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to his fiancee. >> im the victim here. i was the one that was being preyed upon, and i fought back. >> right. >> and, then, you know, its not quite the same, but it made me think of like the old tv shows and movies where, like, how the police used to think when a chick got raped. oh, it was her fault because of the way she was dressed. >> right. and im like -- so its my fault because i asked them to turn their music down. >> he is comparing himself to a rape victim who was blamed for w...

they bring everybody else with them. good to have you with us tonight, folks. thanks for watching. we have talked about trust. tonight i want to use a different word. arrogance. if youre going to be arrogant, dont go halfway, let them have it. be arrogant. sometimes charts show us arrogance. i want to begin tonight with a few charts. we have some new information out there. this chart should be very familiar to you. its the vulture chart. since the early 1980s, income for the top 1%, ...

Kicked up to secretary kerry, then to president obama for the final critical call. tiernan settenfeld joins us tonight. great to have you with us. secretary of state john kerry, when he was not the senate, i dont know if there was a stronger voice on climate change. has he shown all of his cards? how could he be for the pipeline and recommend it to the president after a speech like that? your thoughts. >> hi, ed. thanks so much for having me back. and i want to first say how delighted i was to h...

himself into the voting process against workers. >> its about money and its about power. >> friday nights vote is a major win for republicans like senator bob corker of tennessee. >> corker has been swayed by special groups. >> he thinks he needs to tell us exactly what we need to do. >> that is intimidation. >> were just concerned about the impact an outside entity. >> it is the republicans who are concerned about power and money. >> its about money and its about power. >> if somethin...

first-degree murder. the judge declared a mistrial on that charge and prosecutors intend to try it again. now, many will say dunn may be going to jail for life anyway, but thats not the point. the point is the message it sends to both potential shooters and to our kids. this is about the value of jordans life, a teenager who would have been celebrating his 19th birthday yesterday. dunn said he saw jordan with a gun, but that story wasnt backed up by any other witness or any other evide...

Serious subject. voting rights seriously under attack in your state. on tuesday, manatee countys republican controlled board of county commissioners voted to eliminate almost 1/3 of the countys voting sites. what has been the reaction to this? what is your react to this? >> i am actually flabbergasted. and its not just what you heard. its happening right here in miami-dade county as well where we were supposed to reprecinct, and they didnt do it in 2012. they didnt do it in 2013. and now theyre ...

Minimum wage. we had steny hoyer on with ed schultz talking about a new strategy from the democrats around that issue. lets take a listen. >> we just announced were going to be going back to congress, a week from now, and were going to put a discharge petition in and get the minimum wage on the calendar. we hope our republican colleagues will join us so that we give the incentive for people to work and when they work, they wont be living in poverty. >> and for folks who dont know, discharge peti...

Opportunity to visit the folks who this will directly impact. well continue to conversation. we do it tonight. joining me now in our rapid response panel, the senior vice president of government affairs for the league of conservation voters and the senior attorney. great to have both of you with us tonight. does it serve any national interest for this pipeline to be built from canada down to the gulf? >> hi, ed. thank you so much for having me. its not in our national interests. it would transpo...

0 to office buildings, theres a silent war going on. bobby jindal is on the wrong side of it. ill see you back here on monday 4:00 p.m. eastern. good evening, americans, and welcome to "the ed show" live from new york. lets get to work. >> vw is a great company. >> im glad to see vosk whlkswas standing by its employees. >> volkswagen is a german company. >> this billboard crosses out auto and reads united obama workers. workers as senator bob corker of tennessee. hes writing the textbook on ho...

0 murder. is it murder? is it manslaughter, or was it self-defense when michael dunn shot unarmed teenager jordan davis and killed him. because the others kind of go together. three charges of attempted murder when he shot into the car as the car was driving away, and also shooting into the vehicle. i think those are easier charges. the top charge is the toughest one for this jury, the way the evidence went into them. it shouldnt have been a tough charge. but i think thats the one theyre probabl...