that is the heart of a lot of these social union type programs and i got to tell you, the citizens there spoke loud and clear. they had a recall election. they had the opportunity to change their mind. they did not. they understand, again while everyone wants workers to have rights, ultimately, we want, we don t want the rights to interfere with broad prosperity. gregg: over time, unions got a little too greedy? they got a little too greedy over time. the best example would be the auto industry. management and unions felt there was no competition. no one wanted to buy datsun and sat amongst themselves and bickered over the money. we got lower quality product. japanese automakers came in and took over the industry. gregg: yeah. all right. charles payne, thank you very much. the michigan state senator who helped sponsor the controversial legislation and helped push it through will join us.
unemployment numbers, and it turns out that in right to work states they have higher employment levels and higher wage levels as well in many cases. so, i mean, that is the bottom line in terms of creating jobs, creating higher paying jobs, in michigan is clearly what the governor is hoping will happen has a result of all of this. and you also go back to the election, and the battle. this was mitt romney s home state, and he lost it to president obama. a lot of people largely because president obama supported the bailout of the carmakers in michigan, that was a very popular move for him politically in michigan. then you have this. you know, sort of under belly argument that has bub eld up i bubbled up in michigan and surfaced in the form of the governor so to speak. there is a real divide as to which way is the better way to grow the economy and jobs. as you can see these unions, gregg and mike are not going to go down without a fight. they have been a major institution in michigan for
which, you know, certainly helped get him elected in michigan. reporter: you heard a lot of people in michigan say they turned out in numbers for the president. they expect him to come out here and do something. we heard the president yesterday say this is taking michigan in the wrong direction while speaking in michigan. i talked to governor snyder about that. he said he is moving in a direction he believes will take michigan forward where it needs to be, where it needs to grow economically. he will not necessarily listen to what could be perceived as a little bit of a threat from washington the president is opposed to something you re doing. he is not concerned about putting michigan at odds with washington. what he is concerned we says is moving michigan forward in terms of growing jobs, martha. martha: mike, you see separation between union leadership and workers themselves in terms of their political backgrounds. we saw what happened in wisconsin with the effort to out of the go
the senate majority leader of michigan will join us at the top of the hour. stay tuned for that. martha: we re looking forward to that. meantime we bring you this. the body of a u.s. navy seal who was killed this weekend in afghanistan is returning home today. petty officer first class, nicholas check died in a daring mission that freed an american doctor kidnapped by the afghanistan. kelly wright live on the story for us. what else are he learning about petty officer, checque. he grew up in monroeville, pennsylvania. a suburb of pitsburg. he game naval warfare unit, seal team six. that was the team that killed usama bin laden although he was not part of this particular mission. the operation i last involved in was the daring rescue mission of dr. dilip joseph an american kidnapped by the taliban. during the combat mission,
expected to pass easily. the governor of course very supportive. it will move to the governor s desk where it s expected to be signed. that s a fight you have right here in lancing, michigan, a place symbolically important for the labor movement, back to you in new york. reporter: i no you ve talked to a lot of the protestors back there, what is their biggest beef about this new law do they think they are going to lower their wages or weaken their collective bargaining position? which by the way still exists, it doesn t eliminate collective bargaining, or do they think it s going to soviet even thei soften their biggest benefits? what is the biggest beef. reporter: the beef is that it will eliminate revenue from the unions and take away the foundation, the strefpbt th strength of the unions, once you take that away they believe that gives the employers the ability to start running wild.