catastrophe there, and that sometimes presidents have to act. i think they re also going to ask questions about what the end game is and also how we define our mission. we have said that gadhaf must go, but the united nations security council said this is a humanitarian mission and so does nato. so how do we work our air-to-ground capability if we re going to continue to do that as part of the nato operation? you know, there are lots of serious operational questions when you have to foot the bill. so we ve been hearing the president is going to talk about libya to the nation in the very near future. right. but not today. we re trying to find out. when? any idea? and why has it tan so long? soon. well, i think in a way it s been deliberate. he s had hillary clinton out there, he s had gates, his secretary of defense, out there. because they believe they want to draw a distinction. this is not going to war in
even though most labor battles are not about workplace sety anymore, nonetheless it remains a rallying cry for unions. joe? allan, big picture, how does this fireo sort of play into today s collective bargaining battles? reporter: it really does. there s a straight connection. robert wagner,yo who was a new york state senator at the time of the fire, he actually led the investigating committee into all of this. that committee created 36 rules here in new york state dealing with workplace safety, and then hen he became a u.s. senator pushed through the wagne abact, the national lor relations act, which gives unions the right to collective bargaining. so, as you know, that now is the key issue in wisconsin, ohio, other states as well. you had a ceremony today. talk a little bit about that. reporter: yes, indeed. right behind us there was a huge ceremony. it s pretty much wrapped up right now, but there were union members here, descendants of the