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>> you believe that. >> well, i mean, rush has said it. i take him at his word. he wants the president to fail, which i do agree with senator leahy. that means he wants the country to fail. glenn beck, you know -- hes got serious problems that im not equipped to diagnose. i dont really know what he thinks. hes really a puzzle to me. but they clearly -- theyre getting wealthy off betting against this president, riling people up, making people think this president is making us less safer, rather t...

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Perry saying god caused this, you have rush limbaugh saying that -- blame it on kreezed eco maniacs who caused this disaster. but you know what? heres whats ugly, ed. there is an audience -- the tea bag mentality audience want to hear this. we cant believe it. we cant believe people would buy this. but there is a tea bagger mentality that wants to hear this crazy talk. and corporate america knows that. you could go back in every one of these catastrophic disasters and hear the flying monkeys lik...

And ill bring you the results later on in the show. joining me now is vermont senator, patrick leahy, chairman of the senate judiciary committee. senator, good to have you with us tonight. its been too long. how have you been? >> ive been very well, ed, and its good to be with you. >> good to be with you, my friend. all right. we read miranda rights, we didnt torture, and were getting information. this is kind of a textbook case on how its supposed to work, isnt it? >> listen, i spent eight year...

And you did what? they chose to do nothing but sit and watch the news. now, there is room for criticism that the federal government, for allowi allowing offshore drilling in the first place. why do we even have that? if and not requiring oil companies for emergency shutoff involves. lets bring in mike papantonio, the firm leading the class action lawsuit against bp. if i have to, im going have you on every night! im not getting off this story. >> ed, i can listen to you every night, my friend. y...

A week. right now, the spill is close to being swept into the fast-moving loop current, which would carry the oil around the tip of florida, and into the gulf stream. from there, the oil could flow all the way up the east coast of the united states. joining me now is nick shea, a professor of the university of miami school of marine and atmospheric science. professor, good to have you with us tonight. justify put and capsulize for us how serious this is if that loop does, in fact, take place. >>...

hes all about. justice, huh? the obama haters cant handle the fact that president obama is getting the job done when it comes to fighting terrorism. they missed the bush/cheney leadership and diplomacy, right? the president missed his proverbial 3:00 a.m. call and responded like a real leader. heres how youre supposed to do it, and he did. >> as americans, and as a nation, we will not be terrorized. we will not cower in fear, we will not be intimidated. we will be vigilant, and we will...

Sierra club. thank you for being with us tonight. >> good to be with you. >> give us a sense of what you think the eke logical impact is going to be because of the oil mishap in the gulf. >> ed, i dont think im over estimating the impacts from the spill to the gulf coast region. we have asked the obama administration for a full military response to this disaster. as with katrina, the -- the military was what stabilized the situation and its obvious that bp has been doing a deplorable job to try ...

Yours, buddy. again, a teaching moment. next time the oil company is making a future about your environment, about the damage that they are doing to the planet, the climate change, just remember how fast they said, its our problem. thats "hardball" for now. thank you for being with us. next is "the ed show" with ed schultz. good evening from new york tonight. british petroleum says that they will cover the disaster of the gulf. ill believe it when i see them sign the checks on tv. federal law ...

25,000 people came out. in chicago, in milwaukee, the crowds topped 10,000. and thousands showed up for rallies in st. louis, san francisco, and the nations capital, washington, d.c. and were rervferring to the hah new law. this is truly what an organic national movement looks like, not like the nonsense being fueled across the street. guys hanging out on the potomac with a few firearms. cut me some slack. reverend sharpton is here. good to have you here. >> good to be with you, ed. >> what do a...