the kids and when did he finalize his divorce and how many days in a trailer qualifies for hardship? the answer to that is never. "the ed show" is up next. good evening, americans. welcome to "the ed show" live from new york. let's get to work. >> listen, when it comes to unemployment insurance -- >> unemployment insurance that millions of americans rely on for support of their families as they look for work. >> they need assistance. they've deserved it. they've earned it. >> how many times have we talked about this? >> for three decades, we have sought to solve the problems of unemployment. >> house republicans block the

house from even considering extending this essential lifeline. >> to give voice to the nearly 1.5 million americans just like me who now have no unemployment insurance -- >> it had to be paid for. >> this is an emergency. it should not be paid for in the course around here. >> we need to have it paid for. >> it's got to be paid for. >> make this government truly work for those who pay for it. >> it had to be paid for. good to have you with us tonight, folks. thanks for watching. let's roll it back if we can to december. a little over a month ago, we were talking quite a bit about unemployment extension and the deal that was going to be made when it came to the budget. what was the right thing to do? what was the wrong thing to do?

whether the democrats should trust the republicans. i said it was a bad deal at the time and there were 94 house members who agreed with me and voted against it. fast forward to today. we got a decision to make. this past friday president obama signed a $1.1 trillion spending bill. this budget was passed by the house and the senate quickly and rarely in bipartisan fashion and all that kind of stuff, but at the time i said this is bad karma. this is a bad deal. this is not good for america. if we're going to push forward with a conversation about our priorities, why would you do this deal? it didn't make any sense to me. let's have the greater discussion. now we're at 1.5 million unemployu unemployed americans who have been abandoned by this budget.

republicans blocked an unemployment extension and now congress, they got a ten-day vacation. it's good work if you can get it. senator john mccain steps up and gives a bogus excuse for senate gridlock on unemployment. >> this is a system that needs to be fixed. it needs to be modified. we need to have it reviewed. we need to have it paid for. all of those things. if we could have open debate in the united states senate and amendments, then maybe we could make it better in the long run. >> we have to have it paid for. why didn't the democrats say that when we were rolling into iraq? we never figured that out, but that was a long time ago. unemployed americans don't want to hear from senate mccain or harry reid about an extension if we have to listen to this

minutia in the senate. i want to go back to this word "trust." democrats decided last december to trust the republicans, that they were going to make a real effort to come forward and figure out this unemployment extension. they trusted john boehner. they trusted mitch mcconnell. they have trusted the guys who have given us the era of obstruction. it was a huge mistake on the part to have democrats. is this monday morning quarterbacking? i guess you could say that. but we were on the record saying, don't do this. you can't trust these guys. now look what's happening. congress has skipped town for vacation while 1.5 million americans are left out in the cold. you can't trust the republicans to do the right thing. these guys are not willing to

work with president obama on anything. where the christmas spirit in the cold days of january? 1.5 million, the number is growing. they're left out. i just hope that the democrats have learned a lesson. how many more times are these guys going to gain you? you can't trust them. this is why democrats need to fight republicans extremely hard on the transpacific partnership agreement. i do believe in my heart -- i will show you charts in a moment. i do believe right down to my bone, this is the firewall for the middle class in america. this cannot go through. the democrats better figure that out. that means all hands on deck. don't one or two or three fall by the wayside and say i have to go along with this trade deal

because the president wants it. every democrat should say no to fast track and say no to this trade deal. this trade deal would outsource good paying jobs to countries like vietnam. i think this deal is going to become a major campaign issue in the midterms. in terms of the economy, we have a long way to go before the midter midterms. democrats are going to have to run against this tpp because this is going to go on for a while. the facts are very clear. every time there's a free trade deal, our trade deficit grows and jobs go somewhere else on the globe. this is our trade deficit with china. that's a sea of red. can we make it even redder than that? back in 2001, china was given the preferred nation trading status. oh, they're good folks. they're not going to manipulate

their currency. this is really going to be a good deal. since then our trade deficit with china has skyrocketed. in 2012, our trade deficit with china stood at roughly $540 billion. it's estimated the united states has lost 2.7 million jobs as a result of this trade deficit with china. tell me where the victory is. this shows our trade deficit with mexico. since nafta was passed in 1994, this trade deficit has gone through the roof. it's estimated the united states has lost over 680,000 because of

that deal with mexico. that's the effect it had. the numbers, if you want to be a numbers guy -- the numbers tell a real different story on trade deals in america. no trade deal has ever created jobs in america. there's no way anybody can say the tpp will create jobs at home. democrats dropped the ball on unemployment as i see it. they're not going to get this done, but they can make up for it by coming back and fighting hard against a trade agreement that's going to create more unemployment americans. this is as bad as it's ever been in america since the great depression in terms of unemployment. we're going to have all kinds of problems, folks. democrats need to send a clear

message to the president of the united states that his team is leading him into a field where this dog don't hunt. we hear a lot about creating jobs. how many times has boehner come out and said, where are the jobs? this is about protecting american workers. how about we do that? since these guys won't help us create jobs, democrats, how about protecting some industries and some american jobs if they're not going to help us create anything? here's what's going to happen in the halls of congress. let me tell you, they're lobbying hard on this. the corporatists, they're out lobbying big time. the pharmacists and big oil that don't pay their fair share. these are the folks who are doing the bidding. they're going to go into some senate offices and they're going to say, hey, look, i really need

your support on this. you know, we're going to bring x amount of jobs to your state if you give us this tpp. give the president fast track. this is one of the few things we agree with on the president. we have brought him around to understand business and this is what we really have to have, as if the oil companies don't have enough, as if their standards are up for trade. it's road kill is what it is. they're going to try to intimidate some lawmakers and say, you could be facing so-and-so who we really like. if you stand for the middle class, if you stand for workers in this country, if you believe that there is a real disparity when it comes to wages in america, and if you are truly in your heart for the middle class, you cannot go into this building

and support tpp. the president has got it totally wrong across the board. as the hourglass as turned on the middle class in america, there's some real bad discussions going on about what we're going to do to fix it. if you think we're having a discussion right now not about long-term in unemployment in this country and not continue through this deal, you've got another thing coming. get your cell phones out. tonight's question -- before we go to the question, i want to go to a challenge to any elected official in washington. maybe there's some information out there that i don't know. we have called the white house and we have asked for one of their economic advisers to come on to "the ed show" and explain to us. show me what is going to happen. show me the numbers.

give me a ledger on how this is going to create american jobs. they can't do it. no one in congress can. all right the question tonight -- do you think the president will back down on tpp? text a for yes. text b for no. you can always go to our blog. we'll bring the results later on in the show. let me bring in a congressman from washington. he's been working on this in the middle of the country, trying to get a real pulse of where folks in the middle of the country are on this issue. the other reason we're going to him is because i consider him to be unspoiled. this is his first term in the united states congress. and these are just the kind of guys they're going to try to intimidate to try to get to break. i don't think they can do it to this gentleman. good to have you with us tonight. is there any plan right now that

you know of to extend the unemployment benefits right now that is going to work with republicans? >> that's what we're trying to do. i'm back home in wisconsin this week. i'm actually in rock county. it's a county that's split between my congressional district and paul ryan's congressional district. it's been harder hit than most parts of the state. gm closed down a plant. parker pen had 1,000 jobs here. it's been really hurt. i see it every day when i come through the county. i don't if the other congressman sees it for this county. we just had a press conference. i was talking to a woman. she lost her benefits. her car got in an accident. she's getting $50 for food for the food pantry and is still

looking for work. it's taking care of real americans who have worked hard and paid into the system most of their life. >> can we say now that the republicans have gamed the democrats on unemployment extensions? the word trust is gone. you can't trust this crowd once this budget deal was made. or maybe you have a different view of it, sir. >> no, there shouldn't be a deal. we should do this because it's the right thing to do. i think that's what we're trying to argue for. five times under president bush, we did this without any strings attached in a bipartisan way. now they're trying to make this a trade to gain and you're playing with real peoples' lives. half of congress is millionai s millionaires. maybe that's part of the problem. we have to convince republicans in the house to take this for a vote. >> the case that i'm making here tonight is if we're not going to

do anything for the long-term unemployed, we better be prepared for the long term ahead. this is going to be a generational conversation about what we do with people who can't find jobs and the numbers are only going to grow. it's like a domino effect. i hope the democrats can stand shoulder to shoulder on this. we know we can't trust republicans on this. they're all about the corporations. the corporations can't make enough money for the republicans. where is this all going to end up, and what does in your estimation the president need to do? >> well, there's two issues. one is the transpacific partnership, this bad trade deal that you've laid out. a lot of us are concerned for labor and environmental and food

safety reasons. but the most immediate thing is the fast track legislation. that is one where there may be some bipartisan support because the fast track legislation takes away congress and the people's ability to debate the issue and amendment it. it was just introduced in washington. i know 151 democrats and the house have signed a letter saying we oppose fast track. 27 republicans have signed the letter. we shouldn't give that kind of prerogative to the president on a trade deal that's been negotiated in secret among corporations and not members of congress. >> appreciate your time on this subject. remember to answer tonight's question at the bottom of the screen. we always want to know what you think in your tweet world. thanks so much.

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side of this issue with the workers, but it really now a determination and a decision that has to be made by the president. the president is looking at this executive order to raise the minimum wage for about 2 million federal workers. do you think it would get the ball rolling across the board and make it easier to get a full minimum wage hike done? your thoughts on this, sir. >> it's going to reframe the argument and bring the argument to the forefront of the national debate. we're going to be stuck in the house. there's no way boehner will bring up a minimum wage bill. we're saying, this is something that we need to do. i think it can help reframe the debate to have this national discussion. this discussion is going to be about family values. that's what these issues are

about. they're about family values and the minimum wage is front and center in that debate. >> since the 1960s, if minimum wage kept up with inflation, it would be about $20 right now. it seems to me they could go half way to where it would be if it kept up with inflation. if boehner is not going to do anything, what options do you have? how big of a campaign issue is this? >> the president has to act and he has to act boldly. we need to have use this as an issue throughout this year and see how it plays in the fall. we've got to energize the base. too many times we've shied away from it. there's going to be a way to slowly put this in place. we don't want to drop it on a business person tomorrow

morning, but we have to get it in place and we have to make sure that it ramps up and the average american as we make these political arguments -- that the average american realizes there's a level of unfairness if you work 40-plus hours a week and still can't get by. you raise your family properly. you work hard. you should not live in the poverty in the united states. we're the wealthiest country in the history of this planet by far. this is a small, small ask. the economy will adjust and continue to move forward. it is about demand side. we have to move away from the supply side economics and hopefully someone in warren, ohio, will get a crumb that falls off the table.

>> disposable income is really what's going to move this economy. this isn't just restricted to our borders. pope francis spoke again about economic inequality. what he said in a letter, i ask you to ensure that humanity is served by wealth and not ruled by it. i mean, this is helping the democrats and the progressives keep the discussion alive and coming at it from a religious vantage point. doesn't this help? doesn't this heighten the awareness in different communities in this country? >> well, i love this new pope, i tell you. he can just keep talking as far as i'm concerned. i hope he comes to america soon and drives his message home to the american catholic community and the american people. that would be huge. him talking about this and

talking about it on a global level -- you were talking about the trade agreement with japan and vietnam and other countries. that's what we're talking about, lifting people up in other countries so they're not losing their jobs and we're not losing our jobs. we're the most powerful economy in the world. >> great to have you with us. appreciate your time tonight, sir. thanks so much. coming up, the golden boys of the republican party are losing their shine. we'll talk about the conservative fall from grace in the rapid response panel coming up. still ahead an nfl heading for the super bowl shares his story about how lucky he is to be alive. thousands of other future stars lives have been lost. next, we'll have an update on richard sherman. he's speaking out about his fiery comments after the big

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welcome back to "the ed show." i'll change to a story i find very interesting. i among with other americans took a lot of flak for defending richard sherman after his postgame interview about michael crabtree on sunday night. his so-called rant made him the top trending topic on twitter. >> a lot of the response was shockingly hateful and down right racist. some called him a thug, a monkey, and many used racial slurs. in the heat of the moment, he was passionate. there is no excuse for folks turning this into an issue of race. >> and i stand by the kid. he may have let his emotions get

the best of him at the time, but he didn't deserve the onslaught or outrage of racial slurs that followed on the social media network. the 25-year-old stanford graduate spoke at a conference and expressed what he's learned since sunday night. >> i don't know how to be anybody else. i can only be myself. i'll obviously try to learn from my mistake and understand the moment. >> didn't use any profanity. he didn't threaten crabtree in anyw any way. he didn't give the polite postgame interview that maybe we expect. >> i feel like my game might be 20 years too late. maybe i watched those guys too much. maybe i studied the mohammed

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welcome back to "the ed show". the golden boys of the republican party are losing their shine. on tuesday, christie was sworn in for a second term. it should have been a great day of celebration. instead it was overshadowed by subpoenas and allegations that his administration conducted acts of political intimidation and possibly broke the law. another chosen one of the republican party is learning

what it's like to be in the heat of the battle and in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons. bob mcdonnell and his wife maureen were charged with illegally accepting gifts, luxury vacations, and large loans from a wealthy businessman seeking special treatment prosecufrom the government. the gifts and loans from the former ceo of star scientific, johnny william. there were indicted on 14 felony counts including wire fraud, conspiracy to obtain property, and making false statements. the former governor has denounced the charges. >> i come before you this evening as someone who is been falsely and wrongfully accused and who's public service has been wrongfully attacked.

i will use every available resource and advocate that i have for as long as it takes to fight and prevail against these false allegations and the unjust overreach of the federal government. >> well, the worm has turned. he may be innocent. he may be an innocent man. that's a far cry from the bob mcdonnell that was in the news four years ago. mcdonnell was riding high and being touted as a potential presidential contender. now he's hoping to retire. joining me tonight, bob shrum and goldie taylor. what does this say about the republican party? christie has some issues right

now that he has to deal through legally. you have this situation with mcdonnell. rand paul was using other people's material. the where does this leave them? when does the repair start? >> at the end of the day, this is about the road to 2016 for governor christie or the lack there of. when you come down to power and corruption, you know, those things aren't revealed when you come into fame. this really only magnifies what you already are. this is the christie people have always known. he's on a larger platform. how the legalities play out for him remain to be seen. but the republicans have to decide whether this guy is the

kind of guy they want to invest in to take them into 2016. i doubt that's true. >> are they going to be looking elsewhere for somebody who may have a cleaner slate and no media attention that might be negative? >> no one is going to rally behind governor mcdonnell. he and his wife, just maybe they're innocent in some technical way. there's no question they could be called governor and mrs. greedy. she was calling this guy and say, take me on shopping trips and buy rolexes for my husband. one is about -- one is about vindictiveness and corrupt land dealings. i thought christie might have come out of it okay if he didn't stone wall questions.

he faces investigation by the u.s. attorney. he went to florida for an event that was supposed to launch 2016 for him. he's falling apart in the polls at home and nationally. if the guys was innocent, they'd be putting out all the e-mails and he wouldn't be lawyering up. he can't run new jersey. so let him run the nation? >> there's a lot of material to go after there by those who would be competing against him. how is he going to be able to function as the head of the republican governors association and have this cloud of trouble around him and be able to function properly and do the kind of job that has to be done there? >> i think he's going to be tremendously distracted. they're probably spending 80% of their time trying to handle

this, let alone run the state of new jersey and the republican governors association. he may soon get to the point where he worries more about avoiding criminal charges than about whether or not he can run for the white house. we just don't know at this point, but we're going to have a lot more coming out. as i said earlier, if this guy was clean, if he didn't know anything about it, they'd put out all the documents. they're not putting out documents. they're taking the fifth amendment. he's not answering questions. so i think he's in real trouble for 2016. i suspect that goldie is right. >> that's really a table setter. if there were a time for a new conservative to change the scene and not be a radical and be

something fresh, this would be the time, correct? >> this would be the time. christie is nothing more than a big media creation. we took him to the national platform because of his proximity. new jersey is right across the bridge from new york. he gets this attention for not being a great governor. if you look at new jersey today as opposed to four years ago, i don't know if they're better off today. if he's going to run for anything on that, he's really at a loss. it's time for a republicans to come together and pick their own candidate and not let the beltway and media pick it for him. >> how much would a comment like he made yesterday, he's going to run the government for the people who pay for it -- what about the unemployed in his

state? is this a backwards signal saying he doesn't have anything for them? >> that statement can be con true e -- construed in a number of ways. he should be about running the state for people who live in it. to educate their children, to find great health care. >> bob, does chris christie consider resignation? >> i don't think at this point he does that. right now he's in survival mode. he's put off his presidential hopes for a year. i think he's got some very, very big problems. when you have these kinds of problems, it's hard to run for president. >> yeah. great to have you with us tonight. thanks so much. coming up, there have been at least 35 school shootings since sandy hook elementary last december, including one yesterday at purdue university. you probably haven't heard about half of them across the country.

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and finally tonight a story i think everyone should hear. on september 24 back in 2003 two young men were murdered by a ninth grader in central minnesota. lawmakers have done nothing to stop tragedies like this over the last ten years. hundreds of lives and dreams have been wiped out due to gun violence in this country. america will never know how many future doctors, lawyers, professional athletes we have lost over the years. over 100 million americans are going to watch the seattle seahawks and denver broncos on the super bowl coming up on february 2. you may be wondering what is the connection here? denver bronco wide receiver will be on the biggest stage of his life and i'm sure his family will be awfully proud, beaming with pride. all of this could have been

wiped out by a single bullet. he was in that school on that tragic day of the shooting back in 2003. decker and his friend hid inside a cabinet for 45 minutes until police rescued them. right before the afc championship game over the weekend decker sent a message of support to the students who survived the december 13 school shooting in colorado. >> through tough times like this you have to stick together and be a shoulder to cry on, ear to listen to or a person to be able to hug if there is ever a grieving moment. >> like decker hundreds of children have survived school shootings and have gone on to lead productive lives. sadly, we will never know how many eric deckers, bill gates, barack obamas have been lost in shootings like this. when you watch the super bowl take a moment to think about the

young men and women who could still be with us today if we as a society and as a legislative body in america would act. shannon watts is the founder of moms demand action for gun sense in america. she joins us tonight. this story comes to light because there is someone who is directly surrounded and involved in a school shooting on the big plart form of the biggest sporting day of the year, the super bowl, he takes his time to send a positive message of support to those who have been exposed to such a horrific act. is this how we have to fight it? one of the elements that has to be done, unfortunately? >> this is all about changing the culture in america. to have 35 school shootings since december of o2012 is not acceptable. each shooting seems to be less reported on. we don't want to become immune

to these things. we need everyone's voice, moms of america, athletes of america, police, military, all responsible gun owners stand up and say no more. we have to put common sense laws in place that protect our children. and at some point our legislateers made the decision it was easier to ask students and teachers to stand up to gun men instead of themselves standing up to the gun lobby. that is not acceptable. as a mom i am saying no more. >> if you could do one thing what would it be? >> we need to start with some of the easiest things we can do like background checks. we know they work. in colorado they passed background checks on private sales in july. since then they had 6,200 background checks on private sales and 122 of those were stopped because people trying to buy firearms were felons or had been arrested. this is easy, convenient.

it is quick. it is just a matter of minutes. we know it works. and yet our congress has not required background checks on private sales in this country or online sales. and that is a huge loop hole endangering all americans. >> there has been no national legislation passed since sandy hook. do you think what is happening in colorado is a model for other states to follow when it comes to background checks? >> absolutely. if our congress won't act we will have to get a new congress in place. and moms are going to be at the forefront in the mid term elections saying if you support gun reform we will support you. if you don't we will not support you. in the meantime we will work hard at the state level to get common sense laws in place and hopefullyt that will bubble up. it is working in the states and we know we can continue to have a grass roots action that goes toe to toe with the gun lobby. we have to get in there and stop it from happening.

>> i appreciate your time tonight. i think eric decker is showing real leadership by acknowledging the unique position he is in in sending that message and telling that story. i appreciate your time. thank you so much. >> that is the ed show. "politics nation" starts right now. thanks to you for tuning in. tonight's lead, taking a toll. there are new indications today of the stark political reality now confronting new jersey governor christie as his administration faces multiple investigations. legal challenge and now clearly a political one. before the controversy his favorability rating in new jersey was a whopping 65%. now after repeated questions about his administration h