cops and firefighters, and it is becoming increasingly likely the new restrictive law in ohio will be put to a statewide vote in november 2011. the new republican governors gone too far? we ll find out. plus, remember that pastor, that extremist pastor in florida terry jones who was threatening to burn a koran? well, apparently he did it and today there was a response, a mob in afghanistan killed at least 12 people, most of them united nations workers. what may be the deadliest attack ever on united nations workers in afghanistan. and it s