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Up. and shes identifying with the social justice demands. and she said something really interesting to me. she said, in my spare time i work on immigrant rights issues. and all we ever hear about is how theres not enough in this country, theres not enough money for decent health care and decent housing, and theres not enough space to treat immigrants decently. and i just realized, it is such a stroke of organizing genius once again to counter that discourse of scarcity, which is all we hear from...

Tonight hank williams jr. versus hank williams jr.s mouth. ed schultz will have the latest on that saga here after the show. and here the legacy of steve jobs as seen by one of the people who knew him best. ill talk to former apple ceo john skully just ahead. [ engine revving ] [ spectator ] gun it, bro! whats this guy doing? dude. [ laughs ] whoa! whoo! no way! go, go, go, go! are you kidding? [ cheering ] oh, my god. did you guys see that? maniac.

Interesting to me. she said, in my spare time i work on immigrant rights issues. and all we ever hear about is how theres not enough in this country, theres not enough money for decent health care and decent housing, and theres not enough space to treat immigrants decently. and i just realized, it is such a stroke of organizing genius once again to counter that discourse of scarcity, which is all we hear from washington, the whole discussion about the deficit, to go to the site of maximal abunda...

But its not time for games. mr. boehner takes time out to say the president has given up on the country. here to help us sort it out, msnbcs ed schultz, host of the ed show. >> martin, good to be with you. >> this was an aggressive and assertive president fronting up to the republicans, telling them to explain why they wont support this jobs bill. were you impressed? >> i was. i think the president, piece by piece, week after week, is laying the case out to the american people. well, what i did ...

Special interest group, but there is an underlying theme throughout all of this. it is the economic injustice that has taken place in this country, which i think has been the big motivating factor to bring all of these people here. they are not all fans of ed schultz, they are not all fans of the ed show, but thats all part of the territory. the fact of the matter is the big unknown about all of this is what does this mean and where will it go politically? how long will it last? there is up ques...

And leads it. >> you invite president obama here? >> i think the president belongs here with us. these are the people who elected president obama who gave the democrats a majority. these are the people that are suffering now. >> but there are a lot of people here tonight that arent obama supporters. >> well, he need come down here and cop vert them. i think he needs to hear from our president these sympathetic to the cause. >> mr. hamill top, if the job rate in this country is better, this doesn...

Talking to you. >> i enjoy being on your show. if theres one man who loves a good protest, its my colleague and friend, ed schultz, hell be broadcasting live from the occupy wall street site downtown right after this show. do not miss ed in his element tonight. here i have big game changing 2012 election news. odds makers, presidential rundown has changed. [ artis brown ] america is facing some tough challenges right now. two of the most important are energy security and economic growth. nor...

You know, in terms of sports talk radio, first time, long time. >> well, thank you. i appreciate that its good to have you with us. what would work in your world? youre a wealthy man. what would work? what should the congress do to pay for this jobs bill? >> this was the whole impetus of our group, the patriotic millionaires. we felt the expiration of the bush tax cuts of 2001 and 2003, which as you know, would restore the rate that existed before that, and would increase the highest tax bracket...

The top 1% pay moderately more than persons in other income groups. but they earn disproportionately more, even taking into account the fact that earn moderately more. so, thats very strong indication that the relative tax burden on the public is more on people in the lower income groups that the higher income groups. and you know, ed -- >> yeah, go ahead. go ahead. >> that can be demonstrated by a very simple question. would you rather pay 70% more in income taxes than other taxpayers in other ...

In case you missed it, at noon today here on msnbc, after the presidents news conference, ed schultz and i got into a little back and forth, as we talked about the debate over jobs in this country. ended with what looked like could have been a squabble, and i wanted to make sure that everyone understood that both of us are not only passionate about america and jobs, but we are friends and colleagues and have a tremendous amount to work on together over the years. to make sure all of you know tha...