involved in mass transit. when they introduced the bill to gus mass transit funding, there s no question that people all over the country have to get together to organize everywhere they can and where the atu is organizing is in the bus stops and train stations and with our people. larry hanley, nice to see you this morning. thank you. thank you, thomas. all right. so on a lighter note, the president has march madness. it s time now for the polly side bar. president obama heads dayton, ohio n a few hours from now along with prime minister david cameron. the two sports fans will catch one of the first ncaa basketball game this is evening. mississippi valley state versus western kentucky. the president has his own tournament poll, if you log on to the campaign s website, fill out your bracket there to beat the president s pick. he s not yet announced them, though. tough question for the first lady about her let s move campaign and the tough question comes from an 11-year-old schola
the rhetoric behind this today, standing up for american jobs and manufacturing, is all to the better. this particular action has absolutely huge implications for american manufacturing and for jobs. zachary, author and columnist for newsweek. thank you for sticking around with us. the nation s largest labor group is expected to formally endorse president obama. this comes in the midst of the major push by 400,000 members going door to door to drum up support for the democratic ticket. that s meant to serve as a counter-balance to the millions of super pac dollars pudging into republican campaigns. i m joined by larry hanley, good to have you here this morning. labor unions are not just cutting checks, more and more they are financing their own efforts. are the unions in a battle for their ultimate survival right now? no question, american workers
chairman, a lot of people are speculating about how this has been is that dependent upon the outcome tonight? i really don t. i think we ll go forward and have a nominee in the next four to six weeks. any one of the three can break out and win here in alabama. i think as i said earlier, speaker gingrich, if he didn t doesn t win one of the other states, i think he ll be out of it and you ll see a one-on-one with governor romney and santorum. let s talk about what people are heading out to the polls for in the south. are voters choosing between the candidates thinking more about the economy or think religion and social issues dictate the outcome of their vote? i think the people in mississippi are concerned about the same thing as the people in other states, and that s the economy. we have the unemployment rate over 10%. we have some of the areas in our state not only the poorest in the region but some of them are the poorest in the country. and i think we are concern
not going to change the government of the united states. but they can change who runs it. they can change who runs it and they can raise the question, which i think is what s happening here, that we need to think bigger. i heard from hedge fund folks today and from stock blockers said we understand this economy doesn t work. we are aware that this recession is longer and deeper that we anticipated. simply recovering this economy is not going do it it is not going to do it for these for example not going to do it for the 99%, not even going to it for the 1% because we are on a crash course with the planet. all right. justin elliott, laura flanders, great to have both of you with us tonight. thanks for sticking around. i appreciate it so much. coming up in psychotalk, the hypocrites over at fox news who just won t accept what is happening down here in lower manhattan and around the country. later, congresswoman betty shut.of ohio and larry hanley of the atu union and more on th
what s happening to them in their bluff who caused it. and i think the fact that they have come here and they have stood up and that they are ready to sacrifice and be out here tells us that they know just how deep the problems are in america and they understand that the rich people have made it happen. larry, how much how much anger is out here? i can tell you there s loads of it. they are angry and i don t blame them. we represent transit workers in the united states and canada and they are just as angry. they haven t had a chance to come down here but they will. i think all over the country there is going to be growing to opportunities for people to speak out. our union and our members are going to be there. mr. hamill top, how would you characterize this crowd and what has taken place down here? absolutely a fantastic crowd. i don t see how it could possibly be any better as far as spirit of this as far as forward-looking. everybody is really very