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Unions exist under. second thing, ed, in my view, we have to go beyond -- what we have to do is understand when your four major financial institutions have $7 trillion in assets, more than half of the gdp in make, you know what you got to do, ed? you got to break them up. thats what you got to do. >> and the republicans will never go for that. >> yeah, couple of them are talking about it. we will see when push comes to shove whether they will vote for that. other thing we have to do of real sign...

Announced he plans to ask the catholic church to officially sign on to a lawsuit challenging the bill. in the meantime, evangelical leader jim wallace vows that churches will not comply with a law they think is anti-christian. wallace says, quote, the law signed by arizona governor brewer is a social and racial sin. enforcement without reform of the system is merely cruel, enforcement without compassion is immoral, enforcement that breaks up families is unacceptable. the law will make it illegal...

They obstructed. the republican senators, they lined up to block debate on the bill. and this just in. shocking news. nebraska senator ben nelson, he also voted no with the righties. they are against what the american people want. thats the only way you can see this, folks. a new "washington post" poll today showed 63% of americans support tougher wall street regulation. the kind of regulation that is in this bill. joining me now is bernie sanders, independent senator from vermont. for the recor...

5,000. i think the fact is this, ed. we have only about half as many border patrol agents for our borders north and south as new york city does policemen. somethings wrong with this picture. we need to have security, and this is where you and i agree. we need to put our military on the border to supplement the border patrol. >> i dont think any legislation is going to do anything until you address the border. you need to be vigilant at the border and then we need to be compassionate and reasonab...

Tonights text survey question is, would you want the u.s. to put military troops on the u.s./mexico border? text "a" for yes and "b" for no to 622639. well bring you the results later on in the show. joining me now, former arizona congressman j.d. hayworth, republican candidate for senate, challenging senator john mccain. mr. hayworth, good to have you with us. ive never had you on the program before. i appreciate your time. where do you stand on this law thats been passed? is this the right dir...

Suspect this might happen. sure enough today i got a statement from young pastors all over arizona saying were not going to obey this law if it prevents us from doing what gods calling us to do. arizona has created a moral crisis. my hope is, ed, it leads to a national conversation and it shows us we need comprehensive immigration reform. the system is broken. lets all come to the table. republicans and democrats. lets fix this broken system so we dont have this terrible crisis. cant put pastors...

What are we headed for? >> i have a lot of respect and admiration for those in the cloths and the services they add minist minist administer. i get nervous when people say theyre going to -- the law of the land. i dont like that. >> ed? >> go ahead. >> remember the civil rights movement, ron. you cannot force christians, cannot force people of any faith to obey an immoral law. thats what jim wallis is saying. this law would require people to repudiate everything the scripture says about -- >> th...

N new law allows you to wear it under your coat. >> what do you make of this gentleman that is openly speaking about recruiting sharp shooters who have got registered kills to guard the border? you, j.d, you go along with that? >> no, i disagree with that. i agree with the notion we shut put our military on the border. that fact, history can be our guide -- >> how many military people would it take to do what has to be done in arizona? >> you know, ed, im not a tactical officer. id leave that to...

Because washington, d.c., has failed to act. and, yes, the people of arizona completely within bounds doing this because when the federal government fails to act the states have a perfect right to step up and protect their own interests and protect their own people and thats what sb 1070 does. >> heres what bothers me about 1070, mr. hayworth, a domino effect takes place. now in arizona you can get a gun without a background check. i mean, is that logical? is that sensible? is this the right way...

United states citizens. and the lead sponsor of the bill, state representative mark hatfield claims hes not actually a birther, even though he says theres no proof that president obama was born in the united states. georgia state representative mark hatfield joins me now on "the ed show." mr. hatfield, nice to have you with us tonight. >> thank you, ed. >> you bet. i want to clarify a couple things. youre not a birther, is that correct? >> i dont consider myself a birther. i think a birther has ...