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>> well, ed, just to make it clear, i am speaking on behalf of the madison professional police officers association and not the madison police department. my association represents the rank and file of mpd. ed, all i can do is try to give your viewers a glimpse of what is possible between the relationship, between police and protesters and do that by telling a wisconsin story. ed, back in february and march, as youre well aware, we had hundreds of thousands of people converge on our capitol to h...

Line officers and the protesters out on the streets. thats very crucial. >> so i guess its -- i guess -- every community is different. i guess. i mean, theres -- theres really no uniformed way to make sure that things like this dont happen at uc davis. >> every community is different. i think communication is key. a unique factor in our protests was the fact that we did have a large number of off dutyç poli officers participanting iparti protests. off duty, throughout the state, when we have t...

>> now, i know republicans like to talk about, you know, were the party of tax cuts. a lot of them have sworn an oath, were never going to raise taxes on anybody for as long as we live. are they really willing to break their oath to never raise taxes and raise taxes on the middle class just to play politics? i sure -- i sure hope not. >> im joined tonight by congresswoman sheila jackson lee of texas. congresswoman, good to have you with us again. are republicans -- >> good to be with you. >> you...

Let that be the the appropriations committee and what are the sensible cuts, ed, that would impact -- not to impact the quality of life. i want to hold up a graph. this is a graph of republicans and democrats who are saying no cuts to medicare and social security. >> yeah. >> it means that the democrat rats are not, if you will, speaking in the dark. we can go through the process of appropriations. we can avoid -- and id like to talk to the president by allowing that to go forward. i dont think ...

What was your reaction when you saw that video? >> well, i was sick to my stomach, ed. im sure everybody was. i mean, theres shutabsolutely excuse for police to use billy clubs and pepper spray and other violent techniques, particularly onç students. particularly in a nonviolent protest on a campus where, you know, our universities are the centers of freedom of speech in this country. and what were seeing around the country, i want to also include a lot of police -- unfortunately police brutal...

House open. i had a nurse come up to me in tears and this woman said to me, ive never protested anything before in my life and i was terrified to come here, but when i saw you guys here, i understood nothing terrible was going to happen to me tonight. i can tell you, that sentiment was also expressed by the on-duty officers, seeing their co-workers, their friends among the protesters really kind of set some boundaries and people knew that things were going to be okay. its a very complicated issu...

Flush of money in large corporations. they can do things to help build jobs. >> well, lets talk about the super committee. clearly, the republicans are protecting the threeiest americans. they wont serve up any revenue whatsoever. so what happens next? >> i dont want to live in a country when only the sliver of a population has an opportunity and, frankly, the issue fell on that issue, whether you want a sliver living in america to be successful versus the majority. what we can do now, ed is, go...

Concentration of income and wealth, well, what happens to them? theyre told they cant. theyre clubbed. theyre pulled out of wherever they are. their tents are taken down. they are subjected to pepper spray. i mean, whats going on? this is exactly the opposite of what a democracy is supposed to be. >> its also embarrassing for the country, in my opinion, and the students -- >> of course. >> the students are out there with a legitimate concern about rising tuition, but then this kind of stuff just...

Child labor laws so he can put poor kids to work. well, newt gingrich says the ç 99ers should get a job after they take a bath. this is the strong moral character republicans are looking for. lets bring in radio talkers, bill press and also radio talk show host joe madison. gentlemen, good to have you with me. oh, my goodness, its like a kid in a candy store. where do we start? bill, is it possible that newt gingrich could really win this marathon? >> well, first off, ed, theres a connection b...

What happens next? >> well, i will say, i will track the words of president obama that says, i dont want to live in a country when only the sliver of the population has opportunity. and frankly the debate fell just on those two issues or that issue. is that whether you wanted just a sliver of those living in america to be successful versus the majority. what we can do now, ed, is to go to regular order. we have passed a continuing resolution until december 16th. that means it keeps the governmen...