what? what do you think s in the burger? that s right. congress voted to allow the production of horse meat. the vote got kind of awkward, when they were all opposed, say nay? tonight jimmy welcomes actress, myia rudolph, from nbc s up all night late night with jimmy fallon on your local nbc station. time for your first look at entertainment news, if movies are your thing, thisses is the weekend to avoid long lines and play some catch-up. on what s considered the slowest box office weekend of the year and no new openings, disney s the muppets is expected to finish number one. and elsewhere, access hollywood live reports former white house gate-crasher and the recently single tariq salahi has a crush on kate gosselin and has emailed the show asking for help setting
welcome back to hardball. demming split evenly roughly. now they all head home for the month to explain themselves. what kind of reception will they get? we ll hear from to democrats split each way on the issue. start with someone who say nay. barney frank, ranking democrat on financial services. mr. frank, i guess the question is, would you have voted against this measure, or would you have voted a nay if your vote were decisive? yes, i thought long and hard about it. it wasn t something to play games about it. i rose twice this year to raise the debt limit. i thought it was important. i also believe if this had fallen, what you would have seen would have been an immediate short-term extension, but it s a dilemma. i understand that. are you ready to take the pain? once you accept the premise you re going to vote for
so the uncertainty was just horrific. the state department says that while they have suspended operations at embassy they will keep evacuation task force up and running, just in case there are any americans left in libya who might want to leave. that budget stand-off in wisconsin tops our look at other stories in the weekend wheel. governor scott walker isn t budgeting on his bill, and 14 democratic senators who fled the state avoid voting on the legislation have still wait it out in illinois. republicans in the other legislative chamber passed the measure friday, angering democratic assembly members who wore red to show their opposition. listen to their reaction right after the measure passed. all in favor say aye? oppose say nay. ayes have it. bills in the senate. assembly is adjourned. the legislation would remove most collective bargaining rights for teachers and public workers.
opposed say nay. ayes have it. 36 seconds later the assembly was adjourned. only 13 assembly democrats cast their vote. outcome would have been the samed that hay all voted. still democrats jeered assembly republicans. [ chanting ] and hinting at a court challenge. this is going toward it, but they are so eager to trample on the rights of workers it does you a disservice to democracy. language in the bill, limited collective bargaining remains unchanged. all that keeps it from the governor s desk is a quorum in the senate. wisconsin republicans are heaping pressure on the senate democrats to compel them back to the chambers for a vote. i think peek all across the state have had a chance to know what is in the bill. people have opinions for and against, that s fine that is great that is what america is all about. but you don t participate in democracy unless you are in the arena. the arena is in madison
union on the par with the feds but it can t be voted on the senate because 14 democratic senators have fled the state. that is where we are right now. next week governor walker is threatening to lay off thousands of workers but no matter what happens in this very important labor controversy, emotions are getting out of control. this is what occurred in wisconsin, in the assembly during the vote early this morning. the bill is passed. all in favor, say aye, all opposed say nay, the ayes have it. the assembly adjourned. bill: bottom line on the story, and for public unions for all over the u.s.a., cutbacks are going to happen and the power of the public unions will be diminished. that is memo. now for the top story, reaction joining us from