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Takes a long time. takes one day for me to fill this whole pack right here. it takes me one day to pad it, to -- and it takes me one day to build this. i need to be precise on the measurement of the, the rings so i put a down here. i made my own, as pattern, as, like, a template. im going to mark it over here. this -- and then cut it. and the outside, ive been doing carpentry all my life, and i kind of love my job. i love it so much. its like a passion. i have passion for it. building stuff. the...

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Cant we agree on that? get your cell phones out. i want to know what you think. tonights question -- do you believe our bridges are in bad shape? or is president obama doing a photo op? text a for bridges in bad shape. text b to a photo op. go to our blog, msnbc.com. the results later in show. let me bring in the second of transportation from the obama administration, mr. anthony fox. mr. fox good to have you on "the ed show" for the first time. appreciate your time tonight. >> great to be wit...

For republicans. some the senate races are looking good for republicans. the democrats are having a hard time recruiting in some states. 2016 is where the puzzle is still a little unsolvable. its just not a matter of building stuff as andy said. its a matter of crafting a message that will appeal to new people. its not that they didnt reach the voters that they needed and get them out to the polls and find where the addresses and polling places were. they just didnt have the electorate that coul...

[ applause ] weve got work to do all across the country. we have ports that arent ready for the new super tankers that will pass through the panama canal in two years time. if we dont get that done those tankers will go someplace else. we have more than 100,000 bridges that are old enough to qualify for medicare. [ applause ] businesses depend on our transportation systems, on our power grids, on our communications network and rebuilding them creates good paying jobs right now that cant be outso...

facebook at $100 billion. the most valuable company ever at the time of its initial public offering. and more valuable than citi or mcdonalds. millions hoping it will help them boost their bottom lines this morning. dan simon is live at the facebook mothership in menlo park, california, where workers are marking the occasion by working all night long. seriously, dan, whats up with that? >> its 2:00 in the morning here and were wide awake. theyre having a hack a thon, an opportunity for...

thats when everybody started freaking out. >> ill at all talk to the passenger who shot this video. and if youre a big fan of apple one probably cant wait to get your hands on the in you i pap pad. our own tech expert weighs in. syrian president al assad says hes reportedly ready to end nearly a year of unrest thats gripped his country. kafi annan met with al assad today. the syrian leader blamed terrorist groups for blocking a peaceful solution. thousands of anti-government demons...

>> theres no question that we have our work cut out for us. but this say public health crisis and were responding. >> reporter: on capitol hill, drug makers testified over regulation is partly to blame for drug shortages, not greed. >> manufacturers do not and would never deliberately reduce the supply of essential medicines. >> reporter: for this family and those like this, political finger pointing will do little good the next time their loved one needs an ambulance. >> shes an integ...

thats when everybody started freaking out. >> a passenger who shot this video. >> check out this video showing a tornado strike in kentucky. look at that roof. its blowing right off. it was part of the killer storms that hit the nation last weekend leaving a huge path of destruction. former u.n. secretary kofi annan is trying to prevent a full-blown civil war. hes meeting in damascus to halt government shell iing and attac that killed thousands of people. hes expected to press the pr...

pain of the unemployed temporarily. some will put people back to work. but they do not make for a complete solution. yet its a start. as long as congress passes the bill. while the politicians bicker, many americans have no place to live. as many as 1 million people may have become homeless during the recent recession. with some living in tent cities like this one near st. petersburg, florida. these are people who used to have solid, middle-class jobs. whats more, almost half of americ...