thank you howard fineman and jonathan capehart and joan walsh. thank you all for being with us. if you're out holiday shopping, get a copy of my new book, it will make you feel happier this holiday. see you monday night at 7:00 eastern for more "hardball." >> good evening, americans and welcome to the ed show. let's get to work. >> let's go. let's go. let's get to work. >> let's get to work. >> one of the missions i had when i came to msnbc was that president obama had just been elected. i wanted to do health care. >> you need to pay attention to what's happening in your backyard. >> fixing health care in this country is a moral obligation. >> what is our soul as a country is what the next generation is going to have to answer. >> when we start picking and choosing neighborhoods of who's going to get the resources and

who's not going to get the resources, we will lose this country. >> should be talking about infrastructure, investment, investment in education and investment in workers and going round two on health care. [ applause ] >> i want to repeal the law of the land. is that clear? >> we will not back down from that fight. >> liberals, that's who we are. we care about our neighbors. >> i've been very proud to do that. >> let's get to work. >> good to have you with us tonight, thanks for joining us. it has been an interesting year here "the ed show." it's 5:00, son of a gun, good to be here. some things have not changed. i have never stopped and our team has never stopped fighting for the issues that impact you and your family. every day when our team comes to

work and puts this broadcast together we think about what we call the four pillars of american life, health care, jobs, education and equality. this is what the ed show has always been about here, the men and women of america and how these four pillars affect you and your family. that's why our favorite interviews this year go beyond the politicians and newsmakers. they are the real people sharing their stories. so as we look ahead to 2014, let's look back on 2013 the year in real view with our top ten interviews with folks just like you. >> i'm joined by two peoples whose lives have been greatly improved by the affordable health care act. they join me tonight.

can you just tell us your story? that's what america wants to hear. what has this law done for you? >> this law has truly saved me. as a youth, 18-year-old, i fell very ill at college and had a stroke, resulted in open heart surgery and but from that point on, i became a preexisting condition. >> i believe that health care is a human right, not a privilege, thanks to obamacare, my daughters have access to preventative care that they need as cancer survivors. >> there's more on detroit and i want to show you what's happening in the neighborhoods. let's turn to a detroit resid t resident, lee davies, in a neighborhood where perfectly nice homes are being demolished in lee's neighborhood. good to have you with us tonight. you called my radio show this week and said very profound things. >> we have been fighting to try to stabilize this neighborhood and keep residents in this area. the state of michigan's office

of urban and metropolitan initiatives got grant money from the federal government to tear down blited and condemned homes saying they are going to meet with us to work on finding houses that we deem that were blited and needed to be torn down and work together to get that done. >> did that happen? >> no, in the process of doing that, they came down and actually started tearing down houses that people were renovating. this is the corporate footprint of governance on detroit. it is a community fighting against a corporate takeover. >> it is. melissa tomlin son joins us here. i appreciate your time tonight. your response to the way the governor responded to you. was it demeaning? how do you feel, now that you have had this exchange with a governor of new jersey, who has cut 6,000 teachers and a billion dollars out of the budget, claiming that he is a big advocate of fixing public

schools, you go back at him and say he's blaming the teachers. break it down for us. >> districts all over our state are feeling the pressure of trying to meet their budgetary needs. we have these new common core state standards coming out which are absolutely draining our budgets. they haven't been validated or researched. they are developmentally inappropriate. the whole package that the educational system itself is being sold needs to be analyzed. >> how offendsed were you by the governor? >> i was very taken aback. i wanted to get some points in with him. wasn't able to. >> joining me now is shannon watts, founder of moms demand action for gun sense in america. >> we are not anti-gun and not against the second amendment. we support people who want to

follow the second amendment. but it needs to be more regulated. that's clear in the out of control gun violence epidemic we have in the country. they don't want us to talk about how we protect the eight children and teens shot and killed in this country every day. this has to happen and change will come. >> a toronto teen is leading the fight against gm os. >> should we trust a company like monsanto? >> we need people to stands up to these bioteches as possible. >> we welcome to "the ed show", rachel parent, founder of kids right to know. why is this bad for america? >> well, first of all, there are many health risks, including allergies and even organ damage. it's funny that the corporations

spend so much money on trying to avoid gmo labeling and the movement is getting bigger and bigger. >> sara slayman, women's rights activist from texas. when this bill first passed, you said you considered leaving texas. you stayed there to fight and what has the response been? >> the people are exhausted. we have done our part and that's why i join you in demanding reform of the filibuster in the senate. we cannot allow another generation to be saddled with these idealogical votes. we need reform now. i read an encouraging article today that female senators are open to change. just because the senate lives by 18th century laws does not mean that the rest of the united states and people in need of abortion should live by 18th century laws. i think we hit the bottom in

texas bagsed on discriminatory standards like race and sex. we've hit rock bottom. >> let's bring in john connelly. i want to ask you, what did ted cruz lie about on the senate floor? >> john connelly, thought he was on right track in life. the son of a new jersey auto mechanic, the first in his family to go to college when he enrolled in rutgers in 2009 but doesn't doesn't know what he'll do when he graduates he end of the semester. quote, i kind of did everything i was quote, unquote, supposed to be doing he says. the cost of a lost generation -- >> kind of bizarre that he's blaming law that was passed in 2010 on trends that go back well past 2007. a little over half of people my age, 25 and under, are actually employed full-time. and of those people, we've seen our wages decrease.

we're facing stalled careers and at the same time we're straddling huge debt loads and mortgages and houses we can't afford. >> how did it make you feel when you found out the senator from texas, whom i understand you've never met and never had a conversation with. >> absolutely. >> how does he make he used your story in an attempt to defund obama care and distorted your situation? >> i feel it was almost as if he told his office to find the worst example of the point he was trying to pull. i -- first off, only found out i was mentioned in his speech as i was on my way to an optometrist appointment that i could still go to because i was still on my father's insurance thanks to obamacare. my little sister has preexisting conditions, would be unable to have health insurance under the kind of free market distoep ya that ted cruz would like to push

for. but she can have insurance under obamacare. i am not only an example of someone who isn't being hurt by oba obamacare being passed but whose family is benefitting. >> the next story is a perfect example of why republicans should leave obamacare alone. dan seek co-a 26-year-old freelance sports writer. this young man has played by the rules his entire life. as soon as dan turned 26 years old he lost his health care and as a freelance writer, let me tell you, folks, you can't go around the corner and buy any private health insurance plan you want. then after losing his health care at the age of 26, just a few months after that, through no fault of his own, he was diagnosed with nonhodge kin's lymphoma bought in february. where is dan? he's facing the monumental task of figuring out how in the world he's going to pay for cancer

treatment so he can have a chance at a long life. let me bring in dan himself. let me ipt deuce you to this gentleman. >> how are you doing, ed? >> what do you want america to know? >> it's not fair for people to have to live with something like cancer or diabetes and not get the treatment they need just because they can't get insurance. or if they want to pay out-of-pocket, go into debt, millions and millions of dollars. for me, i'm lucky, i've had friends and family to help me raise money and get through what i've had to deal with over the past seven months but there are people less fortunate than myself that because of health care or lack there of -- >> now, with obamacare kicking in, what are you going to be able to do? >> i'm going to be able to get health insurance with my preexisting condition. >> and, is that a life changer for you? >> absolutely. without question. >> don't go away. real view 2013 continues.

next, plus we'll bring you our favorite moments on the road. >> this isn't right. this isn't left. this is fairness. as the political conservative movement in america understands one thing, power. >> the perception that we're the party of the rich unfortunately continues to grow. >> 47% with him who are depended on them who believe they are victims. >> that's frustrating. >> they play for power and not the people. that's their world but that's not the real america. that's not the real america. >> new york city, here we come. let's get to work. [ male announcer ] at progresso, we believe the second chapter of your life should be just as bold as the first. try the new bold flavors of heart healthy soup from progresso.

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the course of the 2012 presidential campaign in a major way. a working class bartender in florida before he jumped into the national spotlight. he was the man whoe taped the infamous mitt romney 47% fundraiser. after his tape became public he went undergrounds to protect himself with his girlfriend. he reached out to "the ed show" own the eve of president obama's second inauguration. he told me that he wanted to reveal his identity on our show. then in march of 2013, the ed show revealed the biggest mystery of the 2012 campaign. >> how much of that gets -- >> because people aren't watching. >> big morning in politics here. >> a political earthquake in the presidential race. >> president obama's base of voters believe they are victims -- >> potential could be a

potential game changer. >> the recording that ignited a media firestorm. >> i understand there's a video that's been on the internet. >> the secret video that began a political collapse. >> in this case, it's completely wrong. >> for first time you'll find out all of the details. what was it like in the room? what did mitt romney say that was so offensive? and who shot the secret video that change the course of history? >> what is your name. what are you all about? >> my name is scott prouty, i'm a regular guy, middle class, hard working guy. you know, i think i have a good moral compass and core and i think i have a little bit of empathy, i think i have more empathy that mitt romney had. i don't know how i describe myself, but i was behind this whole thing, bartending that

night for the romney fundraiser. >> let's talk about may 17th. what happened that day? >> we got there. it was a you know, political fundraiser, we did our usual thing and set up and -- you know, went off without a hitch. i work high end parties all over for extra money. and it was just really just another typical party that have done plenty of them just like it. >> did you know you were going to record him? >> i did -- i had brought the camera and a lot of other people brought cameras for thinking that he would come back and take pictures and clinton did come back with the staff and taken pictures. that was my thought. i hadn't really made up my mind. i was willing to listen to what he was going to say and interested to hear what he was going to say. but i hadn't -- didn't go there

with a grudge against romney. i was more interested as a voter. >> this next clip we have is really an attention grabber. i understand it was for you. he's talking about being lucky and born and born with a silver spoon and transitions to talking about china, which really caught your attention. here it is. >> when i was back in my private equity days, we went to china to buy a factory, 20,000 people and almost all young women between the ages of 18 and 22 or 23. they were saving for potentially becoming married and they worked in a huge factories and made various small at a plinss. as we were working through this facility seeing them work, the number of hours they worked and pittance they earned living in dormitories with the little bathrooms at the ends of maybe ten rooms and the rooms had 12 girls per room. three bunk beds.

and a huge fence. around this factory was a huge fence with barbed wire and guard towers. we said, gosh, i can't believe you keep these girls in. no, no, this is to keep other people from coming in because people want so badly to come work in this factory that we have to keep them out or they'll come in here and start working and try to get competence sated. this is to keep people out. >> at this point, you wanted to make sure you got what he was saying. >> i wanted to get -- >> that wasn't your intention when you started but as it unfolded you know were taking measures to protect the recording. >> i wanted to make sure it wasn't -- i had a secret service agent behind me and number one, we're never told that this was a secret meeting or private meeting or don't bring cameras. there was plenty of people in the room with cameras. there was a reception area and people were taking video. there was a videographer there with camera on a tripod and

microphone and sound man. so many people in the room. tefs never said to us don't bring cameras but at this point i realized this was not your typical speech. >> so this was the clip that motivated you to go public? >> 100%, absolutely. >> let's look at the 47% comment which you admit and we all know got the most play out of all of this. >> the 47% of the people vote for the president no matter what. 47% who are dependent and believe they are victim and believe the government has a responsibility to care for them. who believe they are entitled to health care, food and housing, you name it. >> what was your response initially? >> you know, i knew where he came from. he was born with all of the advantages, advantages that few people have, son of a governor, ceo, you know, prep school educated and harvard educated. and i don't think he has any clue what a regular american

goes through on a daily basis. i don't think he has any idea what a single mom taking a bus to work and dropping her kid off at a day care, she can barely afford, hopping on another bus. the day in and day out struggles of every day americans, that guy has no idea. no idea. and i don't think he'll ever have an idea. >> still ahead, our favorite interview of the year. if you haven't already fallen in love with this young star on the rise, you will. plus, i'll take you jetting across the country. where does the united states get most of its energy? is it africa? the middle east? canada? or the u.s.? the answer is... the u.s. ♪ most of america's energy comes from right here at home. take the energy quiz. energy lives here.

going around america is a big part of telling the story. ♪ >> should be talking about infrastructure investment. >> a thriving, rising middle class. >> investment in education. >> and dynamic cutting edge economy. >> and going in round two on health care. >> going back with a serious note, kind of an edge. >> we'll bring you the top interview of the year coming up, but first, this year we logged more than 200,000 miles from coast to coast and across the pond. now here's some of the highlights of our travels of 2013. >> we want ed!

>> we're going back to work. >> live from minneapolis. >> live from miami, florida. >> live from seattle, washington. >> live from the essence festival in new orleans, louisiana. >> live from washington, d.c. >> it has been an eventful day in washington, d.c. >> very enthusiast crowd all day long. >> day of reflection. >> i'm a product of force busing for racial equality. i take you back to the '70s where diversity was a word that was foreign to america but it was the future. >> a reminder to all of us where we have come a long way, we still have a long way to go. >> we've got to get our young people involved and i hope that they've absorbed the spirit. >> the dream can only be realized if we pay attention to what's going on in our own backyard. >> isn't it amazing, talking about voting rights 50 years ago and here we are -- >> my mother and father fought the fight 50 years ago and my

daughter has to fight in the future. >> fight for diversity, understand its strength. >> i think in new orleans in particular, we're not preparing not just here but all over this country, not preparing our kids for 21st century jobs in the future. everyone has this and we want our kids to go to college. but the reality is not every kid will go to college. what an opportunity we're providing to them. >> 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 wanted. we're not investing in our communities. >> hell no you can't. >> we've got to make sure we give more money to the wealthiest americans. that's what mitt romney ran on. >> corporations are people my friend. >> he was defeated so the plan now is 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 and they care about their schools and they care about the future and they care about what kind of country they are going to leave their kids. but maybe i'm wrong. let's hear from them. your thoughts on what is going on in america right now? >> we need to put people back to work and need to decrease the student loan, student loan hike is a disgrace. and we need to make sure we extend the voters right for all minorities. >> do you agree with that, folks? [ applause ] >> i did a town hall radio meeting in birmingham because i want to hear what the people have to say. it all started in alabama with dr. king and after speaking to the people of jefferson county, there is no doubt racism is alive and well in the south. and i think it's growing. >> this is what an alabama public school teacher came to the microphone and said. >> i have been a part of public

education since 1970 when the schools were first integrated, i see more hatred in the south now than i ever saw in 1970. and i'll tell you why. it's being preached in the pulpits and in the white churches. they are teaching people that if you vote anything but republican, you're going to hell pretty much. >> oh, mr. o'reilly, couldn't you have used that sound bite. you know a heck of a lot more. it's all stereo typing, isn't it? >> going to be jumping into a spit fire to save london. >> all of things that made america great, equal rights, civil rights, workers rights, women's rights and now under attack by the conservative movement in our country. >> i enjoyed a lot of things in london. it was fun. they want to hear from a liberal in the perspective of a liberal in american politics.

interesting questions from the folks at oxford at one brit said to me, it appears that the gentleman from texas seems to be causing quite a bit of difficulty as of late. i couldn't disagree with that at all. >> it reminds me of the shakespeare line, thou protest too much. >> a hot bed of important issues that have national implications. >> governor crist, good to have you with us. are you confident if you're governor, if you set up a state exchange it would be as successful as kentucky, rhode island, california, new york, would florida and would you resource it properly to make sure it would be beneficial to all of these people? >> absolutely. and you know, you mentioned kentucky specifically. and the governor there has done a great job. >> two senators from kentucky, mitch mcconnell and rand paul who wants to be the president of the united states, these two sno

senators have been the biggest obstructers and bad mouthers of obamacare anywhere in the country. look what's happening in their own backyard. >> kentucky is leading the way in health care reform. over the course of the next year or two, you'll have a very big success for affordable health coverage in this whole country. >> the ed show team was on the ground in virginia, ahead of the one of the most important governor races. >> we need terry mcauliffe in the governor's mansion. we absolutely have to have him. >> we hope to never hear the name cuccinelli again after tuesday. >> get out here and cast our vote. >> looking out for his future and want to make sure that it's a society we want him to grow up in. >> ed is the working man's friend and god bless him. >> our favorite interview of the year. we love him. social media loves this kid. a 10-year-old political rising star. >> believe in yourself and fight for what you believe in because

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we are black and we are proud. we are white and we are proud. no matter what the color is and if you're asian, chinese, it doesn't matter. you shouldn't be closing schools without seeing what's happening in the schools. >> welcome back. when i first saw that videotape i went wow, we got to get that kid on tv. 10-year-old ashawn johnson. speaking his peace. in 2013 the ed show got to know this gentleman. his mother is a public school advocate and worker in chicago. they joined us down at the essence festival in new orleans, louisiana, also involved in the march on washington and of course was also right here in

our studios in new york city. he is so much more than a political activist. he plays football and basketball and xbox, like millions of other kids across america. i have never met a young man who was more determined to speak out for racial and economic justice at the age of 10 years old. he's a phenomenal kid. this makes him our top real person in 2013. >> one 9-year-old student at a rally had no problem giving mayor rahm emanuel a piece of his mind. >> rahm emanuel thinks that we all are toys and he can come into our schools and move all of our kids all over and we can build, let's take this out, we don't care about these kids. they need safety. rahm emanuel is not caring about

our schools and our safety. he only cares about his kids. he only cares about what he needs and do not care about nobody else but himself. should be investigating the schools and not closing them and supporting the schools, not closing them. [ applause ] this is racism right here. this is racism. we are black and we are proud. we are white and we are proud. no matter what the color is, no matter if you're asian, chinese, it doesn't matter. you should not be closing these schools without walking into them and seeing what is happening in these schools. >> well, ashean johnson got the attention of rahm emanuel. his school avoided closure at the last minute but 50 other schools weren't so lucky. >> what motivated you to do that

that day? >> we just came off of a three-day march before the schools closings were happening, before the vote was in. and i felt like i needed to come straight to rahm emanuel and tell him that he should not be closing these schools without looking into them himself and seeing how good they are. and how would -- why would you close all of these schools if you can't -- cps knows everything and maybe rahm emanuel, you say they are underperforming, why didn't them resources in the first place so they could have them and succeeding school. >> asean, do you think rahm emanuel got your message? >> yes, but he still is not listening to the kids or the teachers. he's still not listening to them. no matter how big we make a difference, we all need to come together as united as one so he

can hear the message and everybody in chicago and everywhere where school closures, come together as a unity to stop school closures wherever you're at. >> what does it mean when you close a school down in a community and force kids to go somewhere else? you made a comment, you either want to build prisons or schools. correct. tell us about that? >> you're base he cically take school down you're building more prisons. when you take a school down, they need that public education in order to have know wrong from right. you can have conscience but you might not listen to it. it's for the kids and children to listen to your conscience, and to your parents and teachers. make sure that you have mostly everything that you're set. if you get a gang violence, you

can get shot down, a lot of possibilities can happen. i have a dream. i'm marching for education, justice and freedom. i encourage all of you to keep dr. martin luther king jr.'s dream alive. >> congratulations back 50 years, john lewis was 23 years old, congressman and youngest person ever to speak at the rally and now you have that dubious distinction. and you had april lot to say. asean, congratulations. what was it like standing in front of there in front of all of these folks? >> i felt pretty proud of myself just to know that i -- i have changed the world and i have made a big difference in my life. >> well, it has made a big difference. where do you get the guts at the young age to speak up at the age of 9 years old and telling it like it is? >> well, i really think i get it from my parents and great grandfather. he was at that march when dr.

martin luther king spoke. i feel proud to know my grandfather was here 50 years ago and now i'm here 50 years later. >> i have a dream. >> our favorite trenders of 2013, plus -- forget the scripts we're doing it live. >> look at the show uncensored stay with us. >> he's a dancing machine. ♪ to the left to the left honestly, my kids are hard to impress... so i got the windows nokia tablet. it's, well, impressive. it's got the brightest hd screen, super-fast 4g lte, so my son can play games and movies almost anywhere, and it's got office for school stuff. but the best part? i got the lumia 928 for my daughter for free, with the best low-light smartphone camera this side of the north pole. dad for the win. mm! mm! mm! ♪ honestly, i want to see you be brave ♪

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get back to work. >> sharknado strikes. >> sharknado, what happens when you combine sharks with a tornado. >> you're going to need a bigger boat. >> social media jumped on the sharknar doxt bandwagon. >> 5,000 tweets a minute. >> we created a sharknado moment. >> now it's headed for the big apple. >> check out the latest dust-up from chris christie and rand paul, two gop favorites, squeal over spending. sno senator paul, maybe you should start looking at cutting the pork barrel spending he brings home to kentucky, most washington politicians only care about bringing home the bacon. >> king of bacon talking about bacon. >> unexplained bacon. >> not true. i don't vote to bring home any bacon. >> i never feel like i get enough bacon. >> will cooler heads prevail

over a few cool ones? >> if we can sit down, i'm inviting him for a beer. >> i don't really have time for that at the moment. >> oh, dear lord. >> more trash talk. >> eddie shultz is back. >> i'm back. >> the fact republicans want to use the debt limit to take away your health care is down right dangerous. >> frothing at the mouth about treasonous john boehner. >> hannity targets me over trees an. >> the treasonous john boehner. >> they will not pay the bills to get their way. >> wonder what williams and brokaw and lauer think of this knucklehead. >> i've got to tell you, that's what carl marx believed. >> we live in a country where if you want to drink out of a red solo cup or crystal stem, you have the opportunity to do that. >> marsha blackburn's cup runneth over with scare tactics.

>> next thing you can't buy that solo cup. >> you can't buy an inexpensive blouse. >> where did you get those clothes? at the toilet store? >> you can't buy a pair of shoes that cost less pair? >> these were $300. >> let's get him. >> come on. this is absolutely ridiculous. end zone. >> as i look at the end time scholarship tour, this says to me the leaf is on the fig tree. >> michele bachmann lies about syria. of. >> president obama waived a ban on allowing terrorists ordering to allow weapons to go to the syrian opposition. u.s. taxpayers are now paying to give arms to terrorists, including al qaeda. >> and predicts apocalypse. >> and we are to understand the signs of the times. >> this city is headed for a disaster of biblical proportions. >> we need to rejoice. come lord jesus. his day is at hand. >> old testament. >> real wrath of god type stuff.

>> when we see up is down and right is called wrong. >> human sacrifice, dogs and cats, living together, mass hyster hysteria! ♪ it's the end of the world as we know it ♪ up next, our producers bring you their favorite unscripted ed moments. "the ed show." but first, 2013 gave us the rise of ted cruz and some "ed show" graphics gold. here's what we are calling cruzza palooza. here comes ted cruz. >> so i got to thinking green eggs and ham. and i love this story so i'm going read it to you. >>i canadian senator ted cruz o

texas. >> i do not like them here or there, i do not like them anywhere. >> french-canadian senator, ted cruz. >> eat them, eat them, here they are. >> wacko bird senator from texas, ted cruz. >> do you like green eggs and ham? i do not like them, sam i am. i do not like green eggs and ham. >> canadian senator ted cruz of texas. >> i do so like green eggs and ham. thank you, thank you, sam i am. >> canadian-born senator from texas, ted cruz.

i want you to know, we have a wonderful team of segment producers. i've got a lot of respect for them. think about that, having to write for me when i go off on a tangent. here on "the ed show," which these producers help me craft, i believe, what are some real killer shows that cut to the issues. however, folks, this is live television. and oftentimes, i kind of get them a little bit nervous when i start following my heart and it takes off. here's a look at the ed show unscripted 2013. >> he is a dancing machine! ♪ to the left

♪ >> we just put you on television dancing. ♪ >> since we have this theme of talking about negotiations, i thought we would negotiate, because i think he is the perfect independent that the democrats have to win over. he's got the working man hat. he's got the sweatshirt. he is the perfect independent that we have to convince that it's their fault! it's -- these are the guys who don't like the middle class. >> everybody trying to figure out exactly what cap to wear. what team are you on? >> i do believe its -- i do i do i do.

>> pay no attention to that man behind the curtain! >> i'm going to give you a little bit too much information tonight. the five years that we've been living in new york, i found this store down in soho, and i just love these shoes. you know, i can wear them kind of dressy, they're comfortable and they're casual. it's all rolled into one. i bought about ten pairs of these things, i'm going to buy another pair of shoes just like these. one final question about tourism. do you think that overweight red headed broadcasters who love to fish can get a free fishing license for maybe a weekend? >> absolutely. i can you qualify for that, no doubt. and ex quarterbacks, too. ♪ ♪ to the right to the left

>> all right, joy. here we go. ♪ walking by yourself ♪ down down do your thing ♪ do your thing ♪ down down do your thing >> and that's "the ed show." i'm ed schultz. i'll see you back here when we all get to work in 2014.

caught on camera. a mother cheers on her teenage daughter in an after-school fight. >> i was appalled. >> a mcdonald's customer loses her cool over chicken mcnuggets. >> i've never experienced an assault over fast food. >> this woman puts a couple's cat in the trash. >> when i saw the video, there was shock first. >> a donkey sent soaring into the sky on a parasail. and violence erupts at a tow yard. >> he came here to kill everybody. he was on a mission. >> fights that are bold. >> she wasn't going to stand back this time.