believe the death threats that are being received by those who happen to support amending some collective bargaining privileges of state unions. it is these unions abouts responsibility to turn down the rhetoric and get truth out there so nobody gets hurt. i talk about unions perhaps with a bias. i m a teacher s kid. my daughters are enjoying the tutelage of some of the best public school teachers in the nation as they are in their classrooms today. todd and i both have union memberships throughout my career. maybe my bias is having known the way this works. it is not the good members who want to be perceived as being selfish, but bosses who ultimately are driving towards governors having to be forced to privatize and outsource the jobs and the services that
connection with this budget standoff over union rights. there has been an hour s long struggle for police to clear the protestors from the wisconsin capitol so lawmakers can finally vote on that bill. this bill restricts collective bargaining rights for most state unions. last night the protestors stormed the capitol, but police tried to keep them out, finally, the police relented and just let the folks in. the bill made its way through the state senate in wisconsin, where the republicans outmaneuvered democrats who had tie tail high tailed it out of wisconsin, up in illinois, trying to block any vote whatsoever. see what happened next. last night, the protestors stormed the capitol, hours later, incensed by what the republicans had done and now we re learning the wayward democrats are headed back home, or ready to. they say the vote has taken place, what are we sitting out here in illinois for. meantime, governor scott walker says he will sign
right now. what was supposed to happen today at the state capitol is there was supposed to be some actions taken in the assembly. we should point out why the governor was talking about the budget for the state of wisconsin that the about its and pieces we ve seen pass through, the controversial one, limiting collective bargaining for state unions we haven t seen a full budget passed yet. that is when they are trying to work towards. obviously there are critics of the governor s plan. we got word from our producer, one of our fox news producers saying the capitol police at the capitol building, we ve been telling you about the protests that have been happening there. the capitol is on lockdown until it is deemed safe and secure. a large amount of protesters are trying to push their way inside right now. we can only assume that this is to disrupt some of the activity that was supposed to take place in the assembly, in the state assembly today. as we hear more out of wisconsin
jon: new video crossing our international desk of the aftermath of a deadly earthquake in khaoeupb happen. the 5.8 quake has destroyed more than a thousand homes. at least 24 people reported dead and more than 200 hurt. soldiers have been sent in to help the victims, and tens of thousands of people living in that part of china have been sent to shelters. martha: big drama in the ongoing saga of the wisconsin budget battle. right now protesters are descending on the capitol, there were major fireworks there last night after wisconsin republicans found a way to pass the governor s proposal to restrict collective bargaining for most state unions. the full assembly was supposed to take up the bill. protectors we have just learned have essentially taken over the capitol building. john walker is from the sen
we keep our fallen comrades. and agreeing to talk, avoiding a lockout, the new deadline to reach a bargaining agreement, march 11th. owners want a bigger share of the profits from what is a $9 billion business and want to extend the season to 18 games. players say they ll file an anti-trust suit if the owners lock them out and shut do not the season. crowds of people are expected to surround wisconsin s capitol building for another day of heated protest over the governor s budget bill. the measure would dramatically cut public workers union rights and benefits. jessica gomez is live and joins us. what are they protesting today and what else is there to say about all this? reporter: well, first the latest, governor scott walker made good on his threat to send out layoff notices to several state unions late yesterday. this, as you mentioned, these protesters are here protesting the budget repair bill for the third weekend in a row.