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Plays out. republicans have a lot to chew on in the next 12 hours or so, simply because we have been working on raising tax as. a lot of new legislators that took the pledge we would get spending in control before spending would be touched that will be interesting forrepublicans in the house. waiting to see what deal is. mcconnell and the president and biden have worked out. well go from there. >> in your opinion, what are the spending cuts that are being talked about, eventually? what are those...

Tonight is a little less likely. we will see. for his reaction, lets bring in msnbcs ed schultz, host of "the ed show." thank you for taking time out of your night to be with us. how does this deal look from a progressive point of view? >> milissa, thanks for the opportunity. sources in the white house tell me they are very confident that this is exactly what the american people are going to want. that the rate is going to go to 39. 39.6%, it is going to be fixed it is going to be permanent. thi...

Win for america. this underscores the vote of november 6th. no question about it. >> ed schultz, thank you very much for taking the time for us tonight. well be back in a moment with continuing coverage with the apparent deal to avoid the fiscal cliff. youre watching msnbc, the mace for politics.

year. hello, im milissa rehberger. welcome to msnbcs continuing coverage of the breaking news on capitol hill. a senior democratic source just told nbc news that there may be a vote in the senate later this evening. the house has adjourned for the evening and is not expected to vote on any deal tonight. democrats are holding a meeting in just a few minutes, and vice president biden, who has played a critical roll in getting the talks moving will attend. senator tom coburn of oklahoma...

Good evening, americans, welcome to "the ed show." im michael eric dyson in for ed schultz. the president of the united states just told congress they have to get to work. so as ed would say, lets get to work. >> the american people are watching what we do here. obviously, their patience is already thin. this is deja vu all over again. >> were in the home stretch for the fiscal cliff, but is there still hope? senator sheldon whitehouse and representative january schakowsky a lot of the latest on...

Good evening, americans. welcome to "the ed show." im michael eric dyson, in for ed schultz. breaking news from washington tonight. nbc news has confirmed that the president will host a meeting with all four congressional leaders at the white house tomorrow. this could be their last chance to get something done before we go over the cliff. this is "the ed show." and as ed would say, lets get to work. >> the american people are waiting for the ball to drop. but its not going to be a good drop. >>...

Have no water. >> look, i want you to respond really quickly. then i want to get a quote in. >> listen, the n word piece, we should throw that out. the thing is that tarnteen o.s been clumsy about race in the past and thats what makes people sensitive to him using the n word or anything to do with race np. >> and the the emphasis on black exceptional mds has been a problem in the post-civil rights era. racial progress is too often determined by the exceptional success of people such as barack ob...

We have a happy and safe new year out there. "the ed show" with ed schultz starts right now. good evening, americans. welcome to "the ed show." im michael eric dyson, in for ed schultz. breaking news from washington tonight. nbc news has confirmed that the president will host a meeting with all four congressional leaders at the white house tomorrow. this could be their last chance to get something done before we go over the cliff. this is "the ed show." and as ed would say, lets get to work. >...

Schultz. the president cuts his vacation short to come back to washington, d.c., meanwhile, house republicans are literally phoning it in, this is the ed show, and as ed would say, lets get to work. >> this is something within our capacity to solve. it doesnt take that much work, we just have to do the right thing. >> six days away from the fiscal cliff and there are real consequences to millions of americans if no deal is cut. congressman elijah cummings and ryan grim of the huffington post are...

Short to come back to washington, d.c., meanwhile, house republicans are literally phoning it in, this is the ed show, and as ed would say, lets get to work. >> this is something within our capacity to solve. it doesnt take that much work, we just have to do the right thing. >> six days away from the fiscal cliff and there are real consequences to millions of americans if no deal is cut. congressman elijah cummings and ryan grim of the huffington post are here with the latest. a tea party giant ...