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program over the years, "the ed show" i'm all about workers, i'm all about those folks who take a shower after work. republicans have been waging an attack on labor and the middle class. labor has been under attack for the last 30 years. you could even make the case that it started before reagan. labor is undoubtedly the backbone of america that is what built this country. when facing tough economic times, fdr instituted the national labor relations board. ironically on friday it was the 78th anniversary of the development of the national labor relations board. now senator mitch mcconnell who heads up the righties in the senate and his minions once again are trying to destroy that very institution. this would leave american workers, whether in a union or not unprotected and it would seriously hinder the growth of our economy and to turn this

economy around, we need to focus on labor issue, better wages and better security. here's more. if you're in the middle class and a wage earner i'm your guy. i have a passion for building the middle class in this country. one week after governor scott walker announced his plan to gut the middle class of wisconsin, we saw the biggest protest to date in the capital city of madison. >> we're not going to allow for one minute the protesters to feel like they can drown out the voices of those millions of taxpayers all across the state of wisconsin. >> they know that they are on the correct side of the issue. they know that this is about fairness. they know this is about what america is all about, the right to collective bargaining. >> i am sending this congress a plan that you should pass right away. it's called the american jobs act. >> the president wants to create jobs by repairing crumbling infrastructure in this country.

>> mr. boehner, mr. mcconnell, help us rebuild this bridge. [ cheers and applause ] >> help us rebuild america. >> mcconnell and boehner, they have fought this president on every proposal that he has ever put on the table. >> what the president proposed so far is not serious and it's not a jobs plan. >> what we need to do is make sure that the workers reject sb5 and reject on issue 2 vote no on issue 2. >> what's driven my negatives up is the fact that we're trying to rein in and give local communities the ability to control their cost with public employees. >> i tell you what, i got a chair for the governor right here. >> today, they look down on us like we're the ones draining the middle class of all the money, you know, i don't see us getting big pay raises. i don't see us getting big bonuses. >> in a landslide issue number two has been defeated. the union-busting senate bill

will not become law in the state of ohio. >> you know, when you get beat, you have to admit it and you got to congratulate and shake the hands of those folks who prevailed. >> today is my last day working across the street at sinsada and a few minutes i'll walk over and sign papers and hand in my beige. >> we came to broadcast here. they closed the plant and the entrances are barricaded. workers told not to report. none will report to the factory when it closes in december. those jobs, they're headed a long way away, a place called china. >> governor romney invested in companies pioneers of outsourcing to china. >> mitt romney believes in this. he believes in outsourcing. he has no loyalty to american workers. sir, what would you say to mitt romney? >> if transferring wealth to the

top 2% created job, wouldn't we be swimming in them already? >> if there is no nlrb, those workers will have no rights and i think that is a terrible, terrible thing. >> the national labor relations board is the government agency set up to protect american workers from bad bosses, abusive corporate owners. >> the u.s. chamber of commerce, corporate law firms like ones right down the street behind us are absolutely determined that this president won't have a democratic majority on the nlrb during the entire second term. >> the senate has really has not fully staffed the board for nearly a decade. why? because there's an attack on labor. >> well, folks, are you convinced yet? do you believe that there has been an attack on labor? those were clips over the last five years here on "the ed show" and now we're at the pinnacle point in my opinion when you look at the total destruction of the national labor relations

board, this has been a systemic approach by the republicans over years to get to this point to totally erase out any kind of labor law. you look at the number of states that are going right to work and all the legislation that's being offered up by radical governors who were attacking wages, blaming middle class workers for the financial woes of each one of their states. they want to put it on the back of the workers. they want to take away their voice in the workplace and now what they want to do is take away the overriding board that decides labor law in this country. they want to destroy it and the way they've done it is through obstruction, not giving president obama the nominees he wants and so now we're down to one member on the national labor relations board that is supposed to have five appointies that are political, three democratic and two republican based on who's in the white house. but, of course, they won't give that to president obama. so the last person on the labor

relations board, his term will end on august 1st just a few weeks away, and then what? do you really think between now and 2016 that the republicans are going to step to the plate and help president obama put together what fdr started 78 years ago? the answer is hell no. this is about attacking workers. this is about attacking minorities. this is about keeping the working folk down, concentrating the wealth. more corporate power, and a restrictive approach when it comes to growing our economy. now, with all of that, we have added 40 months of private sector job growth with no help from the republicans. we'll talk about that in the next segment but i want this country, every american, to understand that you don't have to be in a union to be affected by the national labor relations board because if there's no overriding arbitrator. if there's no overriding board

that can make decisions in disputes and make labor law and enforce things on behalf of workers, what do we have? we have a free-for-all in the economy. we have the only recourse of having what's known in the old days as total general strikes, which would be the worst thing that could ever happen to this economy. so as so many people put the economy on the back of president obama, what we need to realize is that, yes, there's been a bunch of philly busters in the senate but there has also been a systemic attack on workers and now they're trying to strip away the institution of the national labor relations board. it's a serious issue. get your cell phones out. i want to know what you think. today's question, if republicans kill the nlrb, should organized labor start a general strike? text a for yes, bvenlt for no to

67622 or go to our blog at ed.msnbc..com. i'm joined by atlanta mayor kassim reid and fred recommenden. great to have you with us. we need to focus is on how serious this s mayor, your thoughts on the destruction of the board. >> my thoughts we need to act like it's urgent. there are a very small number of people who are acting like this is a big deal aside from you and aside from labor and people not in unions need to wake up and get it. the nlrb has oversight for 80 million american jobs and whether you're in a union or not your wages are impacted by how the nlrb behaves and how labor is treated. so when labor is treated well, even if you're not in a union, you need to care about this and we can't make the mistake of

isolating this into an organized labor argument. if you have a job, if you're one of the folks sitting in the mainstream who walks around believing that labor doesn't impact you, you're wrong. the reason that wages have been so stagnant, the reason that there's 2 trillion in capital sitting on the sidelines is because there's no energy to raise wages and pay people what they're worth. so this nlrb standing impacts every single person that's watching this show. you got to get in the game. >> fred, the steelworkers have been on the front line of all of this for a long time. what would it mean not having an nlrb? what would that leave for workers in their future. >> the mayor is right. the nlrb has not been designed to promote issues that affect organized labor. over 85 million workers that work for private employers are covered by the national labor relations act and only function of the national labor relations board is to enforce the

provisions of that act and that act gives workers what we consider workplace democracy, give them the right to minimum wage, the nlrb set minimum wage laws, set laws for parental leaves, give workers the right to join the union if they elect to but as far as the steelworkers are concerned what this means ed, many cases that we have pending in the nlrb will not be resolved. we got cases of workers that have been locked out, workers that have tried to join our union and at the end -- interfered with by the employers and these sort of issues to the steelworkers will be left unresolved if the republicans get away with this. >> strip ago way worker protections, that's what this is. stripping away the governing body that protects workers in america to give them an avenue of grievance but when you look at the systemic approach of what has happened while conservatives are trying to get rid of the

nlrb here they are with six republican radical governors who made it their focal point and their future to go after public employees and take away their voices in the workplace, what we saw in measure 2 in ohio. what about the number, fred, of right to work legislation for the states doing this? how can we not view this as some major game plan on their part? >> well, we have to view it as a major game plan because right to work was historically contained the states in the south but now when we look at the attempts that's been made in places like ohio and indiana where right to work legislation has been put forward then we see this as a spreading phenomena, which give workers the right as we say to work for less which takes away their right to collective bargaining and take away their right to have a voice in the workplace so the irony of this, ed, when we look at what's happening in the congress today and in the senate regarding the appointments by president obama, the irony of this is, 38

companies have signed on to legislation that would go forward to try to outlaw through the d.c. circuit the president's ability to make recess appointments. of those 38 corporations that signed on to briefs supporting that decision of the d.c. courts, those 38 companies combine have gave $6 million in campaign contributions. >> wow. >> to the republicans so we have to look at this, ed, as another attempt by the republicans. this time not to put forth legislation against workers but to be inactive in legislation that would help workers. >> how does this restrict job growth in the inner city, may year? >> well, it restricts job growth because it's having a significant impact on public sector polite. really as we've gone through the worst economy in 0 years something very unusual happened. we actually had a retraction of more than 400,000 employees during the worst of the worst, generally during the worst of the worth that's when you actually need your public sector employees.

you need to focus on infrastructure, construction, roads, bridges, we actually did the opposite and because of republican intransigence we've had to lay off mass numbers of public sector employees and it's impacting the economy and it's affecting people in cities across america. >> and this inherently affects more minorities in this country, does it not? >> there's no question. i mean obviously any time you have a spike in unemployment, black people and people of color historically are disproportionately impacted but if you go back and certainly look at the presidency over the last 30 years when we've had economic downturn, there was a surge in public sector employment even under president george bush. just the opposite has occur in the last four years. >> it's been an attack, no question. >> no question. >> fred, what's the game plan to turn this around? what can be done? >> well, first of all we have to do exactly what the mayor said and make the case that this is not just a labor issue. this is an issue that has

potential of affecting 85 million workers in the private sector around this country so what we have to do is mobilize not just organized labor but workers around this country to make sure that they let their senators know from their respective areas that we expect to have redress through the national labor relations board as we have over the last -- >> for workers 2014 may be one of the biggest years ever. >> no question. >> no question it's one of the biggest years ever, but, ed, you know, this is -- this is the i epitome of the attack and attacking workers throughout this country so we have to stand up with workers throughout this country and make sure our voices are heard. >> all right, gentlemen, it's great to have you with us. kasim reed and fred, always great to have you, fred redmonds from the international steelworkers. answer today's question and share your thoughts on twitter @edshow and on facebook. we want to know your thoughts on this subject and how important

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welcome back to "the ed show" here in new orleans. in today's "rapid response" we begin with friday's job numbers. employers are becoming i would say a little bit more confident about the economy. i mean how do you really argue with the numbers? according to the latest report we have added 195,000 jobs in the last month. keeping the unemployment rate steady at 7.6%. there were some who said it would never go below 9. this is good news for the president.

it's good news for the democrats. it's good news for the country and even better news revisions show that the numbers in april and in may were better than were originally reported. now, what we have seen is 40 months, 4-0, 40 months of consecutive job growth in the private sector while president obama has been constantly vilified by conservatives about he doesn't know anything about the private sector or helping businesses out. the key here is that there has been no help, no coordination, no cooperation with republicans in any of this economic run to bring us out of what we were involved in. now, republicans have been busy, what are they doing? they're wasting america's time and money and focus by going after anti-abortion legislation and repealing obama care which simply is not going to happen. but it's a hell of a headline if you're writing. there could be a lot more positive growth if congress

would take their responsibility as seriously as they pick up their paychecks. for more let's turn to our panel, joy reid and dr. james peterson, great to have both of you here. what do these numbers mean? what do 40 months mean? >> if this were a normal recession, ed, what you would have had that deep decline, 750,000 jobs. in a normal recession you would pump incredible amounts of federal money at that because what you have to do, you see the demand in the private sector is withdrawn, something has to fill it. if the consumer doesn't fill it typically that's what the government does and that's what you saw t.a.r.p., et cetera. we started to withdraw that stimulus as soon as republicans overtook the house and haul the stimulus so you've seen this steep dropoff. the first recession in the history of this country where public sector employment

declined -- >> in federal jobs. >> in federal jobs. what we initially did help the states keep their teachers, nurses, keep their firefighters on the job. that's what stopped us from going into a depression but at the federal level congress keeps putting pressure to reduce and reduce and reduce federal employment disproportionately hurts the economy, women, et cetera. >> james, what kind of economic record could any republican candidate put forward in front of americans? >> what they put forward to their base is that we're starving government. remember, that's what they want to do. you can see that at the state level. all the republican executives of different states are doing like our economy. i think we shed 5,000 jobs at the federal level so while we're growing the private sector consistently for 40 months great for the economy imagine how much more robust it would be if we had cooperation especially at the federal level. >> would another stimulus package change things. >> if listen if -- >> the president talks about infrastructure. >> absolutely, right. >> if we were being rational about the economy right now,

what we would be doing is looking at the fact we have bridges literally collapsing. we have roads impassable. we have an infrastructure problem that in the eisenhower era would have been addressed by building a massive highway program that would give people jobs. >> i want to tie this into our next topic because here in the city of new orleans, unemployment is higher than expect. more than half of working age african-american men in this city were unemployed according to the most recent census. now, this is a dramatic increase in unemployment over the past 30 years. but we should point out over the last 30 years it was not the starvation of government or the starvation of infrastructure projects. the mayor of new orleans recently released a five-year plan by helping to attract better paying jobs in the city which calls for workforce training and support programs for small businesses. back to the panel, the both of you on this, is there any program in an inner city that would turn the unemployment

numbers around? i mean how would you do that on a state level or a local level? i mean i have some ideas on it. >> absolutely. well -- >> you'd have to earmark a sales tax. that's what i would do. a quarter-cent sales tax on municipalities that would be earmark money for jobs programs. that's just me talking. it would have to be done on a local level. your thoughts. >> remember, even the jobs growth that we're seeing right now are jobs in hospitality and service sectors which is not high paying jobs. if you complement that with public works jobs, the kind of jobs joy's working about, they could stand to use an infusion of infrastructure, federal dollars to help rebuild what has been destroyed and not repaired since katrina. >> why do you think the numbers among african men in this city are higher. >> let's look quickly nationally. white unemployment, white male unemployment, 6.2%. white female, 6%. african-american female 12%.

black unemployment male 16. 16 to 19, 43% for african-americans and in the city of new orleans exceptionally high. look where we are right now. in a building named for more morial's father because he brought this convention center to new orleans and the idea it brought the jobs with it, all the people that had to construct, that helps younger workers and we do also have a deficit. we don't have young people able to do the job we're outsourcing to india. we need to be training young people starting in high school to do stem job, research and science. >> in that last segment -- well, there you go. [ applause ] in the last segment we were talking about the outsourcing of the jobs. we should point out that 60% decline in manufacturing jobs in this city >> that's right. >> when you talk about an industrial revolution the best place to do it is where there's people who are willing to work. >> exactly. >> but when you have capital which is hard to get and minorities can't get the capital. >> that's right. >> because they don't have the resources to back them up if

business doesn't go well, what else can we do other than some kind of public/private partnership involved with federal money to turn these numbers around? >> i think it has got to start there but also long-term we have to level the playing field in terms of corporations. a lot of reasons you see the outsourcing of manufacturing jobs we allow corporations to give tax breaks to outsource those jobs so need to insent advise them to hire american workers here the. >> the democrats had a proposal on the table reward companies for bringing jobs back and they voted it down. >> i was just going to say that and the president had that too. what they wanted to do was an in-sourcing credit. essentially if you instead of outsourcing manufacturing jobs to india or mexico or to somewhere else if you do it with americans who want to work looking for jobs, then we would give you a tax credit. republicans don't want to do that. >> both of you are great. great to have you with us. always excellent insight. joy reid, james peterson. the crowd here at the essence

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back in washington. they flew them there overnight. they're going to be looking and analyzing the data in there, the performance of the plane, listen to the cockpit conversations, to what the pilots were saying when this all was happening. essentially trying to find out what happened, why this plane came in essentially too slow, too low, the tail hitting the seawall separating the san francisco bay from the airport and the runway and then slamming on to the runway and skidding down and lost the tail assembly, it lost landing gear before skidding off the runway. we also know this morning that the two victims, the two people killed in this crash are 16-year-old girls from china. they were part of one of two school groups from chinese middle schools who were coming here for summer camp which included visits to some of the college campuses here in the

northern california area. meanwhile, more than about four dozen passengers are still in the hospital with injuries to varying degrees. we know at least five of them are in critical condition, one of them an infant. ed? >> john yang reporting from san francisco here on "the ed show." thanks so much. stick around. we'll have more from the essence festival after this. you're watching "the ed show" on msnbc. introducing olay fresh effects' unstoppable skincare! when every day is a new adventure there's a new skin care line-up that can keep up. start fresh and finish sparkling 24/7

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welcome back. we're coming to you live from the essence festival here in new orleans, louisiana. we have talked a lot on this show about jobs, infrastructure, investment, tight credit, access to capital, helping small businesses, all of the things that will help the little folk of america do better in our economy but with all of this obstruction and all of this focus trying to make sure that president obama is a failure, the question comes up, what's the plan? now, we had a stimulus package. we're only three republicans ended out helping in 2009. we had the recovery of the automobile industry which people on the conservative side were ready to say, let's leave it for dead. we've seen a reinvestment in education. we've seen a priority list from the president. we've seen 40 months of private sector job growth, but still

unemployment among minorities in this country is very high. i say it's all about access to capital. i say the american dream is being robbed by a lot of people because of the concentration of wealth in this country. and what we try to do on this program is focus on the folks, on the people, what they say. where is their pulse for america right now? do they not have the spirit to want to do better? do they want to be run out of their homes by big banks who get all the money so cheap from the fed? i mean it was just a story last week, we have decided to raise interest rates on students, in fact, we've decided to double them while the congress goes home on vacation, we're turning to the young people of america saying, you know what, you're not paying enough. we need to raise the rates on you. this is what's frustrating all americans. it is a lack of fairness, now, on this program i have shown time and time again what i call

the vulture chart where you see the middle class wages in this country have been depressed for 30 years and i think it's in relationship to the attack on labor where you have seen corporate profits go through the roof, where are those profits going? they're not going to the folks. they're not going to the workers as they depress wages and attack workers' rights what do we have? we're seeing what john edwards said a long time ago two americas. now, how do we turn it around? the first thing we have to do is get a congress aware that it's not about them, that it is about the people and the people do care and the people are going to react, but, wait a minute, maybe the republicans know that and now they're attacking not only voices in the workplace, they're attacking voter rights. they're going after their voices at the polls. they're going to make it harder for the poor, they're going to

make it harder for the small people in the rural areas to have access to show their voice and vote. so there is this systemic approach by the wealth of the country to keep it just the way it is. now, if you're a conservative the world is pretty good. corporate profits are where we want them. we're depressing voting rights. we've got minorities right where we want them. we're not investing in our communities. we are tea not investing in bridges. i do think we have a few bridges in this country that could probably have a do-over, but we can't do that. we got to make sure that we give more money to the wealthiest americans. that's what mitt romney ran on. well, mitt romney was defeated so their plan now to defeat president obama and stop everything. i will make the case to you that is not where america is that these folks care about their communities, they care about their schools, they care about the future and they care about

what kind of country they're going to leave their kids >> that's right. >> but maybe i'm wrong. let's hear from them. your thoughts on what is going on in america right now. what do we have to do to continue the economic growth? what's your name? >> my name is kim joiner-shuler. >> where are you from? >> from austin, texas. >> oh, you got a lot going on down in austin, texas, as of late. >> yeah, it's been historical in the last couple of weeks with the voter and then the -- what's the -- >> attack on women's right. >> attacks on women's rights and we really have to worry about getting rick perry out of office. so -- >> what does america need right now? >> structure. we need to put people back to work. we need to decrease the student loan, the student loan hikes is a disgrace and we need to make sure that we extend the voters right for all minorities. i know that president bush

extended it before he left office, but we need to make it a mandate. it shouldn't ab an expiration date on voteing. >> do you agree with that, folks? [cheers and applause] >> your name. >> misty mostly from east st. louis illinois. >> east st. louis, illinois. >> yes. >> well, tell me about your america. what do you think? what has to happen? >> i believe we need more jobs and especially in the minority areas where we're really suffering. i also believe we need more structure. i believe politics plays a huge role in it and they're very selfish and for themselves instead of the communities and it's all about the people of america where the focus should be and we really need to get back to that so that everyone can be stable and provide for their families. >> great. great to have you with us. your name?

>> mica hughes. >> from where? >> east st. louis, illinois. >> your thoughts on america. what do we need? >> we need basically what everyone is staying, we need structures. we need politics to get out of a lot of the things that we're doing and we need to be able to provide for our families and our children and leave them with a legacy that our parents were trying in the '60s trying to leave us with so we need to really get it together as far as, you know, the president, they need to have his back, you know. and, unfortunately, we might need to get those republicans out of office so hopefully we'll have more democrats in there to help him get through. >> now, i want to point out that these are three ladies that this essence festival here in new orleans, di tell you i was going to talk to you? no. did i tell you i was going to talk to you? no. did i just put the microphone in front of you. you heard three women articulate

what their vision for america is and what they'd like to see happen. just right off the cuff. shouldn't that be somewhat of a message to a lawmaker that since you're picking up the paycheck in washington, maybe you have a responsibility to these people who have a mind, who have a heart, who have a soul, who have some concerns about where we're going? but all it is is obstruction. now, i'm frustrated because washington's doing nothing. i want my money back. >> all: yeah! >> i want my money back. i mean, i'm here working. they're paying me for working? that's right. >> well, where's the congress? you're holding a young child here. your name. >> dana christian. >> hi, dana. how are you? >> well, thank you. >> where are you from? >> new orleans. >> you are holding the future. >> i am holding the future. >> your baby.

>> that's my son colt and son bryce and husband and mother sylvia. >> you have the whole family here. what do you think of the festival. >> great and the message you're bringing and so many of our constituents from msnbc is so very important. i work in education and the politics in business that is destroying public education, i think a part of the problem of what is happening in this economy. i think in new orleans in particular we're not preparing not just here but all over this country we're not preparing our kids for 21st century jobs in the future, stem jobs, everyone has this path and we want our kids to go to college but the reality is not every kid is going to go to college so what are the opportunities and choices we're providing to them. we have to create better choices. we're creating citizens to be able to participate in the democratic process and what does that look like in the education system today? and particularly with the agenda of these republican governors. >> you are fantastic. thank you so much. god bless you.

all the bless to you and your family. >> thank you. thank you so much. i love all of you. this is the essence festival in new orleans. there's a lot more coming up on "the ed show." stay with us. we're right back. my name is lee kaufman.

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♪ now walk it by yourself do the cupid shuffle ♪ >> come on now. ♪ the cupid shuffle >> hey, this isn't so bad. ♪ cupid see you -- >> they final got it. i'm so proud. they're ready for anaheim. >> whoo! [ applause ]

>> the video of the irs members dancing to the cupid shuffle was the talk of washington for weeks, in fact, congress actually spent time and effort scrutinizing an awkward dance video? cupid, the man behind the original shuffle isn't getting enough credit. his moves made serious waves across congress and youtube alike. so let's see what the fuss is all about. cupid. >> hey. >> great to have you with us. >> thank you, thank you. [ cheers and applause ] >> from lafayette, louisiana. >> yes, sir. >> what did you think when you saw the video, your shuffle making it cool? >> well, i wish i could have kind of went and showed them before, because i saw somebody had a brace, looked like somebody got injured. >> show us how you came up with it. >> okay, to the right, to the right to the right to the right. ♪ to the left to the left to the left to the left ♪

♪ now kick now kick now kick now kick ♪ ♪ now walk it by yourself now walk it by yourself ♪ >> i like it. ♪ to the left to the left now dig now dig -- >> we have god shawn johnson from chicago. he is a dancing machine. ♪ down down do you are dance >> let's see. >> left, left, now, kick, kick, kick, walk it off. come on. walk, walk, keep moving. come on. right, right ♪ ♪ to the left >> do your dance do your dance ♪ >> now kick, kick, kick, kick, walk it out. hey, hey, walk it out. to the right. ♪ to the right to the right to the left to the left to the left ♪ ♪ now kick ♪ now kick now walk it by yourself now walk it by yourself ♪ >> oh, we've got another

contestant here. ♪ to the right to the right >> here we have joy reid. all right. joy, let's go. here we go. ♪ now walk it by yourself. >> to the right right, right, right, left, left, left, left. kick, kick, i love that she joined. walk it by yourselfment walk it by yourself. down, down do your dance do your dance. down, down do your dance do your dance. ♪ down, down do your dance ♪ down down do your dance ♪ down down do your dance >> four to the left. >> cupid got it going. he's got it going. ♪ down down do your dance >> walk it out. ♪ down down do your dance >> to the right to the right to the right, to the right. to the left, to the left. now kick four times.

now kick. kick. now walk it by yourself. walk it by yourself. to the right to the right to the right, right, right to the left, to the left, to the left, left, left. >> come on, let's hear it for cupid. now walk it by yourself. walk it by yourself. thank you. >> how's life? >> it's good. we just put you on television dancing. ♪ >> how did you come up with the shuffle? >> it felt good and i want to give a shout-out to my grandmother. that's her favorite move to the right to the left. >> she watch "the ed show"? >> yes, she's tuned in. >> let's go. let's go. but when you came up with it, and i mean it's a simple move but it's just a happy move, it's something that like everybody can a little bit of practice can get it done. >> yes, you know the type of music i make is feel-good music so we wanted to make sure the song felt good and when we recorded it it felt good.

>> what kind of response you get from young folks from around the country on it. >> everywhere i go, i say hi my name is cupid. they say what, cupid shuffle. oh, okay. >> "cupid shuffle." you got the irs folks doing it. must be really good. >> yeah, yeah, yeah. >> now, how about this little right here? he's got it. shawn, the pressure is on, brother. let's go. >> five, six, seven. to the right, to the right. >> oh. >> to the left, and do your dance ♪ ♪ let me see >> go, go, go, go. go, go, go. ♪ ♪ down down do your dance do your dance ♪ ♪ down down do your dance >> all right. cupid. >> i can't top that. >> joy reid, commentary, what do you think? >> i have to say i love the cupid shuffle. it has to be done at every party. it isn't a party until you do that.

asean might have done it. but that was hot. you have to admit. >> right, right? >> it was hot. it was hot. >> and yours wasn't bad either. i got to tell you, ed, i'm impressed with your dance moves. >> i got to drop 20 and then i'll be right. >> amen but it was all good. it was good with the 20. >> do some aerobics, you'll be all right. >> we're wrapping up "the ed show." joy, this has been a great event down at the essence festival. what's it mean to you and our team? >> first of all i have to say the essence festival, love ed schultz. it's great seeing people have a great time, great food, nothing better than new orleans. hey now with cupid, a little asean, future president of the united states. and it's just been terrific. >> all right. let's end gigging out to "the cupid shuffle." >> let's go. let's go. let's go. >> five, six, five to the right, to the right to the right, to

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