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democrat congressman tim ryan. only 54% of democrats approve of the presidents handling of the economy as whispers of a recession grow much louder and inflation straps family budgets. lets bring in buckeye state republican congressman jim jordan. hes the top republican on the house judicially committee. congressman, great to have you on. this is the sixth time the president has visited your state. he clearly believes hes got a captive audience there. your thoughts. >> he might believe ...

Need for a new type of candidate to help the democrats win their elections in the fall. Ive got four fresh faces on this show tonight. They want to change the country, the party, i want to get a chance to talk to them. First, i want to talk to you. This summer has turned out to be shocking, even by the standards of the trump era, okay . Just this week we had a cnn reporter who was barred from a white house event for the crime of doing her job and asking some tough questions of the president. Als...

>> joe: the pitch forks would be in the town of manhattan, ashley. it is a bold statement, lets see if it works out. they live in ivy towers and have no connection with working folk. when you slash tires on 18-wheeler, how do you remove the 18-wheeler from the road? congrat populations, cnn. >> todd: joe concha with anchorman, dodgeball and rams tie, that is somebody into pop culture, that is joe concha. have a great weekend, enjoy the big game. >> joe: im taking the bengals, this is opposite th...

Establishment in democratic primaries for state representative in the beautiful state of pennsylvania. each of these women are regular working folk, theyre not backed by big donors. summer lee, shes running in pennsylvanias 34th district outside of pittsburgh. sarah running in the 21st district, also the pittsburgh area. and elizabeth feedler, running in south philly. >> before we get into the whole socialist thing. >> go straight to it. >> ive been in politics my whole life. incumbents are hard...

Janitors and the janitors should be quicker. what did he write that? >> in high school. there is tape of it. >> that was his high school speech. >> yes, he taped it. he recited it energetically. >> this guy wants to trash the working folk. >> yes, and this speech was not yip uplifting in anyway. >> now, he is for them, rooting for these guys zhao he is not for anything but himself first of all, im glad you mentioned that i performed in rab and afghanistan. because one thing i permanently have an...

Who is she dpendiepending on in state at this point? >> i think that the court constituency for the democratic party needed to be energized, i think the first lady, bernie and chelsea have done a great job of infusing that energy into the state. core constituency, latinos underperform and need to turn out in arizona. this is a young state and overwhelmingly in support of hillary, they need to turn out. and communities of color, native american communities. working folk, core constituency. what t...

Working folk of america? merry christmas. get your cell phones out. i want to know what you think. tonights question. will republicans ever admit saving the automobile industry was the right thing to do? text a. for yes, text b. for no to 67622. you can always go to our blog at ed.msnbc.com. well bring the results later in the show. im still waiting for the story on fox. they ought to be jumping up and down underneath the christmas tree, saying, were out of the car business! were finally done. i...

And, of course, another issue about income inequality in this country, and actually paying workers. in new jersey, what the heck happened here? voters actually went against chris christie? and voted for minimum wage? an increase by 2014? thats right. the minimum wage is going to go from $7.25 to $8.25 an hour. can we mark that up as another win for the working folk of america? well, lets go to the middle of the country. how about cincinnati, ohio? remember cincinnati? measure two, measure five, ...

Happyness." >> you got a dream, you got to protect it. people cant do something themselves, they want to tell you, you cant do it. you want something, go get it. period. >> so chris, is there no middle class in america anymore? >> no, there is not, and ive known that for some time. theres only rich folks and working folks and let me define both of them for you. rich folks, if you are an owner of a highly profitable business or a significant equity player in such business, you qualify as rich fol...

The focus of three attack ads and now, one labor union is add tog that a series of new videos, including sanitation workers who actually picked up mitt romneys trash from his home in california. >> my name is richard hayes and i pick up mitt romneys trash. when im 55, 60 years old, i know my bodys going to break down. i dont know mitt romney doesnt care about that. zbr and one of the stars of another video in that series is joan raymonday, president of ask me local 127. thanks for joining us. go...