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Little while and the army makes its first official comment on the guy and everybody is quiet about it on the conservative media. this is normally how it plays out. >> these guys live in an alternative universe and what happened last week has no relevance on whats happening tomorrow or today. they feel they can reinvent history and reinvent their narrative as unas they need to. im thinking back to the reagan administration when they were trading arms for hostages to fund an illegal war and he was...

Government in the fight to raise the minimum wage. voters in wisconsin are going grassroots to urge action in their state. im taking your questions. ask ed live next coming up on "the ed show" on msnbc. well be right back. ♪ ♪ [ girl ] my mom, she makes underwater fans that are powered by the moon. ♪ [ birds squawking ]

Than to challenge his states supreme court ruling for marriage and in fact we appointed a member of that court who ruled for marriage equality. i dont think the right wing is going to love that. this is going to be a real mess for them in two years during the primary season. they wont know what to do. >> raw story.com, great to have you with us tonight, mike. >> still ahead, conservatives push for a senate vote on keystone xl pipe line. wait a minute, weve got a leak in pipeline number one. ou...

Thanks for your attention to this issue and highlighting this poll that shows two-thirds of the overwhelmingly support the scientists for cutting carbon pollution, its really baffling and dismaying we have so many serving in congress that deny the basic science of climate change. there are more than 100 climate change deniers and when we contrast that with the findings by the bipartisan report that find that information sober but commend the authors for putting forward this very important inform...

Flower shop and tavern, paying for the local schools. and we know, ed, when those middle class mining and manufacturing jobs disappear, we dont suddenly or magically get better jobs. we hollow out the middle class. this is certainly one of the drivers behind inequality that weve seen in the united states, the gap between the rich and poor. and looking at declining incomes more than middle class households. and its by no fault of their own, they are skilled workers and make a great product but yo...

This situation with the cheap steel coming back, its not just teal but tires and rare earth. there are many, many inconsistencies in our policies and youre right, the president needs to act. let me give you an example, ed, the brand-new san francisco bay bridge, beautiful bridge. it was built with chinese steel 6,000 chinese got a job zero americans and by the way, it cost over half a billion dollars more because of all of the bad mistakes made by that steel mill and the chinese welders. we need...

About missing e-mails at the irs, isnt it funny. ruth, good to have you with us. risky business of climate change denial, rapid response panel weighs in and conservative effort to shape detroit. the city of detroit into their privatized utopia has left thousands without running water. the basics, you know, now activists are calling in the united nations for help. thats in america by the way. im taking your questions next. ask ed live coming up. stay with us.

When was the last time we had this many republicans signed on to something to protect workers? get your cell foends out. do you think this is something congressional members should agree on? text a for yes and b for no. you can go to our blog at ed.msnbc.com and comment. for more, let me bring in john, signed on to keep it made in america. there were a lot of stickers there, make it in america. why is this such a heavy political lift? >> i dont understand. i really dont understand, ed. the fact ...

Expense of american energy prices? not a good idea. if the were going to do it it ought to be on american built ships with american sailors on those ships. >> amen to that. >> we can do it, ed. >> we can. now, congressman, is it your understanding that the president can direct the commerce department to do what these people in this crowd are asking them to do? this was a culmination of rallies around the country. there have been numerous rallies around the country. yesterday was the last one bef...

We need to do that and it ought to be do before the deadline. we cant miss this one. >> we appreciate your time tonight. thanks so much. let me bring in scott paul, president of the alliance of american manufacturing at this rally yesterday. how big a deal is this for the people in that range, the ripple effect in that part of the country, it would be almost like a depression if this goes the way it could go? >> ed, youre right. we saw thousands of faces of workers there whose livelihood every d...