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This situation with the cheap steel coming back, it's not just teal but tires and rare earth. there are many, many inconsistencies in our policies and you're 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 to make it in america. we need to spend american taxpayer money on american jobs and american ste...

About missing e-mails at the irs, isn't 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. that's in america by the way. i'm 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 don't understand. i really don't understand, ed. the fact you're mad as hell is so important and even more important those workers out there, men and women ...

Expense of american energy prices? not a good idea. if the we're 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 before the commerce department were to make a decision. what's holding up the president? how do you un...

We need to do that and it ought to be do before the deadline. we can't 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, you're right. we saw thousands of faces of workers there whose livelihood every day depends on them doing a good job but also making sure that they have a level playing field and ...