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Didnt work hard enough to deserve their vacation. >> the current congress could go down as one of the most unproddive in modern history. joining me tonight, congressman tim ryan of ohio who certainly wants to work at least 239 days a year. i know this gentleman. congressman, good to have you with us tonight. you know, is there -- you and i have been friend for a while. is there any way you can come forth with a bill so i could get 239 days off and still keep my job? you know, the irony in this i...

Ending, does it? tonights question. did conservatives get exactly what they wanted with detroits bankruptcy? text a. for yes, b. for no to 67622. go to our blog at ed.msnbc.com. i understand cuts. and i understand business. this isnt a business. this is a city. these are people. these are families that grew up in communities. and they have been undercut by radical conservative policies, and they have been denied their fair share of state funds. and now who is going to pay the price? well, its no...

Single payer health care system, which i think will be much more cost effective. i think to a large degree, the function of private insurance companies is not to provide quality, cost effective health care but make as much money as they can. that is not the -- >> im with you on universal health care and medicare for all. i just find it ironic that the republicans are out there talking about the private sector, complaining about it. yet the private sector played a key role in fixing this. the bot...

Going 82 miles an hour. what was your reaction? >> well, ed, first of all my sympathies go to the families of those, the four that lost their lives. and of course my prayers are going out for the 60 that are injured and hope that they can be healed and back as soon as possible. and when i heard about the speed that the train was going and the fact that the conductor said he applied the brakes and they did not stop, of course, im concerned. and know that weve got to get to the bottom of it and in...

Senator? at this point, who is going to win out? >> well, ed, youre exactly right. what the republican nightmare is about is that you have the affordable care act working, people saying thank you that im getting better quality care for lower costs. people saying thank you, im getting medicaid and health insurance for myself and my kids for the first time in my life. thank you, thank you, thank you. that is exactly the republican nightmare. and i think at the end of the day, we win, they lose. an...

Parks bold stand and her role in fighting to end racism. joining me now in our rapid response panel, political analyst dr. mike he eric dyson, the grio contributor, zerlina maxwell. great to have you with us tonight. dr. dyson, you first. you are a respected person in the black community all across this country, revered by many. and people look to you for leadership on a number of different issues. i would like to know, do you know what the republican minority outreach program is? >> brother ed,...

When it comes to the socialist thing, all you have to do is point to how well the stock market is doing and say if hes a socialist, he kind of sucks at it. you could also point out that under obama care, we are now making people buy a corporations private product, pretty much the opposite of socialism. what we have now is socialism when uninsured people go to an emergency room and the local taxpayer has to pick up the tab, and hey, right wing uncle larry, why are you defending the socialist stat...

Stupid turkey and your stupid stuffing and your stupid gravy! >> joining me tonight, liberal commentator and comedian, john fugelsang with very good advice. big topic around the dinner table tomorrow in america, probably will be obama care. of course, with the uncle across from you who thinks that this has to fail. how do you set things straight with those conservative family members who want to see the law fail, and, of course, still think that president obama was born not in america? >> well, ...

Website, which i think was always sort of a short term blip. >> well, weve seen this happen before, by conservatives, when it came to other changes, social security, medicare, medicaid. and even in the south, when the civil rights movement was taking place. there were a lot of conservatives who were against it. theyre on the wrong side of history of this one. lets talk about president obama for a moment. ruth, what is his real mission in 2014, before the mid terms? nobody can sell this or politi...

The good guy. youve got to be the peace-maker, full-on jimmy carter. all youve got to say is, look, i know theyre having problems, i originally supported single-payer, but president obama took a republican plan made by the republican heritage foundation, implemented by a republican massachusetts governor, upheld by republican supreme court, and a year from now, i predict it will have helped one of the republicans at this table. >> valuable advice. no question about it. now, what if -- what if yo...