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champion, as the activist and paved the way for every black player who came into the league after him, and including me. the world has lost a legend and my condolences to the family and may he rest in peace. this is from the boston celtics organization, bill is a champion unlike any other, and bills dna is woven throughout the celtics organization with relentless pursuit, and from the individual glory to the commitment of social justice and civil rights on and off of the court. andy sh...

Greg abbott and others put their personal politics ahead of the health and well-being ahead of the folks in the state. i really do believe this has struck a cord now of folks and they understand that the really way to change it long-term is we have political power in the state of texas and elect people that respect the ability of people to make their own decision about their pregnancies. >> i want to bring up that map. texans forced to drive hundreds of miles out of state. what are some of the s...

Change it long term is we have to build political power in the state of texas and elect people that respect the ability of people to make the decisions about their pregnancies. >> i want to bring up the map showing how far women in texas have to travel. texans forced to drive out of state. what have you heard this past month in texas? >> one of the most heart breaking stories is a 16-year-old girl who september me a text a little after midnight on september 1 and said how will i figure out how t...

Progress in the last six years, dont throw it under the bus because theres a power change in washington. im all for a jobs pack angage and all for say nothing to the tpp and all for green energy. we all should be. then again we will be fighting climate for the next couple years because the republicans are in charge and they are the deniers. get your cellphone out. tonights question will president obama ever get credit for saving the economy. text a for yes, b for no. well have the results later ...

These politicians were going to fight for these middle class americans now have this to look at. oh, my pensions getting cut. how did that work? that will kill voter turnout. get your cell phones out. i want to know what you think. tonights question, did democrats throw retirees under the bus? text a for yes, text b for no to 67622 and leave a comment on ed.msnbc.com and ill bring you the results later on in the show. now, what was hanging over america through all of this was the government shut...

Budget is, and i dont care how many caveats are in there or how many deal can be cut, congress cannot set the table for wall street to run amok again, we were on the verge of this country having a total financial collapse, worse than the depression and we want to go back to that? you see, the republicans, they want no regulation. they want no regulation because the boys on wall street line their back pockets when it comes to reelection time. get your cell phones out. i want to know what you thin...

Because it is against who we are, against international law and we dont want our people to get tortured. now where do we go. i want to know what you think on this issue. tonights question, do you think this senate torture report will make america stronger or weaker? text a for stronger. text b for weaker to 67622. go to or blog and leave a comment and well bring results later in the show. for more bringing in senator of road island. good to have you with us. i want to go right to the accuracy of...

Want to hear but havent looked at the american people and said this is what will happen to the economy if we go to tpp and the president has no record to turn on and say this or that trade deal was good for american workers. the very people that put president obama in office he is ready to throw to the side of the road as road kill thats what it comes down to. hes a great president but hes wrong on this one. tell us what you think. will the tpp be the first trade deal to ever create american job...

Hogwash. we would be going in the wrong direction when it comes to climate change. these sanctions just, what? five days old are already got billionaires in russia shaking in their boots wondering where this is all going to end. the good news is we have a president whos playing it close to the vest, not showing all of his cards and you can see puti sweat early on. thats a good place to be. because no one on the globe has ever questioned our military and how strong we actually are. because if put...

Cant we agree on that? get your cell phones out. i want to know what you think. tonights question -- do you believe our bridges are in bad shape? or is president obama doing a photo op? text a for bridges in bad shape. text b to a photo op. go to our blog, msnbc.com. the results later in show. let me bring in the second of transportation from the obama administration, mr. anthony fox. mr. fox good to have you on "the ed show" for the first time. appreciate your time tonight. >> great to be wit...