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But their families. but it will also hurt american consumers with watered down safety provisions for food and other products. it could also drive up prescription drug prices which would counter what is happening with obamacare right now. it could hurt the environment and reduce internet freedom. america needs to be paying attention to the tpp. now, there is 175 lawmakers that have signed on to a letter to shift it over to the white house to say wake up, hello, this is not good for workers. stay ...

Voice of reason. it is the voice -- >> he is the only respectable one on msnbc now. >> he gets in less trouble than everyone else. listen, i cant read somebodys heart, i dont know, but hell has frozen over in the beginning of this new year as i agree with alec baldwin, he sends out this tweet, he says if i cry will i be forgiven all of my transgressions? >> well, as i point on, there is nothing we disagree on, the only thing we disagreed on before, liz cheney, she dropped out. as you know, i alw...

0 and very, very new development. "the washington post" obtained a memo that house republican leaders sent to their rank and file members. it tells them how to talk about unemployment. reminds us how the folder on how to talk to women. it tells them according to the post, the memo reminds gop lawmakers to be empathetic towards the unemployed, to remember that its a personal crisis for individuals and families, and to always theyll gave proper consideration to an extension if there are spending c...

thanks for watching "the ed show" here on msnbc. weve got six republicans, six good quality americans, who have decided to actually associate with democrats. now for every story, for every vote, for every action, reaction, theres always the next story in politics. these six senators voted procedurally with the democrats today when it comes to unemployment benefits, the extension of it. is this the only thing that they can vote with the democrats on? i think that this is possibly an opp...

0 congress to act. he made a clear case to extend unemployment insurance. >> just a few days after christmas, more than 1 million of our fellow americans lost a vital economic lifeline. the temporary insurance that helps folks make ends meet while they look for a job. denying families that security is just plain cruel. were a better country than that. we dont abandon our fellow americans when times get tough. we keep the faith with them until they start that new job. >> president obama is going ...

0 that have been long-term unemployed, that giving them aid is a disincentive? >> it is frustrating for many of them to receive aid because they are people who have been working on jobs. and many of them are struggling. theyll come to church, for example, and pray. when they receive unemployment benefits, theyre receiving only about 47% of what they were earning. and thats only for a limited period of time when they receive the state payments. and most of those people are embarrassed and are wan...

But i think that we can come to the conclusion that theres not going to be too many nfl players out there who are going to be activists when it comes to social change in america that its for their own career, i think the message has been set -- sent to them that, you know, its best if you keep to your cell phone issues like this, because you dont want to possibly affect your career. >> well, i just -- ed, i think thats where the fans need to come in and say, you know what, we really respect you,...

Biggest thing of the year will be the wedding between keerin romney and north west. can you imagine romney and kanye west as in-laws? >> harris-perry has apologized to the romney family, but this seems to be a never ending saga at msnbc. i dont think ms. harris-perry meant to be malicious here, unlike martin bashir and ed schultz and his comments directed to you, but she and her guests were clearly mocking the romney family, who did a good thing. >> why mention the race of the child at all? i th...

Us tonight. >> hey, ed. youre on a roll tonight, arent you? >> well, we have to be on a roll, senator. i mean, i think this -- we are doing americans wrong by just kicking these folks to the side of the road like road kill. >> yeah. >> and how important is it, in your judgment, that this extension for unemployment americans be made? >> well, its unbelievably important. its important for the economy, generally, because it will lift the economy. but, you know, for those that are chronically unempl...

But even when they cant shut it down, they use other issues to go right back after it. theyre all about privatization across the board. and i guess the question is, when are the democrats going to go on offense and make demands the same way the republicans do like this? >> you know, ed, i think i agree with you. this has been a frustrating first year for me in this congress, and there just is a time when we have to stand and fight. we try to be the good guys so often, that we are -- we are somet...