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Are watching right now, id love to try to sum it up as succinctly as i can what that criteeique is. millions of people have taken action through our committee, moveon, democracy for america and ive even texted into your phone polls, ed, saying that the president should be stronger on issues like the public option and wall street reform, and what the white house needs to understand is were not the enemy. we are the people who voted for you. we are the people who woke up every day in 2008 and said...

. and finally tonight, former alaska senator ted stevens has died in a small plane crash. he was 86 years old. stevens was heading out on a fishing trip when the single-engine high wing propellor jet prop plane went down in southwestern alaska about 8:00 last night. five of the nine people on board were killed. among the four survivors are former nasa administrator sean okeefe and his teenage son. for more, lets bring in nbcs kelly odonnell. kelly, what is the latest on the rescue and the surv...

Were enabling states to make payments to doctors for medicaid. thats very, very significant. ed, theres apparently some kind of disconnect between our republicans in the house and the republican governors, but the republican governors, many of them, were begging for legislation, begging for this legislation. >> sure they were. >> because they were on the front lines. >> no doubt about it. >> you know what, ed, you didnt say this but let me make sure your audience is well aware. you know how many...

People. but you see the republicans are about power. thats all they care about. joining me now is maryland congress congressman elijah cummings. congressman, i want to congratulate you for working with the speaker and doing the right thing to save jobs in this country. teachers, it doesnt get any more fundamental than that. isnt this a message to the american people that youre serious about helping the middle class out? >> its a very strong message, ed, and in about a week or so many of our stud...

That. >> cenk. as you know i think youre fabulous and brilliant. i think the country is better by fact that your voice is being heard. weve been fortunate not only to have your contributions to this this show and all of us to learn more about what you and the young turks are doing, but also had a very successful last week hosting the 3:00 show. youll be filling in for ed schultz in the last few weres. youre charismatic and dapper and hard working, the list is long. the only barrier between you a...

Know, it would be pretty good to take some time off, that would be good, but weve got some serious issues going on right now, and we need the help of lawmakers and leadership. congressman, good to have you with us tonight. >> good to be with you ed. >> appreciate your time. >> my pleasure. >> lets go down to the international president of afcsme, the american federation of state, county and municipal employees which has over 1.6 million members. a lot of their jobs were on the line with this job...

To go away, too. i am not going away. i am here! >> governor kaine, is he baggage to the democrats in the mid terms? >> i do think, ed, youre right. the timing wasnt good. today was a day about democratic accomplishment which was saving jobs, but also more than saving jobs, making sure that kids had teachers, making sure that people could trust, you know, the fire fighters and others would have the resources to help them in public safety. obviously this is a tough issue for him, and allegations....

This was not an unusual one-on-one with him, is that correct? >> no, its not. im there every day, and i try to check in with robert and his office id say once every couple of months, and ive got to tell you. just point you were making, the white house thinks that the progressives are whiners. i think id be remiss that gibbs was actually making a distinction between progress i was who organized, who sent in those small dollar contributions and in order to be quite frank, folks like you, ed, on tv...

The irony in all of this is that tom delay played a lot of golf, too. didnt work out too well for him, but this is really a classic of the haves and the have-nots. what about that? >> it is. you know, a lot of people are talking now about raising the retirement age, raising the age at which we can get social security, and what ive noticed, ed, is that they tend to have kind of cushy jobs. im not claiming that i dont work hard, but you dont hear a lot of people who actually work with their hands,...

The mid-terms. >> good to have you with us tonight. appreciate your time. thank you so much. >> thank you, ed. coming up, im absolutely astounded with white house press secretary robert gibbs. he picked a fight with the liberal base and is blaming it on cable tv? dccc founder adam green. well explain where he stands on all of this in the battleground. and its a battle of coattails in colorado tonight. president obama in one corner and former president bill clinton in the other corner. the ch...