absolutely. the city of mission is taxing churches and that s clearly unconstitutional. like all other states, kansas law excepts exempts churches from the property taxes charged to residents and businesses but in august this small town north of kansas passed the so-called driveway tax, a controversial charge for everyone based on the number of times their driveways are used. homeowners pay $72 annually. but this baptist church has to pay $900, and the more popular catholic church pays $1700 a year. stanley is now helping the family is now helping the church. the city of mission taxes churches based on the number of trips in and out of the driveway, the number of people that come to church. that s a tax on church attendant. mission s mayor would not come on camera to explain the controversy but i did speak with her own the phone and she said the driveway tax is not a tax at all but a fee which she says mission
widest level in a month. we want the number to be closer together, what we import annex port. that did not happen. more concerns about debt in europe. last year the kwraoerp yan debt crisis really affected our markets and sent them lower. a lot of nerves in wall street today. we ll keep you updated with new developments as we get them. jon: and good morning to you, hope your thursday is off to a great start, markets aside. i m jon scott. martha: i m jenna lee. we are here in the fox newsroom. happening now high drama in the wisconsin budget battle over union rights as senate republicans outmaneuver democrats at least for now who who high tailed it out of the state to block a controversial vote. jon: the senate needs a quorum of 20 to take up any measure that spends money, so a special committee of lawmakers from the senate and the assembly voted to take out all of the spending measures in that bill a move that clearly did not go over well with democrats. take a look. no,
republicans using a legislative move to pass a budget bill that strips unions of collective bargaining rights. democrats, caught off guard, protesting the move. these now the tense moments after that vote. watch: this is clearly a violation of the law. you are shutting people down. it is improper for you to move forward while this is a violation of the law. you re not allowing an eldand that is wrong. now, i disagree. chairman, this is a violation of law. this is not just a rule. it s the law. there must be this is a violation of an open meeting law. it requires one what have you done? okay. [yelling] bill: what a scene that is. that was representative peter barka, a democratic minority leader in the senate in wisconsin and now we get to the fallout. martha: you bet. bill: good morning, everybody, i m bill hemmer. welcome here. martha: everybody, i m martha maccallum, the senate republicans ending a contentious month-long standoff, voting on that bill late last ni
will iran be next? clayton: who are the happiest people in the world? the man who traveled the globe to find out is here. he has the key to happiness. it may surprise you. fox and friends continues right now. alisyn: good morning, everyone. what a dramatic day. history in the making. yesterday. actually, rewritten in egypt. 30 years of mubarak. after 18 days of the protesters, came to an end with jubilation through the crowd. clayton: an amazing moment. the moment they found out that hosni mubarak that he was done. people chanting and cheering and standing arm in arm with military which now is seizing power, the military power, and fire works in the square. they must have had confidence they were not going anywhere until they saw change. dave: and you talked about an author will tell us he went to the happiest places in the world and i bet cairo right now is one of the happiest in the world because they are free, and the chant egypt is free, and the military and the p