closer to a deal to escape going over the fiscal cliff. good to see you this morning. welcome again to the program. and we welcome your calls at 1-866-55-press. in other big news, the supreme court has decided to hear two cases on marriage equality but why even bother to hold a hearing? hey, there s no doubt about it. under the constitution, it is wrong to discriminate against anybody for any reason. so, of course, gays and lesbians have every right under the constitution to marry each other. there is no doubt about it. we ll talk more about that today and a whole lot of other issues but first, we get the latest. here she is with today s current news update, lisa ferguson standing by in our studios in los angeles. hi lisa, good morning. hey bill. good morning everyone. nothing on the president s public schedule today. he just has his usual briefing in the oval office followed by lunch with the vice president. the first lady will be visiting the children s national medical c
jennifer: tonight we re going to go straight to the state of michigan where more than 10,000 protestors descended on lansing, the capitol to raise their voices against harsh new anti-labor laws. right to work has got to go! he wants to turn us around make $10 an hour, what are we going to do for our families? jennifer: preach it, sir. despite the uproar outside the capitol, inside it, the republican-led legislature still passed right-to-work legislation today. that legislation would muzzle the union voice in michigan by taking away the requirement that everyone who s in a union shop should pay union dues. you might ask why is that a big deal. well if not everyone s required to pay you re going to have people who enjoy the advantages of a union better pay and better benefits environment but who don t contribute to the union s survival at all. this only works if we re all in it together. and more than that, this law is going to starve unions of their funding. from a pol
jennifer: tonight we re going to go straight to the state of michigan where more than 10,000 protestors descended on lansing, the capitol to raise their voices against harsh new anti-labor laws. right to work has got to go! he wants to turn us around make $10 an hour, what are we going to do for our families? jennifer: preach it, sir. despite the uproar outside the capitol, inside it, the republican-led legislature still passed right-to-work legislation today. that legislation would muzzle the union voice in michigan by taking away the requirement that everyone who s in a union shop should pay union dues. you might ask why is that a big deal. well if not everyone s required to pay you re going to have people who enjoy the advantages of a union better pay and better benefits environment but who don t contribute to the union s survival at all. this only works if we re all in it together. and more than that, this law is going to starve unions of their funding. from a pol
triggering reaction from wall street to main street. all wiped out about $700 billion from retirement plans, government pension funds, and other investment portfolios. just months later, barack obama was inaugurated president, facing the worst economic crisis in decades. we are dealing with something we haven t dealt with for a long time. and no one knows that better than barack obama. and he goes into the white house tomorrow morning to try to do something about it. that day, in his first inaugural, the president addressed the nation s fears. today, i say to you that the changes we face are real. they are serious and they are many. they will not be met easily or in a short span of time. but know this, america, they will be met. it hasn t been easy, but since those dark days at the end of the bush administration, the economy has made clear progress under president obama. a month after the crash, the unemployment rate under president bush jumped to 10%. today it s
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