he opens it. that's my prayer that we have the time to meet with him. >> i appreciate your time coming on "the ed show" tonight. thank you so much. that's "the ed show." "politics nation" starts right now. good evening, rev. >> good evening, ed. and thanks to you for tuning in. i'm live from norfolk, virginia. tonight's lead, conservatives trying to roll back 50 years of progress on poverty. today, exactly 50 years after president lyndon johnson's famous great society speech, republicans are launching a cynical new attack on the safety net. they're publishing a new manifesto called room to grow and labelling it a kinder, gentler gop.

how kind? how gentle? turns out it's just another right wing attempt to shred the safety net. >> making sure that we peel back the reach of government -- >> dysfunctional government policies that are holding people back. >> liberalism simply doesn't work. >> that's the new moderate gop? they're attacking government, dismissing all liberals? and targeting critical safety net programs. the gop's new manifesto, quote, our welfare system makes work unattractive for too many able-bodied americans. and it attacks welfare programs by saying, quote, they collectively became a poverty trap. and one of their big solutions to all this, quote, temporarily lower minimum wages for the long-term unemployed. that's right. they want to lower the minimum wage.

that's how they're helping low income americans? this is disgraceful. it's a disgraceful document. and the timing is absurd. 50 years ago today when president johnson delivered his great society speech, he set in motion policies that have helped millions of people. >> when you join in the battle to give every citizen the full equality which god earn joined and the law requires, whatever his belief or race or the color of his skin. will you join in the battle to give every citizen an escape from the crushing weight of poverty? >> that speech laid the ground work for medicaid, medicare, food stamps, head start and much

more. today, republicans revealed that their midterm election strategy is to try to roll back those gains and they hope nobody notices. squoining me now is d.c. congresswoman eleanor holmes-norton and former pennsylvania governor ed rendell. thanks to you for being here. >> our pleasure. >> of course, reverend. >> congresswoman, in 50 years, 50 years after the great society, do republicans seriously think they can win over votes with this new manifesto attacking the safety net? >> well, if you're going to call it a manifesto, you ought to at least have more than warmed over small government republican ideas. you know, reverend, they think they branded us the tax and spend party. they now recognize, though, these thinkers from the republican party, that they are in the minds of the american people the cut and gut party.

that doesn't appeal to the middle class. they're trying to come up with their own version of what the american people have embraced for 50 years. the one you just talked about, lowering the minimum wage for the long-term unemployed is the most pitiful. that's a stereotype of who the long-term unemployed are. if you want to help that stereotype, which are poor people that don't have skills, they need training. but today's long-term unemployment are more likely to be the middle class people who are victims of the great recession of 200 le and can't get back to work. >> in a midterm election year, they want to lower the minimum wage? lower it? explain to me not only the economic rational, but the political rationale of that. >> they always accused the president of class warfare. well, this is a form of class

warfare. they want to set the middle class against the poorest americans. and they want to convince the middle class that the poorest americans are draining off all opportunity because they don't want to work. they don't tell people we haven't had able-bodied males on welfare for a decade now. there is no welfare for able-bodied males. there is no welfare programs. as far as food stamps, the congresswoman made a great point. food stamps used to be, when it first started, the province of the very poor. but now, they're middle class families on food stamps. in pennsylvania, rev, there are 1.4 million people on food stamps. that includes a lot of middle class families that used to be in employed in good manufacturing jobs.

that's for people who work and are desperately trying to find jobs. it won't work. it eels also immoral trying to set the middle class against the poorest americans. >> congresswoman, today's new gop manifesto makes some really bizarre claims. it says things about the core safety net programs. let me quote it. it says social security and medicare have crowded out the pra decisional incentive to raise children as a protection against poverty in old age. so now republicans are attacking the social net because you don't have to rely on your kids in old age? what voters are going to be attracted to that? >> if this is supposed to attract the middle class, i don't see one idea that's making the middle class run in their direction. the only good news here is this

is another case of an open break with the tea party. just has the establishment have broken with the tea party, they say, they openly say, we can't just say no. they even criticize mitt romney because they say he keeps talking, he kept talking about small business. and guess what? most americans don't own businesses. but they don't come up with concrete ideas that are new, that are fresh. they've taken things from various senators, they give them credit. no fresh ideas themselves, because they really don't want to do anything for the middle class. they are still sailing on the same boat they were on before. and nobody is going to get on that boat with them, reverend. >> you know, in today's "new york times" governor, there was

a report on internal democratic research about the midterm elections. that research found, quote, democratic candidates stand a better chance when they portray republicans as uncaring towards working class americans while they continue to back policies favoring the wealthy and corporate america. now, republicans are making it mightily easy for democrats to portray them like that with this governor. >> absolutely. this is a perfect example. middle class workers who are working hard and now looking for jobs. and the republicans don't want to extend. they've blocked it from coming into law. so what is the average middle class person think? the people who are on unemployment comp, they're furious. but everyone knows someone who worked hard but is now on unemployment compensation because they can't find a job.

they're furious. it's a strategy that's -- i said at the beginning of the year, that it looked like a tough year for democrats. and the only one who could save it from being a tough year for democrats is republicans. and they're doing it. now, we've got to get out there and continue to talk unabashedly about the things that we believe in. you could have a strong, fair safety net and make progress. >> you know, they could -- >> and talk about the results. because here's what researchers at columbia university found out about the impact of lbj's take on poverty. in 1967, the poverty rate factoring in safety net programs stood at 26%. in 2012, that poverty rate has dropped down to 16%. yes, it's way too high. but it's still shows these critical programs work and yet republicans want to roll them back, governor.

>> i agree. eleanor, were you about to say something? >> to give an example of where they could beat us, instead of an absurd proposal like lowering the minimum wage for long-term unemployed people, which is the heart of middle class, i've got a bill that says -- and they like tax credits usually, give employers $5,000 against their payroll tax if they employ a long-term unemployed person. that's far more practical and realistic. if they controlled the house and senate, they couldn't get this proposal, the one to lower minimum wage. why don't we talk about something of the kind even they have done. they have tax credits in their health care bill. let's talk about things that republicans and democrats can do together for goodness sakes. >> and rev, a perfect example -- >> that would help all americans for goodness sake. >> a perfect example is infrastructure, which creates the best-paying middle class jobs. jobs that pay $60,000, $70,000 a

year. why won't they fund infrastructure program for this country? >> that's the best example. >> best example. >> and put america back to work. i'm going to have to leave it there. thank you for your time tonight. >> pleasure, reverend. coming up, this republican lawmaker has a lot to answer for. why is he choosing rural over urban poor kids for summer lunch program? plus, sarah palin and rush limbaugh are using a genuine tragedy as a new excuse to make personal attacks on president obama. i'm responding tonight. >> also, some tourists on the national mall get a big surprise. >> i'm so excited. >> oh, my gosh!

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>> when it comes to feeding poor children, some on the right have made some down right ugly statements. >> should students have to work for their sdool meals? >> why don't you have the kids pay a dime, pay a nickel, instill in them that there's no such thing as a free lunch. or maybe sweep the floor of the cafeteria. >> when you get a new pet, what is the first thing you do to try to bond with it? you want to be the one to feed it, right? well, same thing here. >> poor children compared to pets? told to sweep the floors? paul ryan even suggested that school kids who rely on free lunches aren't loved as much as those who bring their own lumpblumpbl lunches from home. and in that context, this latest story is striking. we've told you about this new

house bill that specifies that only rural areas in appalachia can benefit from a summer lunch program helping children from know income households. urban areas have been excluded, despite the fact that since 2010, this particular program has helped kids in urban and rural areas. that's not all. the name on the legislation is alabama congress manslaughter robert aderholt. here's a map of his district. it includes 16 counties. now, guess how many of them are covered under this rural summer lunch program? you guessed it. every single county, each one. we reached out to the congressman's office for clarification twice now. we have yet to get a response.

now those on the right argue that this is just $27 million in a budget where nearly $500 million is dedicated to summer feeding program. but since when is $27 million a drop in the bucket? certainly not for poor kids in chicago or in new york, or in atlanta. and at a time when there seems to be so little we can agree on in washington, this seems to be a particularly heartless move from republicans. joining me now is karen finney. thanks for joining me on the show tonight. >> hey, rev. >> so this is just one part of a larger children's food program, but why exclude urban poor kids at all? especially when we were aulgs together in this same particular program? >> if i'm not mistaken, this program was at $87 million, and

now they're talking about going down to $27 million. you know, pitting poor kids from appalachia against poor kids from the inner cities is really -- that's political craven ess at its hilt. as you pointed out in your opening, time and again, we've heard some very disturbing comments from republicans when it comes to the idea of just -- we're talking about feeding our children. and i can tell you, i used to work in the new york city public school system. for some of these children, if this program goes away, they won't eat this summer. that's it. >> and that's exactly the point. one out of five kids struggle with hunger in america. this is a problem that affects kids across the united states. rural and urban. >> that's exactly right. one of the justifications,

children of a play sppalachia, poor, there's unique problems getting around to those kids. okay, that's great. but all of a sudden if you say you and i care for the poor, why aren't we talking about raising the minimum wage and making sure all those people have access to health care. this is a craven attempt to secure funds for his district in a very direct way. >> a news flash. they're talking about lowering the minimum wage. >> the same deal tries to hold back the school lunch standards, but first lady michelle obama vowed in a private conference call monday to fight industry efforts. in fact, several participants

were struck by the first lady. >> this is michelle. she knows better than anybody else about healthy foods because she has a garden. >> why would you want to raise your own kids when michelle obama will do it for you? in fact, she'll do it at gun point. >> she is a hypocrite. leaders are supposed to be leaders. if we're supposed to eat roots and berries and tree bark, show us how. dare i say this, it doesn't look like michelle obama follows her own nutrition, dietary advice. >> what is so wrong about having children not only eat, but eat healthy? and provide for them young in life where they can grow up learning to eat the right foods? even some democrats seem to be shaky on this.

>> remember, they're talking about this at a time when we' seen the number, the rates of childhood obesity going down. that's a good thing. those are kids who will be healthier. they will not have weight problems. they're less likely to have problems with their sugar, as my aunt used to say. that should be a good thing. and instead, they want to make this into some kind of nanny state issue, when the reality is that some families don't know what are the best choices to make for their kids. and would like to be able to, you know, rely on the school that what they're going to offer their children are going to be healthy options that help keep them, you know, keep them healthy and keep them moving like she said in let's move. >> i thought schools were supposed to educate people. you can't educate people without educating them on what to put in their bodies.

coming up, some on the right are using a national tragedy to score cheap political points and personality attack the president. plus, the louisiana congressman caught on tape kissing a female staffer is back in the news tonight. this time it involves a garbage bag and duct tape. we've gotcha next. ♪

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the kissing congressman is back. louisiana republican vance mcalister was the guy caught on tape kissing a female staffer. he's still in congress and still making headlines. this time, it was at an oil and gas hearing. the witness showed photos of

terrible conditions at a louisiana wildlife refuge. in one photo, there's an industrial garbage everywhere. in another, there's a pipe that was fixed with duct tape. and in another, a leaking oil tank was repaired with duct tape and a garbage bag. that was the only thing between a wildlife refuge and an oil leak? it's crazy. but congressman mcalister felt differently. >> you took a picture of someone who was innovative and rather than leaving the fluid to drip on the ground, repaired it with duct tape and a garbage bag and yet you seem to be very upset about that. sometimes you have to make due what you can make due, but yet we're damned if we do and damned if we don't. if we take a garbage bag and keep it from leaking and yet you're still not happy an you

come to washington, d.c. and testify before congress and want to throw fits because some guy took initiative. >> i'm sorry, what? this stuff? this stuff is what he considers innovative? this is taking an initiative? really? what if the bag breaks? >> anybody can come, a storm can come can puncture the garbage bag and it could spill. done. >> could have, would have, should have. it didn't. >> could have, would have, should have, always a solid comeback. but that wasn't even the weirdest thing that mcallister said. >> i understand you're wanting to protect wildlife. i love the great outdoors and the louisiana sportsman paradise and i love it, too. but i'm not forgiving doves and deers weapons to shoot back at me. >> giving ducks and deers weapons to shoot back at you? what does that even mean?

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and he's vowing to hold people responsible. our veterans deserve better and we can all agree we need to get to the bottom of what happened. but here's what i have a problem with. some on the right are now using this tragedy to score cheap political points against the president. >> why doesn't he hold people accountable? >> a couple of reasons. one, when you hold something accountable, it takes energy and resource and barack obama is lazy. >> a former vice presidential candidate calling the president of the united states lazy? >> considering, what we hear from the boss of the party it's no surprise. >> now, this is classic. this is exactly how stuff like this gets spun, spined in

dictatorships and in totalitarian states. if hint ler only knew what was being done. oh, gee, well, if he only knew. in castro finds out, oh, no, who's going to have to telecast troe this is not working? oh, no. >> the va scandal needs to be investigated and the people responsible need to be held accountable for using this national problem to slabder the president, that's inexcusabline too. joining me now, the first veteran of the iraq war to serve in congress. and krystal ball. >> thanks for having us, reverend. >> let me go to you,

congressman. we certainly need a full investigation of the problems with the va. fwu what's your reaction to those attacks on the president? >> i think most of them are shameful, rev. because these attacks are clearly political partisanship. you know, they just can't stop themselves from trying to bash a president every step of the way. they don't talk about the great things, the big picture, the fact that 1 million soldiers have now gone on to the new gi bill, the fact that they've cut the backlog over 50% and that backlog, a rlot of it was now with vietnam veterans who are eligible for the fist time in history since they came back from that war. we used to have a saying you could have 99 atta boys, and one uh-oh, everyone is going to focus on the bad thing. but the tt is on top of it. he sent one of his top guys to the west wing.

we need to hold everyone responsible for the falsification of these records. >> i get it, politics, you're going to attack the opposite party's president. but the nature and the viciousness of the personal attacks they're giving here, some on the right are even using the va scandal to attack big vovt in general. listen to this. >> there isn't one thing that a government bureaucracy does efficiently or well. >> it's a lesson about government-run health care. >> and another thing is that barack obama still doesn't see what the main problem is. the main problem is government. it's not the solution, like ronald reagan said. it is the problem. obviously, t va needs to be investigated, but that doesn't mean we should scrap the entire system. a 2004 study compared va

patients to all health care patients and and found that the va gave more treatment for chronic care patients, more treatment for preventive care, and overall, better screening, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up. why would they want to attack the entire va system? >> well, that's exactly right. i mean, they're just using this to try to fit into their ideology. and it's important to distinguish access to care versus the quality of the care once you're in the system. so the backlog is a problem with actually getting into the system, having access to care. once veterans are within the va system, according to this report and others, the quality of care they received is equal to or better than what patients receive in the private market. but this fits into their ideology of everything about government is bad, when the real problem is that these very same republicans were ale too eager to send our men and women overseas to be killed and becamed and then are unwilling

to support them when they come home with the budgetary resources that they need. these are the very same people that oppose funding to make sure that veterans have access to the resources and health care that they need. so yes, we can always expect partis partisan tacks. we can count on them to turn these situations into a personal attack on the president. but the hypocrisy in this particular situation is almost too much to bear. >> let's get specific, in february, senator republicans blocked $21 billion in a veterans bill which would have created 27 new medical facilities. >> that's right, rev. it just, it just makes you shake your head because you want patriots down in washington, whether democrats or republicans to put our veterans first. especially right before a holiday weekend like memorial day weekend when we hop nor

those who have given the ultimate sacrifice. but i tell you to the larger point that krystal hit on. this goes to their political philosop philosophy. you saw john mccain tell veterans let them get their id dard and go in the private sector. they're trying to dismantle the va. it's a great agency. they have 300,000 folks who give their blood, sweat and tears to take care of these hero whence they come home. the last thing we want to do is send them out into the private sector to fend for themselves. >> that's exactly right. and as we headed into the memorial weekend, we all must honor our veterans and we should not trivialize their sacrifice by having these little petty personal political partisan-driven arguments. >> patrick murphy and crystal

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>> it's time for "the justice files." joining me now, criminal defense attorney ken patowicz and former prosecutor and msnbc legal analyst faith jenkins. thank you both for being here. >> thank you. >> we start in texas. where a teen is facing five years to life for allegedly making pot brown knies and cook laced with hash oil. and the way police are measuring the drugs is leading to a much harsher charge for him. possession of up to two ounces

of potts is a misdemeanor. but possession of hash oil is a felony. putting hash oil in the brown knbrownies allowed the state to count the other ingredients in the baked goods to calculate the total the weight of the illegal substance. weighing the brownies increased the weight of the drugs to 1 1/2 pounds. the teen's father says he's outraged. >> five years to life? i'm sorry, i'm a law-abiding citizen. i'm a conservative, okay? i love my country. i'm a vietnam veteran. but i'll be damned, this is wrong. this is damn wrong. >> lavarro has no criminal record and will address the charges in court later this month. faith, life in prison for hash brownies? fair or unjust?

>> i think this is absolutely ridiculous. the prosecutors are saying listen, this kid shouldn't be selling brownies, but don't blame us, blame the brownie recipe. he's the one that decided to cook the hash oil in the brownies so we have to weigh the entire brownie batch. how much power prosecutors have in cases, because the police did not decide to charge this kid in this way. the prosecutors did. and the fact that they did and they're going forward with this case, they're just using this as leverage. they're trying to get him, to force him to take a plea deal. so they're charging him in this creative way that in my opinion should be completely illegal. >> creative, like the benevolent term in 24 regard, kim. as a defense attorney, how would you handle if you were handling this case. how would you handle this defense? >> this case is a shameful example of this make believe war on drugs. shame on the legislature in

texas to allow this law to be applied in this fashion and shame on the head prosecutor that has the discretion, and he has the discretion in this case not to file such ridiculous charge, because this young man decides to bake some goods with betty crocker and comes up with a brownie recipe, he's facing life in prison potentially? this is an outrage. prosecutors are supposed to be ministers of justice. and the head prosecutor in this case should not call himself a prosecutor and stand under that banner of minister of justice while ros cuting a charge like this against this young man. it's terrible. i'll remind you faith now, talking about texas, earlier this week, we talked about a guy in a ferrari that went speeding drunk, seven times been cited for dui and he walks away with no real time. we talk about a kid who people

died driving. no real time. this guy with hash brownies is facing up to life? >> that's what i wanted to bring up. this is the same state where ethan couch comes from, the teenager who drove drunk and killed four people and got probation. this kid bakes some weed into some brownies and all of a sudden he's facing life in prison? that's why prosecutors have to do their job, and their job is justice. it's not to win, it's not to put kids in jail. their job is justice. and you look at each individual case, you administer justice in what's fair in each case. now to santa ana, california, where police found a woman who was missing for ten years, hiding in plain sight. police say this man abducted his girlfriend's daughter when she was just 15 years old. >> he told her then you can't go home. you're here illegally, you don't

speak the language, your mom has called the police, they will send you back. >> garcia allegedly raped her, beat her, and brainwashed her into marrying him and having his baby. but this week, the girl reached out to her sister on facebook and discovered a family had been looking for her the entire time. today garcia was in court and faces several charges, including forcible rape and kidnapping. he faces life in prison. do you think he'll get life in prison? >> absolutely. this is exactly the perfect case to talk about after the pot brownie case. this is why we build prisons for individuals like this man who should be tried. he should be segregated from society for the rest of his life in a prison. that's what tax pairs want to pay for housing someone for the rest of their life who have

committed a crime such as this if, in fact, he's guilty of the charges. >> ten years, brainwash, forced him to have a baby. it's outrageous. >> it is outrageous. and i hope that at this point, he can have a choice here, he can do the right thing and that is take a plea in this case, plead guilty and not force this victim to taste the witness stand and have to testify in a trial. >> thank you both for your time tonight. >> thank you. coming up, congressman ted yoho caught on tape talking about who should have the right to vote. we're breaking out the politics nation time machine for this one. and it's a routine day in washington until you just happen to see the president of the united states out for a stroll. stay with us. you, my friend are a master of diversification.

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constitutional, but i know it's the law of the land. >> can't answer if the civil rights act is constitutional but congressman yoho's time machine is back. here's a newly unearthed clip from 2012. . >> i've had some radical ideas about voting and now is probably not a good idea to tell them. used to be you had to be a property owner to vote. >> what a great idea. going back to the plantation days. but congressman, why stop there? why not travel even further back to a time when you could only vote if you were a man or when you had to work a job even if you were a child. or how about when humans thought the earth was flat. what about before man discovered fire? who needs it. back here on planet reality, not

everyone ises s nnostalgic fore when people were denied basing human rights, like when only property owners were allowed to vote. they called a poll tax an it's wrong. time travels can be a funny little diversion, but this guy is trying to take us back to the stone age. that's not time travel. come on, congressman, i think it's time to join us in the 21st century. that's why i got my surface. it's great for watching game film and drawing up plays. it's got onenote, so i can stay on top of my to-do list, which has been absolutely absurd since the big game. with skype, it's just really easy to stay in touch with the kids i work with. alright, russell you are good to go! alright, fellas. alright, russ. back to work!

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of our vets that are in need of care. well, thanks for voting and please continue the conversation on our facebook and twirt pages. thanks for watching. i'm al sharpton. "hardball" starts right now. boomerang, let's play "hardball." good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. could the weapons the gop forces use to pummel democrats this year blow back in their faces come 2016? could the battle cries, obama care, benghazi and the outright rejection of immigration reform and a minimum wage hike be the very weapons that can be fired away at the republicans two years from now when the battlefield is wide and the american voters are