good political battle. they are flying as the fact checkers work overtime. and a top united nations official now says syria is in a full-scale civil war, even as a u.n. report accuses the damascus regime of torturing children and using them as human shields. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. you don t often see a cabinet member subjected to such a harsh grilling. the attorney general eric holder on the hot seat facing republicans furious over a litany of complaints. he held his ground against calls for his resignation. dana watched it all unfold. a botched gun-running designation known as fast and furious to a republican call for an independent investigation into leaks classified leaks, i should say, eric holder knew this wasn t just going to be a regular oversight hearing. he knows he s in congress cross hairs. but what happened was a political food fight. most republicans were tough on the attorney general, but nothing compared to this. there has be
is what we re about as a country and i don t care what side of the fence you re on we vocally make our points known and hopefully we don t get too antsy on it. and i like being out on the street especially when the hot dog vendors are out here and knowing i would be here. and labor being making a push and some you can bet they re not knocking on this guy s door. nebraska governor dave heineman is taking this on by making union workers pay in more. governor, what you re doing isn t as onnerous as it sounds, you just want them to pay up for stuff the taxpayers covered in the past and even percentages are lower than their private sector counterparts, right? neil, as soon as we identify any kind of pension liability, what we immediately do, we go to our unions, our employees and we expect them
has the same support in her district in california, but among these guys, of got to gel you, mayor, these like a bad fish. they are increasingly saying, no. does that give you pause? oh, yes, it always gives one pause because, obviously, someone, let s say in indiana, someone in ohio, someone in florida who voted for me for speaker, as is the case with nancy pelosi, will sometimes, every constituency that perceives me as a problem for the system, for their job and foreclosure that they re experiencing. i just have to be smart enough to lead my members with the flexibility to represent his or her constituency while at the same time stay involved so the controls and the relationship yeah, yeah, but that option understood, man, but what if that option isn t there and let s say democrats do take a
it can t be just a hundred percent increase on the employers side. that would not be fair. governor, what do you think is going on in some of these other, other races as we take a look at some of these pension crisis across the country that union guys are fanning out on to make their views known? they seem to be not only alarmed, but when i spoke with richard trumka, they were part of a bigger cause here, maybe to shore up their pensions, maybe get the federal government to rescue their pensions, what? well, there s an anger and a frustration all across america that the government in general isn t tightening their belt. particularly at the federal level, and they expect unions and everybody to be part of that solution, there s too much overspending, there s not enough focus on job creation, for example, my advice it the federal government, f example, they want to help solve part of the problem.