Text B News Today

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...

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...

Creator, that obamacare would kill the economy. none of that has come true. you can get back and expect more from the top 1% and 2% income earners in this it country and now weve got more work to do. now we have to work on those trade agreements to make sure that those middle-class, hard-working mid-jobs are going to be able to compete on a level playing field. we have done it with those stimulus package or help from the republicans. just think where we could be if washington would get its act t...

Dangerous. neighbors of amanda and jerryd miller were familiar with their violent tone, but didnt believe their threats. now they wish they would have done something. told someone. some right wing conservatives just dont hear extremists like the millers. they rely on them, as well. do they feel regret? get your cell phones out. i want to know what you think. tonights question. is the rhetoric of a government takeover dangerous for america? text a for yes, text b for no. to 67622. or go to our bl...

Predicted at least 60,000 unaccompanied minors would try to cross into the u.s. this year. and interagency memo from a border patrol official reveals that number has been revised up to more than 90,000. at this point weve been conditioned to expect dysfunction in washington. and at this point, its hard to imagine republicans and democrats working together to find common ground on practically any issue. sure, theres reason to be cynical but even the most hardened cynic should be outraged and dema...

Thought that george w. bush should not have left scooter libby hanging out there like a soldier in the field. here is the interview with president bush. >> i let the jury verdict stand after serious deliberation. and the vice president was angry. >> when you told him you said he was furious. he said i cant believe you are going to leave a soldier on the battlefield. >> so president bush confirms that dick cheney is famous for saying that we shouldnt leave a soldier out on the field. so he was wi...

Trade? text a for yes, text b for no to 67622. you can always go to our blog at ed.msnbc.com and write on our blog if you think that if it was your kid you would have wanted the president to do this. for more let me bring in congressman john garamendi of california. congressman, good to have you with us tonight. >> thank you, ed. >> is this a good deal? was this the right thing to do on the part of the president and our armed forces? >> yes. categorically yes, it was. weve always exchanged priso...