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to maintain their right to collectively bargain. scott walker says he s not budging. he says he needs those weakened unions to keep costs down. i m going to be speaking just minutes away with wisconsin governor scott walker. time may be running short for four americans. they re being held hostage by somali pirates. jim miklaszewski is following it from the pentagon. i tell you, it feems like over the last two weeks, we ve seen quite a bit of action by these pirates all over the place from tourism boats to some other concerns. is it just the season? easier for these pirates to be all over the indian ocean? it is seasonal. when the seas pick up, those pirates cannot get out and navigate freely. in those small boats that they use as mother ships and assault ships to hijack many of these