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Shoes. >> in the richest nation in the world, millions of families shouldnt be left out in the cold. and president obama is vowing to take action in the new year. thats a resolution we should all get behind. joining me now, e.j. dionne and eric bernstein. thank you both for coming on the show. >> thank you, rev. >> good to be with you, reverended. >> jared, republicans dont want it. extending unemployment benefits. but an extension would help the economy and be good for the country, am i right? ...

0 to a state of emergency law and call on the government to respect basic human rights, such as freedom of peaceful assembly and due process under the law. >> joining me today, senior fellow at the center on budget and policy priorities, eric bernstein. the huffingt"huffington post", m and ryan steele. joining me from cairo is foreign correspondent ayman mohyeldin. weve gotten news that there is a resignation from the post. it sounds like a developing and chaotic situation in egypt. can you give...

here, you can see dow futures down by just about 20 points. yesterday was that big disappointment. finally you see that streak broken. 20 tuesdays in a row of the dow ending higher. yesterday, as all good things have to come to an end, and yesterday that streak was ended. lets get over to scott right now for some of the mornings top corporate stories. and scott, thanks for joining us. >> becky, good to be here. thanks so much. apple facing a limited ban on some iphones and ipads in t...

its just very difficult to beat santa claus. its practically impossible to beat santa claus. people are not going to vote against st. louis, especially if the a tern tiff is being your own santa claus -- alternative is being your own santa claus. country of children where the option is santa claus or work, what wins? >> eric: you know, rush puts it in a way a lot of people can understand. >> greg: but you cant beat santa claus. you take his clothes. that is how you expose santa claus. ...

0 in 2008. he bought and secured michigan and ohio. with a $25 billion auto bail-out. think about the stimulus. what did the bulk of the stimulus go for? expanded food stamps, expanded medicaid. he created dependence through that. i mean he hired more government state workers. mostly in blue states. he went to bail out blue states. we got it will to show for that a far as economic growth. this is the new paradigm. dependency politics. unemployment rate doesnt matter. dependency rate. seductive p...

night. its just very difficult to beat santa claus. its practically impossible to beat santa claus. people are not going to vote against st. louis, especially if the a tern tiff is being your own santa claus -- alternative is being your own santa claus. country of children where the option is santa claus or work, what wins? >> eric: you know, rush puts it in a way a lot of people can understand. >> greg: but you cant beat santa claus. you take his clothes. that is how you expose santa ...

0 but how do you respond to that? do you trick populist to think this is good for them to promise things you cant pay for and having greece? or educate them with the founding principles of the conservative party, individual freedom -- >> bob: $250 billion were tax cut stimulus. $250 billion? >> eric: quarter. about a quarter. sean hannity last night opened his first post-election show this way. >> americans, you get the government you want and deserve. it pains me to say this, but america right ...

Jobs act, which combines big, but temporary, tax cuts for workers and small or expanding businesses with aid in an extension of unemployment benefits. whether you agree with these policies or hate them, think they are exactly the wrong thing for the economy, they are, if nothing else, clearly connected to the current state of the economy. they are ideas to get people back to work now. to get money in peoples pockets now. to reward businesses for hiring new workers now. no democrat was running ar...

>> jared bernstein, msnbc contributor. as always, thank you for being here tonight. >> thank you, ezra. what does it say about a candidate thats based his campaign about his opponent. plus, the ezra klein challenge number five, the hardest one of all. stick around. ok! who gets occasional constipation, diarrhea, gas or bloating? get ahead of it! one phillips colon health probiotic cap a day helps defend against digestive issues with three strains of good bacteria. hit me! [ female announcer ...

An msnbc contributor. jared, good to see you as always. >> great to see you and great to listen to you. >> tell me if i have it wrong. youre a smart guy. you know how to read this stuff. you know the obama administrations policies well. are -- and the bush administrations, for that matter. are there major differences between the bush agenda and philosophy and what mitt romneys proposed here? >> no, if anything, governor romney doubles down. you said one thing thats different is repealing dodd-fr...