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The pharmaceutical companies get richer than they already are. >> mr. cohen, weve seen whats happened in the korean trade deal. whats the tpp going to look like and how many sectors of the economy do you think will be get hit? because theres so many countries that are involved in this deal as opposed to other trade deals weve done? >> not only are there 12 that are there now but others will join including the philippines where the philippines government is counting on 500,000 more call center jo...

Tpp will create jobs when theres a consistent pattern when it comes to trade agreements that none of them have? >> well, it will create jobs. just not in america, ed. thats the bottom line. were going the ask american workers as you heard earlier, 28 cent an hour labor in vietnam with forced child labor and forced political labor in vietnam to compete with workers in is thisiary and people from countries where theyre killed if they try to organize labor movements. we had nafta. it had no labor p...

Endorsement. bobby jindal loves you. sarah palin loves you. >> i goes the gop may be more desperate than i thought to cause somebody like me. >> my only hope -- >> phil robertson tells republican leaders to get godly. >> you want to turn a republican party around? get godly. gop -- you cant be right for america if youre wrong with god! >> were up against evil. like ive u never seen before in my life. if the country does not turn to god at a fairly rapid clip, were going to lose the united states...

That is with the republicans having fund-raisers with regard to the four deaths of our brave americans who died. i mean, it really is appalling. and even -- >> yeah. >> -- the families have told us they do not want this to be used as some type of political football. >> okay. now, the benghazi chapter seems to, i think, offer the democrats a pretty good guideline on how to respond to any criticism over her handling of benghazi. is this a good strategic move, looking forward to 2016, if shes going...

Taking a page out of the tear partys playbook and i would be having these useless theatrical, highly-influential failed votes. i would be voting in the senate and house every week to raise the minimum wage as the republicans saw their glatd updaters going every time. it was good theater but real theater creates jobs. the democrats should be going up there and having these doomed to fail votes background checks and minimum wage every week to remind the folks who theyre fighting for. >> as l.b.j. ...

Show." thanks for staying with us tonight. two big stories. eric shinseki resigned earlier today. and also, hillary clintons new book is drawing a lot of words from folks around the country. hard choices is offering a fresh look at benghazi in her own words. joining us tonight, our guest is congressman elijah cummings of maryland. hes the lead democrat on the new benghazi select committee and ranking member of the government oversight committee. congressman, good to have you with us. >> good to ...

Happened, i think is always helpful. >> okay. congressman, big news today. general shinseki has resigned as chief of the v.a. do you think it was inevitable that the general resign under the circumstances? >> i dont know all the circumstances surrounding it, but everything i could see, ed, i think it was the right decision. he made a decision based upon, as i understand it, what was best for the v.a. and thats what i expected of him. he has a lot of respect from many of us on the hill. he served...

There. around the world, environmentalists and elected officials like the congressman, are rising up and saying -- we want 21st century trade. weve had it with with 20th century trade and certainly had it with boehner trade. that letter you referenced, three-quarters of the caucus is on the letter. the question is -- will this president essentially pass boehner trade using the republican votes to substitute for his own party? or can the parties say to the president -- stick with us as we have st...

But the other key thing here is the multinationals, u.s. based multinationals like "the gap" can sue vietnam if a future government raises the minimum wage and increases workers rights and does something about the environmental destruction? secret tribunals whereas the labor language which ambassador furman wants us to say is an improvement, thats government-to-government. our government as a snails pace trying to say to the vietnamese government what are you going to do to enforce these provisi...

Jobs? republicans have bought numerous job bills since 2009. its a pattern. they include bills for teachers, small businesses, infrastructure, and even veterans. republicans simply block everything president obama wants to do every step of the way. republicans now have another chance to put america back to work by rebuilding roads and bridges. how about with american steel? president obama introduced a new infrastructure bill and hes urging congress to act. here it is. >> one study recently foun...